Kjotsupa appears as a signature dish in 1 Iceland cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Kjotsupa (Icelandic lamb soup) · Reykjavik
Kjotsupa is a clear, hearty lamb soup simmered with chunks of free-range Icelandic lamb, root vegetables, onion and herbs. It is the warming backbone of the winter table and a budget meal year-round.
Lamb soup is as old as Icelandic settlement, a one-pot meal built on the country's one abundant meat. Free-range sheep graze wild herbs through the summer, which carries into the flavour of the autumn lamb. The soup uses cheaper cuts on the bone, stretched with potato, carrot, swede and rutabaga, and was a way to feed a household through the long dark. Cafe Loki opposite Hallgrimskirkja serves it with rye bread, keeping the communal, generous spirit of the dish alive.
Where to eat in Reykjavik:
- Cafe Loki
- Kaffivagninn