12 signature dishes found across every Iceland city we cover on TableJourney. Click through to see where to eat and what to order in each city. Want the global picture? Browse all dishes.
Hakarl (fermented shark)Reykjavik · Hakarl is shark meat, traditionally Greenland shark, buried in sand and gravel for six to twelve weeks and then hung to dry for months.
Hangikjot (Smoked Icelandic Lamb)Reykjavik · Hangikjot is smoked and boiled lamb or mutton, smoked over Icelandic birch or dried sheep dung and sliced hot or cold.
Kjotsupa (Icelandic lamb soup)Reykjavik · Kjotsupa is Iceland's traditional meat soup, built on lamb and root vegetables with a grain such as barley, rice or oats.
Kleina (Icelandic doughnut)Reykjavik · Kleinur are small fried dough pieces cut into trapezoids, slit in the middle with one end pulled through to make a knot.
Plokkfiskur (fish stew)Reykjavik · Plokkfiskur is a creamed stew of cod or haddock, potatoes and onions, eaten with Icelandic rye bread.
SkyrReykjavik · Skyr is an Icelandic cultured dairy food, thick like strained yogurt but classed as a fresh sour milk cheese.Fiskipanna (Icelandic fish pan)Reykjavik · The fish pan is fish cooked and served in the same pan: at Messinn cod, wolffish, salmon or char with potatoes and vegetables.Hardfiskur (Dried Fish with Butter)Reykjavik · Hardfiskur is wind-dried fish, most often cod but also haddock and wolffish, torn into pieces and eaten with butter.Humarsupa (langoustine soup)Reykjavik · Humarsupa is Iceland's langoustine soup, a creamy shellfish soup.Pylsa (Icelandic hot dog)Reykjavik · The Icelandic hot dog is lamb-based with pork and beef, in a bun with ketchup, sweet mustard, remoulade, crisp fried onion and raw onion.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.Skyrterta (Skyr Cake)Reykjavik · Skyrterta is a no-bake Icelandic cake made with a cookie base and a skyr topping.