When “best” is beaten by “best”: Best Cafe in Copenhagen in 2015 – Mad og Kaffe!

I believe that there is not such a thing as a best place for something e.g. best bar, best restaurant etc. However, some places might get such appellations, but they only apply to a particular time, and they refer to individual opinions. In regards to this thought of mine, I may admit I myself have some places I call them “best” in something; and most of the time I add this appellation to their real name until I discover another “ best” place…and more or less this is what has happened to me today! This is because today I got the pleasure to visit for the first time a great place in Copenhagen, Mad og Kaffe!

Before someday ago I didn’t even know about it -and I had had already another “best” place close to my heart- but here’s where the magic of social media interferes: it happened that scrolling down the posts of my network, one of them captured my attention through the beauty of the picture; a lot of small little pieces of happiness were displayed in that picture, all with different colors which give them the power to attract many food lovers and not only. For me it was love at first sight! I saw that picture, and then I committed to find that place and try its food; I managed to do so, and now I am totally pleased with it. Moreover, this café, Mad og Kaffe, has won the title of The Best Café in Copenhagen for 2015 (http://www.aok.dk/byliv/overblik-her-er-vinderne-af-byens-bedste-2015).

It is the end of November in Copenhagen, and for the ones not used with what it means I can describe it in one word: grey; grey weather, grey sky, grey atmosphere, grey moods etc. This attribut reduce from the charm of many places as well, which may seem abandoned. This was also my impression when I arrived at Mad og Kaffe. Although it is located in the central area of Copenhagen, on the Sønder Boulevard, few minutes away from Dybbølsbro Station, the whole area seemed abandoned when I arrived there. Even though it has a lovely patio, which I assume it is a very popular spot in the nice days of summer, now the same patio is empty, used only by the smokers.

However, once I opened the door of the café another universe opened in front of my eyes: a lot of people inside, gathered around the numerous tables, enjoying dozens of copy paste pictures of the image that had driven me there, all these wrapped in a very cozy atmosphere.

I went there together with my wife, but without any reservation; thus for a moment, seeing the crowded atmosphere displayed in front of us, we thought there were not available places for us. Luckily there was a table for two, and a friendly waitresses escorted us to it. The table was so crammed between two other little tables, that the guests at those two other tables had to help us a bit and so make place for us to take our seats. But this situation passed unnoticed to me at least, being all deleted in my mind, because the only thing I could think of at that time was the memory of the picture I saw on social media taken at Mad og Kaffe!

When it comes to the food, there are three options to choose from, depending on what you want to eat and how much; therefore there can be chosen three, five or seven little dishes from the menu which is divided in five categories: vegetables, dairy, bakery, meat and fish, and treat of the day; the drinks are ordered separately.

This idea of placing the order for food in this way was pretty new for me, and I enjoyed it from the beginning. Thus I chose to have five dishes based more on my individual tastes rather on the way they could work together! I had avocado with chili and almonds, grapefruit with cane sugar, scrambled egg with chive and mushrooms, fried chorizo sausages and Croque Monsieur. Beside these I enjoyed a big jar of homemade lemonade with mint and ginger. Hence, I ended up with a very strange mix of spicy (chorizo, Croque Monsieur and chili), bitter-like taste (grapefruit and lemonade –due to its ginger) and the omelet.  One thing didnt give me peace though: I received two chorizo sausages, although on their website it is advertised as there should be three of them…and all this dissapointment because -boy!- these sausages were delicious! Nevertheless I did enjoyed the whole brunch, and I mixed all the dishes in the way I know best.

As a conclusion, having brunch at Mad of Kaffe was one of the main attractions and one of the best things it has happened to me in October 2015. The awesomeness of this place don’t stay in its food or drinks particularly, because although they are delicious I had tried the same things before, and I enjoyed with almost the same intensity. Yet, the combination, of great food, fantastic atmosphere, novelty, and good prices make from Mad of Kaffe a must visit cafe in the city. The brunch itself has been the best so far…of course, until I will discover another place with another amazing brunch! However, for the time being Mad og Kaffe is the ultimate place for brunch that I can recommend to everyone living or visiting Copenhagen, and it definitely deserves the title of the Best Café in Copenhagen!

Definitely one of the best places for brunch in Copenhagen: Cafe Pixie!

Are you a tourist or a local looking for a great place to enjoy a brunch alone or together with someone else? I might have a place that you may like it! It is called Cafe Pixie (http://cafepixie.dk/), in Copenhagen.

I chose to eat in this place after I had seen that it is promoted not only by VisitCopenhagen (http://www.visitcopenhagen.dk/da/kobenhavn/gastronomi/top-10-brunch) but also by AOK (http://www.aok.dk/restaurant-og-cafe/de-5-laekre-brunch)  as one of the best places for brunch in Copenhagen, and now that I visited the place by myself I can definitely agree with these two Danish sources.

Cafe Pixie is located close to Nordhavn Station -it took me about eight minutes to get there by foot-, and so somehow away from the touristic areas of Copenhagen, which gives it the feeling of an authentic experience. Next to it is another cafe, Bopa Cafe, which seems to follow the same business plan. However, when I first had the two of them in sight, I could say that Cafe Pixie might offer something more exciting than their neighbors; its patio was bigger and full of people, while the other one had not so many customers at the time of my visit.

Like I said, when my girlfriend and I arrived at Cafe Pixie, almost all the tables were taken, but luckily we got a table, without having a reservation. Few seconds later our order was taken: two brunches and two big latte.

I’d read before my visit her some comments on TripAdvisor about this cafe, as it takes a long time to get the food; well, I cannot say whether that’s right or not. All I know is that in our case it took about 20 minutes to receive both the food and drinks; they were brought in the same time!

Once the food was on our table the feast started! The brunch looked fantastic and I kinda new from the very beginning that my stomach will have a hard time. But I didn’t care: I ate it all, this is how much I like it! Scrambled eggs, bacon, two pieces of grilled Merguez sausages, cantaloupe, grapes, cheese, yoghurt with muesli, salmon with cucumber, zucchini and mint, croissant, a little cake, Oland bread and of course the traditional and famous Danish rugbrød with butter….all of them very yummy, that I have their memory very fresh in my mind.

The atmosphere was also very nice: summertime weather , sun, and a lot of people at the tables around us…The service was very good as well; I will go as far as to say it was at a level one may expect only in high class restaurants.

At the end of this post, if it is to link this experience of mine with a famous TV commercial, it’d sound like this: distance to the cafe: 56 minutes; two brunches and two latte: 380 Danish Crowns (for two persons); my satisfaction: beyond words!

All in all I had a great time at Cafe Pixie, and I recommend it to everyone, tourists or locals, looking for a delicious and consistent brunch, in a pretty much authentic Danish atmosphere, and in a non-touristic area of Copenhagen.