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Pinchos

I was up in Luleå in Sweden attending a conference. On one evening a group of us went to Pinchos.

It was a small plates kind of place. The food arrived on small plates on wooden boards. Food was very nice, not sure how Swedish it was though. There were mini burgers (sliders), mini bagels with salt beef (brisket), loaded fries, Skagen waffle (which was Swedish), chicken skewers, steamed pork bao buns, Tokyo fried chicken, ribs, prawns, and various salads.

It was quite a fun way of eating, and there was lots of food. 

The place closed quite early, kitchen closed at 8pm and they stopped serving drinks at 8:30pm. You can understand a café maybe closing at this kind of time, but this felt much more like a place that you went to in the evening, for the whole of the evening.

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Tonkotsu Pork Ramen

I was with a colleague at a conference in Luleå in Sweden. It was a Sunday night and most places were closed. In the end we headed to Hachi Luleå. With a choice between sushi and ramen, I went with the Tonkotsu ramen. This was a pork broth with with shashu pork, pak choi, egg and green onion.

Tonkotsu Pork Ramen

It was a very nice ramen, slightly difficult to eat as the pork was quite chewy in places. The broth was delicious and really raised the dish. 

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Complimentary SAS Coffee

Complimentary SAS Coffee

Most times I fly, it’s with EasyJet and I know not to have their coffee when flying. Then most flights I do are about an hour, and I can miss coffee while in the air. Actually it’s not just EasyJet, most airlines serve pretty disappointing coffee. So much so I wouldn’t want to pay money for it.

So, on a recent flight from London Heathrow to Luleå with a layover in Stockholm I flew with SAS. They provide complimentary coffee on their flights.

Well, what do you expect me to say? It wasn’t very good, but I wasn’t expecting anything better. 

It did though get me thinking about if there were any specific issues in having, say proper espresso coffee on board a plane.

Looking online I could see that Air Dolomiti does offer espresso on their flights. It was also apparent that for long haul it is an option for first and business class passengers. So, next time I must fly Air Dolomiti, though it looks like they only fly to Frankfurt from the UK.