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In recent years, the number of
restaurants
of all descriptions in Copenhagen has increased dramatically, with a burgeoning array of designer places aimed at the city's young and wealthy alongside a raft of old-fashioned establishments offering expensive but excellent Danish fare. Traditionally, Danish cooking has been based on meat or fish plus two veg, though today it can encompass anything from delicious cuts of lean meat accompanied by wild mushrooms and berries to stodgy plates of grisly sausage. An affordable, if somewhat hit and miss, way to sample traditional Danish food is to look for the chalk boards outside the city's
kros
(bars) offering
dagens ret
("dailymeal"), set lunches or dinners where the emphasis is on affordable and nourishing home cooking. Another Danish speciality is the
smA?rrebrA?d
, or open sandwich, normally a tiny piece of ryebread heaped with toppings such as cold meats, beef tartar or herring, to name but a few. If your Danish is a bit rusty, be aware that nearly all cafA©s and restaurants in Copenhagen have English-language menus, though you may have to ask for one.
For snacks or cakes, there's an amazing selection of cafA©s , often doubling as bars, many of which spill out onto the city pavements during summer. With large, cheap sandwiches available in most, they offer great value for money. Another Danish speciality is its excellent, and ubiquitous, konditorier (bakeries), which sell affordable pastries, cakes and bread. If you're really on a shoestring there are dozens of takeaway pizzerias , most of a reasonable standard, along with the ubiquitous grill stands , which offer a variety of sausages and burgers. Though not exactly cordon bleu, they can provide welcome pitstops on a long walk around the city. The immigrant community's impact is also being increasingly felt, with a large array of kebab and curry houses - probably Copenhagen's cheapest eating-out options - along with a good selection of (slightly pricier) Thai restaurants. Vegetarians are reasonably well catered for in Copenhagen - most restaurants will have at least a couple of meat-free dishes. We've given phone numbers for restaurants in all cases where it's advisable to book in advance. If you're self catering, there are many good health food shops in the city. Three of the best places are Naturpoteket Torvegade 36, Christianshavn, Solhatten , Istedgade 85, in Vesterbro and Solsikken , BlA?gA?rdsgade 33, NA?rrebro. We've divided our listings into the following areas: Indre By, Tivoli and around, Christianshavn, Vesterbro, Frederiksberg, NA?rrebro and Asterbro. Other useful information
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