Our 12th wedding anniversary was on Dec 8th and we were too busy packing and getting ready to go to Sweden to celebrate it. I figured that we might have a lot of babysitting available to us while we are here that we could take advantage of it and go out to dinner without the kids. Farmor was happy to watch the kiddos for us so it was just a matter of deciding when and where to go. Thursday turned out to be the best since many more people are scheduled to arrive on Saturday. Fredrik looked at a few suggestions and eventually chose Valven in Vadstena, Sweden. It is a short 10-15 minute drive from Motala and Vadstena is an old Swedish town. The building we had dinner in was quite old and it was a very nice meal. The food was a bit strange but it was okay. I think I prefer the more traditional Swedish meals that you can find elsewhere but for a special meal I think it was worth it.
We started with a Caesar salad that wasn't like any I had before. I think the only thing that was Caesar about it was the dressing. It had some cured ham and sauteed fish and the greens were fancy and slightly bitter. For the main course, Fredrik had reindeer fillet with whey cheese sauce and I had veal and beef two ways. The beef had a red wine sauce and the veal had chanterelle mushroom sauce. For dessert I had the three-colored chocolate truffles with ice cream & berries.
Here is the website for the restaurant:
http://www.valven.se/index.asp
A map of where Vadstena, Sweden is:
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