Sneak Peak Taste of Midsummer At Plaj
“Wine & Flowers” cocktail on the new midsummer menu at Plaj.
In Scandinavia, midsummer begins June 22. And it’s a very big deal.
After a long, harsh winter of darkness with a mere four hours of light per day if you’re lucky, Scandinavian residents get rather giddy when summer approaches. Can you blame them?
Swedish-born Chef-Owner Roberth Sundell offers up a taste of that exuberance from his home country by presenting a special midsummer menu at his Plaj restaurant in San Francisco.
Located inside the boutique Inn at the Opera hotel, Sundell opened the restaurant in 2012 with his wife Andrea to showcase modern Scandinavian cuisine with California influences. They followed that up in 2017 with the fast-casual Stockhome in Petaluma.
Plaj is a phonetic spelling of the word “play.” And that’s just what the couple wants you to do when you visit this intimate dining room.
The bar.
The dining area beside it.
Recently, I was invited along with other media to try some of the offerings on the new midsummer menu, which will be available June 19-25.