The quality concept Regional Culinary Heritage makes it easier for you to
experience culinary Öland and to try local and regional food specialities. You
only have to look out for the sign of Regional Culinary Heritage and you will
find restaurants, who serves local dishes and farms that sell locally produced
raw material. They all preserve and develope local traditions.
Make a stop and enjoy the
traditional dishes and foods from the region, made by skilled chefs and small
businesses, in their own way. Wherever you go on Öland, you are close to a member of Regional Culinary Heritage.
Enjoy the sunset over Kalmarsund from the well known Inn. Botanize amongst
hundreds of herbs and spices in a herbal garden
buildt according to old monastery tradition.
Maybe a traditional dinner in the restaurant with the chef known from TV, or at
the Inn by the edge of the Baltic. Have a chat with the farmer while you buy the
vegetables cultivated on his farm.
Whatever you chose, the symbol of Regional Culinary Heritage guaranties a tasty
sample of Öland. At the moment there are 26 places where skilled personal
are ready to give you an unforgettable experince in the culinary landscape of
Öland.
Local quality is the leading star
The ambition of Regional Culinary Heritage is to, in an easy way, offer regionally produced raw
materials
of high quality to you, as a consumer. The choosen restaurants,
farms and foodproducers all point out the regional connection. And quality is
their leading star. The aim of Regional Culinary Heritage is to offer an experience
that will taste and scent more.
To be a member of Regional Culinary Heritage, the companys have to fullfill
certain criterias.
Everything
that i sold, have to be produced locally, or most of the product must come from locally produced foods. The products must also contribute to a positive image of
Öland.
In 1995, the Culinary Heritage concept was introduced in South east of Skåne, Sweden and on the Danish island of Bornholm. The project grew
fast and got a lot of attention from local businesses and authorities in the south of
Sweden. Other regions have successively joined the network and today You find
the network of Regional Culinary Heritage all over Europe.
In the year of 2000 the
Royal Summer Castle Solliden, with the Coffee Cottage, became a member of
Regional Culinary Heritage Öland.
The Coffee cottage offers hot
dishes, sandwiches, Danish smorrebrod, beer and wine and for those who
wishes a homespiced "Sollidensnaps". There is also a small
shop where you can buy products cultivated on Solliden.
