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You haven't lived if you haven't tried the 18 Swedish Pancakes at Sear's Fine Foods in San Francisco

(for breakfast, and no relation to the other Sear's)

I've only had the swedish meatballs at Ikea, don't find myself visiting Ikea that much (not until I move house and need to refurnish the new place) and I found the meatballs pretty good actually, both quality and value :)

If you come to Singapore, it is always crowded when eating at IKEA. Always. We love the meatballs and the localized IKEA cuisine

I have eaten at the IKEA in West Sacramento. My food has always been good. Had their pork chop dinner special once and it was very tasty.

Every time my brother visits (flying into SMF) he books a flight out so we can have an early dinner at IKEA. He loves the food (no IKEA near where he lives) and it is just minutes away from SMF.

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Originally Posted by sfo (Post 14511713)

Borsjtj

Thanks! Whatever the adjective you use in any language there's no denying the value of IKEA food.

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Originally Posted by bitburgr

And yet I can picture the Swedish chef from the Muppets saying it. :p

:D ^

Love the meatballs...yummy.

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Originally Posted by sfo (Post 14515605)

When I was growing up, my grandmother who was from Sweden would get up early in the morning and make swedish pancakes, they were called plattar, don't think I have spelled that word correctly, she had an iron frying pan with eight round holes in it, she would grease the pan with bacon drippings, then she would pour the batter into them, she would makes stacks of them for breakfast and the left overs were then eaten cold in the afternoon with jam, or some other toppings. I am Swedish and I do Eat Swedish pancakes for breakfast, guess I am the only one then:p

My grandmother (in Sweden) has one of those frying pans and makes lovely plättar...for supper. :D

But having them for breakfast sounds like a great Swedish--American fusion. ^

Swedes hardly eat anything fried/cooked for breakfast, which is mostly served cold: Open-faced sandwiches, corn-flakes or müesli with yogurt or sour milk, orange juice, coffee, possibly toast and a boiled egg.

It's fun to see the local adaptations that IKEA does when you travel around the world, although (as I've mentioned way back in the thread) meatballs with French fries is just sacrilegious. :D

I always thought Swedes and Norwegians at them for supper. Not so?

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Originally Posted by LuvAirFrance (Post 14564500)

I always thought Swedes and Norwegians at them for supper. Not so?

Indeed, supper is what I meant. Sorry, I hadn't realized that "dinner" in English is as ambiguous as "middag" in Swedish, in being either the mid-day or evening meal, depending on where you are from... :D

There is a tradition of having pea soup with pancakes for lunch on Thursdays, though.

I concur with the rest of you folks: the caf at Ikea is not fancy but definitively serve a nice place of comfort food after fighting in the market section for a bookcase.

I feel the same way about the cafeteria at the Bay store in Montreal... Comfort, same type of food grandma served, silence and real china plates... Heaven

Cheers, Matt

Whenever I'm there I like picking up some of their hotdogs, great value!

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Originally Posted by Fornebufox (Post 14523690)

If I understand correctly (from the Williams-Sonoma catalog) ebbelskiver are small puffy, egg-rich cakes cooked in an iron pan with indentations, more like popovers or Dutch babies than pancakes. Amazing what a variety of delectable griddle cakes can be made with flour, eggs, butter, and milk...

Aebleskiver are nice, but are more spherical than flat:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2219/...8b8f31e9_m.jpg

Free Breakfast at IKEA

Decided to bump this thread when I saw a link to this web page on a Black Friday site.

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Offer valid Friday, November 26 - Sunday, November 28, 2010

Fuel up on a free breakfast before you shop! Limit one per customer. Offer valid for one small breakfast (value 99¢) and one cup of coffee (value 99¢). Offer not valid at IKEA Home Shopping. See your local IKEA store for details.

Can't beat the price.

i acutally have eaten at an ikea.

meatballs aren't that bad..

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Originally Posted by deubster (Post 15251331)

Offer not valid at IKEA Home Shopping.
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I love stupid technicalities advertisements need to carry.

Do people really think if they shop online that IKEA is going to give them breakfast?