In Kraków’s Kazimierz district, a brand new Swedish restaurant with a homely really feel

Life’s easy pleasures set the rhythm at this Swedish-influenced café and restaurant in Kraków’s storied Kazimierz district. From the group behind town’s Kaffe Bageri Stockholm comes Dala, the place their love of espresso and bullar (candy buns) expands right into a full menu of scrumptious moments. Right here, it’s all about celebrating togetherness, just like the dalahäst, the normal Swedish wood horse image of happiness and festivity, from which the venue takes its identify and inspiration.

The nice and cozy, tactile inside is the work of native studio Znamy się, which drew on Swedish landscapes and traditions as each literal and figurative influences. ‘Every celebration (like summer season’s Midsommar competition or winter’s Lucia) is related to particular fragrant dishes, herbs and floral decorations, that are mirrored within the house, making a multi-sensory narrative about traditions,’ explains Wojciech Nowak, co-founder and architect of the apply.

The scent of chamomile, pine shoots and different herbs fills the venue, particularly as friends enter and are greeted by a hanging floral association suspended above the central communal desk. Whereas the open structure of the primary eating room and bar encourages interplay, there are tucked-away corners for lingering, set behind sheer curtains and completed with metallic canopies. Colors, textures and varieties really feel homespun, impressed by the spices which have accompanied Swedish holidays and baking for hundreds of years.

‘Cinnamon, current within the kanelbullar (cinnamon bun) eaten throughout day by day fika, is mirrored at midnight wood shelving with rounded edges and cylindrical backrests harking back to cinnamon sticks. Pink counter tops and finishes add heat and cosiness to the inside, similar to the saffron lussekatter baked in the course of the Lucia celebration,’ provides Nowak. In the meantime, cardamom – the aroma of semlor from Fettisdagen (Shrove Tuesday) – additionally performs its half, echoed within the inexperienced, ethereal curtains and within the desk lamps with shades formed like seeds.

Naturally, the menu pays tribute to Scandinavia too, that includes recipes created by the homeowners, Zuza and Adam. For breakfast, home-baked bread arrives with traditional spreads comparable to cod liver, gravlax or Comté cheese, accompanied by pickled companions. These with a candy tooth ought to head straight for the freshly-baked cardamom or blueberry buns. For the night serve, pair the strawberry-kissed, summery Midsommar Fizz with the confit duck leg, served with duchess potatoes and truffle paste, or go for the fragrant squid schnitzel, paired with couscous, trout roe and alioli.

Dala Restaurang is situated a Krakowska 35, 31-062 Kraków, Poland.