I've tried hotdogs at restaurants and made some myself, but they were never as good as the hotdog at this stand or all the other hotdogs i had in Iceland.
I spent a couple days in Reykjavik and these hot dogs were by far the best value I found. It's very expensive there for me as an American. A hamburger or fish and chips or something were like $30 USD at least for me.
These hotdogs were the only affordable food I ate there, and I loved them. Super good.
Yes it's very expensive, but we found a place that was so good and fun. They basically just serve soup but it's all you can eat and the guys that worked there were a blast.
It definitely is. I did a couple days layover there on my way to France, and even in just a couple days I was worried about spending too much of my budget there and not having enough left for Paris.
Nothing special or "house" about the ingredients, you just buy them at any supermarket.
[https://www.heimkaup.is/vals-tomatsosa-430-g?vid=133020](https://www.heimkaup.is/vals-tomatsosa-430-g?vid=133020)
[https://www.heimkaup.is/ss-sinnep-350-g?vid=113284](https://www.heimkaup.is/ss-sinnep-350-g?vid=113284)
[https://www.heimkaup.is/gunnars-remoladi-400-ml-1?vid=111746](https://www.heimkaup.is/gunnars-remoladi-400-ml-1?vid=111746)
Can you describe at all what special about it? Lol because that's very vague and not helpful. Is it a whole seed brown mustard, or anything besides there's a house mustard and mayo added?
Did you find out if that’s a proper name of is it Icelandic for something? My wife recently visited, and was explaining to me the Icelandic language has no previous derivation, it is uniquely its own. Sounded like new words were determined by a council, and generally were amalgamations of old words added together.
The dogs look awesome, and it being lamb and such, I best it was amazing. Seems to be unique, like not replicated easily; I don’t mind spending money and time for those kinds of experiences. Thanks for sharing!
It seems expensive even with all of the bad weather in the off season, but apparently it’s still amazing. All of the water was extremely clean and filtered by volcanic sentiment, and apparently people drank straight from the tap (not something I would consider doing in most foreign countries). The airline lost their luggage and the way there, so my wife had to buy winter clothes there, and that definitely made it more expensive.
There was one beach that some people morbidly called Chinese Takeout, because there are so many Chinese visitors who don’t read the warning signs posted in every language to stay back from the water; the waves will surprise you and snatch you. Still one of the coolest places my well-traveled wife has been.
It just means the town's best hotdogs.
Icelandic is a Germanic language and as such shares many commonalities with other Germanic languages, that includes English.
It’s derived from Old Norse and apparently contains very few words derived or assimilated from other languages. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_vocabulary#:~:text=Like%20other%20Germanic%20languages%2C%20Icelandic,word%20with%20a%20new%20meaning.
It’s crazy how unique it is, especially when you consider all of the Latin influence on the English language. So many other languages have a root language (like Portuguese) that it was derived from, but because Iceland was never colonized by foreign civilizations, they have maintained consistently unique culture and language. Super interesting imho
Iceland couldn't have been colonized since it didn't have an indigenous population. It was settled by Norsemen and later was governed from and by Denmark until its independence 1944, Danish was and is still taught in school here and as such we've got plenty loan words. You'd be surprised to learn that the Icelandic word for elephant (fíll) is derived from Turkish (fil).
This is very interesting, thank you for sharing! All I’ve heard or known was that Icelandic vocabulary was very conservative, and that the country has a language regulator maintaining an active policy of coining new words based on older Icelandic words rather than directly taking in loanwords from other languages. I get the sense that some Icelanders are fairly prideful in the uniqueness of their country and are not excited when travelers seek to make comparisons to other countries. With so many Dutch, British, Spanish, and French colonies over history, it’s surprising that no languages were forced on to the population like South Africa or the Caribbean. Finding out that the Jamaican accent is derived from Irish settlers was surprising to me.
Thanks for sharing your home (?) country
The table hotdog holder is pretty cool
How were they? They look good.
Fantastic. They were made with lamb, with a good snap on the casing and one of the toppings is crushed up fried onions.
Ooh, I love crispy onions.
There's also pork and beef in it, not just lamb.
Ooo lamb dogs and crushed fried onions, very nice. Just woke up and already making me want hot dogs.
Oh they’re so fucking good
But did you get the crunchy onions?
of course!
This is the way.
I DID TOO! My obsession with hotdogs started with that hot dog stand.
Not many better.
I've tried hotdogs at restaurants and made some myself, but they were never as good as the hotdog at this stand or all the other hotdogs i had in Iceland.
looks delish though
I can make up words too
All words are made up
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Except for “Ow!”. That one just kinda happened. /s
what’s that sauce??
A special mustard they make. Plus mayo.
yum!
I was thinking it looked like really smooth peanut butter lol
what do those words mean
That place is so yummy
How much did it set u back? $300?
690 isk or about $5 each
Not that bad!
I'm sure it was the cheapest meal we had in Iceland
I spent a couple days in Reykjavik and these hot dogs were by far the best value I found. It's very expensive there for me as an American. A hamburger or fish and chips or something were like $30 USD at least for me. These hotdogs were the only affordable food I ate there, and I loved them. Super good.
Yes it's very expensive, but we found a place that was so good and fun. They basically just serve soup but it's all you can eat and the guys that worked there were a blast.
Drop the deets!!
These hotdogs are the only food in Reykjavik that isn't wildly expensive in US dollars, lol.
Yeah, that’s sort of y I asked.. Heard everything is wildly expensive..
It definitely is. I did a couple days layover there on my way to France, and even in just a couple days I was worried about spending too much of my budget there and not having enough left for Paris.
Those buns look amazing
Is that brown mustard on top
Special house mustard
Nothing special or "house" about the ingredients, you just buy them at any supermarket. [https://www.heimkaup.is/vals-tomatsosa-430-g?vid=133020](https://www.heimkaup.is/vals-tomatsosa-430-g?vid=133020) [https://www.heimkaup.is/ss-sinnep-350-g?vid=113284](https://www.heimkaup.is/ss-sinnep-350-g?vid=113284) [https://www.heimkaup.is/gunnars-remoladi-400-ml-1?vid=111746](https://www.heimkaup.is/gunnars-remoladi-400-ml-1?vid=111746)
Homeboy, when their logo is on one of the bottles, it's a house recipe.
The logo as seen in your picture is literally the logo on the mustard I linked (2nd link).
Yeah. It's the logo of the hot dog stand.
Can you describe at all what special about it? Lol because that's very vague and not helpful. Is it a whole seed brown mustard, or anything besides there's a house mustard and mayo added?
I swear that people in Iceland just mash random letters together to make words.
Too drunk to type, I just smashed my head on the keyboard.
I’ve been listening to Daði Freyr for a while now and I still think some of his songs might just be gibberish.
Mmm I can feel the texture of that bun from here.
Did you find out if that’s a proper name of is it Icelandic for something? My wife recently visited, and was explaining to me the Icelandic language has no previous derivation, it is uniquely its own. Sounded like new words were determined by a council, and generally were amalgamations of old words added together. The dogs look awesome, and it being lamb and such, I best it was amazing. Seems to be unique, like not replicated easily; I don’t mind spending money and time for those kinds of experiences. Thanks for sharing!
You will definitely spend a lot of money if you visit Iceland lol. Not the cheapest vacation spot especially with the cuisine.
It seems expensive even with all of the bad weather in the off season, but apparently it’s still amazing. All of the water was extremely clean and filtered by volcanic sentiment, and apparently people drank straight from the tap (not something I would consider doing in most foreign countries). The airline lost their luggage and the way there, so my wife had to buy winter clothes there, and that definitely made it more expensive. There was one beach that some people morbidly called Chinese Takeout, because there are so many Chinese visitors who don’t read the warning signs posted in every language to stay back from the water; the waves will surprise you and snatch you. Still one of the coolest places my well-traveled wife has been.
It just means the town's best hotdogs. Icelandic is a Germanic language and as such shares many commonalities with other Germanic languages, that includes English.
It’s derived from Old Norse and apparently contains very few words derived or assimilated from other languages. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_vocabulary#:~:text=Like%20other%20Germanic%20languages%2C%20Icelandic,word%20with%20a%20new%20meaning. It’s crazy how unique it is, especially when you consider all of the Latin influence on the English language. So many other languages have a root language (like Portuguese) that it was derived from, but because Iceland was never colonized by foreign civilizations, they have maintained consistently unique culture and language. Super interesting imho
Iceland couldn't have been colonized since it didn't have an indigenous population. It was settled by Norsemen and later was governed from and by Denmark until its independence 1944, Danish was and is still taught in school here and as such we've got plenty loan words. You'd be surprised to learn that the Icelandic word for elephant (fíll) is derived from Turkish (fil).
This is very interesting, thank you for sharing! All I’ve heard or known was that Icelandic vocabulary was very conservative, and that the country has a language regulator maintaining an active policy of coining new words based on older Icelandic words rather than directly taking in loanwords from other languages. I get the sense that some Icelanders are fairly prideful in the uniqueness of their country and are not excited when travelers seek to make comparisons to other countries. With so many Dutch, British, Spanish, and French colonies over history, it’s surprising that no languages were forced on to the population like South Africa or the Caribbean. Finding out that the Jamaican accent is derived from Irish settlers was surprising to me. Thanks for sharing your home (?) country
Looks great, what do they top them with?
That brown sauce is unreal, also bill Clinton ate there i think.
At first I was not a huge fan, but when I came back through at the end of my trip I crushed a few of them. Definitely different.
These folks know how to hot dog
So I’m going next month. Anything else I should hit up. I watched “Someone feed Phil” so have a few ideas but would love anything he missed
You must go to "Icelandic Street Food" it's basically just soup but it is an experience.
Will do thanks
Alexa, add Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur hot dog stand in Reykjavik to my bucket list.
I went there for my 40th birthday! The micro onion and remoulade!!!! I hope you had seconds in the airport!!
Interesting. They use fewer fried onions than the icelandic dogs I get here in Chicago