Rugbraud is a dark, very dense, usually rather sweet Icelandic rye bread without a crust that keeps for a long time; in Iceland we have verified places to eat it in Reykjavik. Start with where to eat Rugbraud (Icelandic rye bread) in Reykjavik.
Rugbraud (Icelandic rye bread) · Reykjavik
Rugbraud is a dark, very dense, usually rather sweet Icelandic rye bread without a crust that keeps for a long time. It is often served with butter, mutton pate, smoked lamb or pickled herring.
Rye bread was traditionally baked in pots or boxes buried in holes near hot springs, and the geothermal version is called hverabraud, hot-spring bread. Eating a lot of it is said to cause flatulence, which earned the loaf its nickname thrumari, roughly thunderbread. When Bernhoftsbakari began baking in 1834 it made little but rye bread, sifted bread, French bread, sour bread and country bread. Cafe Loki serves rye bread slices with plokkfiskur or smoked lamb and its own rye bread ice cream.
Where to eat in Reykjavik:
- Cafe Loki
- Kaffivagninn
- Messinn
- Hofnin
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