Nevertheless, there are other things that even two-year olds can enjoy. The little ones can sit on the robots and steer them. The two-year old who I went with was quite alarmed to be handed a guinea pig and promptly threw it to me.
Only my lightning-fast reflexes averted disaster. On the second floor is a nice museum, which does a good job of presenting the history and uses of the Noma-uma. All the information is in Japanese, but the photos and graphics are generally self-explanatory. I found this very interesting. When I went in early spring, there were few visitors and it was pleasantly quiet. We had a nice picnic in the open air, despite the cold.
In the warmer months, they play awful music on a loop over loudspeakers throughout the park, which I could do without. The horses themselves can be quite charming when they want to be. But they can also be utterly vicious at times, and there are signs around warning that they will bite and kick. When I went in spring, it was a bit like being in an X-rated movie, with all the sex and violence going on.
They also kick the hell out of each to decide who gets first dibs. There may come a time in the not too distant future when working ponies will again prove their worth. Suggest an edit. Book the dream trip to Japan with our tailor-made booking service.
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Certainly, the game and forest menu seems to be the most provocative of the three. Especially, if I am to judge from the many angry comments on the video I published a few weeks back see below.
Some people believe that Redzepi and his team has crossed a line and constructed dishes purely for media exposure. Instead, I think the intention has been to take a more honest approach to nature and demonstrate which part of the animals we are actually eating.
Looking for more great spots for food and drinks in Copenhagen? Check out our city map of Copenhagen! Did you enjoy this video? Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel. What I love about the new location of Noma is that you can sense the current season the moment you arrive. Both the proximity to nature, as well as the carefully curated garden outside, gives it away immediately.
We arrived on time, around Different types of kale dominated the front yard of the Noma greenhouses. There were already four or five other groups of people waiting at the entrance, and the front of house-manager, Katherine Bont, tried to sort out which tables she should send in first. This is done to make sure that everyone gets the Noma welcome upon entering the building. Similar to the previous two seasons and also in line with a trend in New Nordic restaurants at the moment , the meal began with a warm broth.
There are two main animals on the game and forest menu of Noma — reindeer and duck. They each get their own little feast, which means a rapid succession of dishes made up from their different parts. Instead, offals dominate, starting with a tartar made from the heart, which is thinly cut and dressed in wood sorrel. The idea is to pick up a good amount with your hand and dip it into the accompanying egg yolk sauce.
On top are forest ants, which has become a staple for Noma, meant to give acidity. The dish is a bit clumsy to eat — but delicious.
Next up are sweetbreads of reindeer wrapped in reindeer moss — a bushy lichen that serves as pasture for reindeer in Scandinavia. The soft and fatty sweetbread goes well with the crunchiness of the moss, and we are instructed to dip this in the leftovers of the egg yolk sauce thank goodness I saved some. One of my favorite snacks on the game and forest menu is the reindeer tongue, which has been grilled on a skewer together with pine shoots and glazed with a forest spice sauce.
The tongue meat has an amazing, fatty texture and the flavors bring back some kind of childhood memory for me, which I, unfortunately, cannot pinpoint more exact. The reindeer feast ends with another highlight. A milk skin pie filled with reindeer brain and black truffle, wrapped in a leaf like a taco. A taco-pie! Caviar and cream in some variation is another Noma signature, which comes in a brilliant version for the game and forest season.
The caviar is from the Danish producer Rossini, so high quality, and served with a dollop of the lightest whipped cream you can imagine with tiny sprinkles of salt on top, I believe.
The two ingredients are paired with a cold pheasant broth, which has formed a jelly in the bottom of the bowl. I loved this one! Ceviche of berries has become a modern Noma classic, ever since their pop-up in Mexico last year. Each season — seafood, vegetable, and game and forest — have had its version of this, with the latter being the most delicious, in my opinion.
Another dish that provokes people, but mainly because they make false assumptions, is the beetle. Following the theme of mock dishes, with the jellyfish in the seafood season and the butterfly from the vegetable season, the beetle is actually made up of fruit leather and black garlic.
Not so disgusting after all. The servings of rose hip with quince, and dried plums with pheasant heart and rhubarb paste, were among the weaker dishes in this menu for me. Luckily, we quickly moved on to a delectable pumpkin serving with bee pollen, dried tomatoes, and morels. Each season has featured one dish served in a bowl made of beeswax crafted by the Noma staff and this was the game and forest version.
Please, if you go to Noma, try not to break these beautiful, yet fragile bowls. A sizzling hot pot of mushrooms with edible herbs and flowers came to the table with a warning. The bowl is really hot!
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