MALIN NORDBLOM
Summer Dream cocktail är en härlig rosendrink där färgen kommer helt naturligt från en hemmagjord rosensockerlag gjord på kronbladen. Jag serverar rosendrinken Summer Dream som en liten fördrink i solen eller till lite goda snacks. Sockerlagen ska helst stå några timmar så att den får smak av rosenbladen, jag brukar låta den stå en dag. … Läs mer
Ingen har väl undgått att SAS strejkar mitt under den största och första semestersäsongen på flera år, jag hade en inbokad resa men hamnade på en resa till Toscana via helvetet. Jag skulle resa ner till Toscana för ett bröllop och det var verkligen en skräckfylld resa till Toscana via helvetet som jag var med … Läs mer
Igår var jag inbjuden till lanseringen av Oddbird 2097 som är en alkoholfri gin gjord på svenska ingredienser från området kring polcirkeln. Lanseringen skedde på den enstjärniga Michelin-restaurangen Sushi Sho i Stockholm där jag blev bjuden på helt gudomliga alkoholfria cocktails med mat från det japanska köket. Ingredienserna till Oddbird 2097 består av till exempel … Läs mer
Nu är det snart dags att lämna vårt underbara hus i Sverige och flytta ut i världen under några år. Vi har längtat efter Asien och i augusti går flytten till Singapore, ett land som jag besökt men aldrig bott i så det blir spännande. Som tur är har jag en del bekanta och en … Läs mer
White Guide har rekommenderat över 100 restauranger i Estland, dock blev det ingen fest förra året pga Covid. Jag hade äran att bli inbjuden till deras White Guide Talks i Tallinn tillsammans med Flavours of Estonia. Estland är ett hungrigt land där det händer en massa spännande grejer inom restaurangbranschen. Det är mycket nytt och … Läs mer
Nu var verkligen allt tillbaks till det normala, jobb, hemma på Lidingö, fullt av barn hemma, tvätt, och träffa vänner jag inte sett på länge. Något av det jag varit väldigt tacksam över är vädret, det har verkligen varit jättevarmt! Och det älskar jag verkligen! Att sitta i skuggan med kaffe eller något annat gott … Läs mer
Jag tillbringar den mesta delen av sommaren nere i Rigeleje, som ligger i Skåne och inte i Danmark även omet låter som det. Rigeleje ligger vid havet mellan Åhus och Brösarp och består av en massa små stugor, strand och skog. Det är här jag helst av allt tillbringar min tid när jag är ledig. … Läs mer
I spent a few days in Skåne visiting my dad, and my little summer cottage. The weather was amazing with a clear blue sky and pretty warm for the season. Still we found a big icicle in the shade. That was the most wintery during this winter..
Svinklöv Badhotell drivs av Bocuse d’Or vinnaren Kenneth Toft-Hansen och hans fru Louise. Badhotellet ligger precis vid Skagerraks vackra strand. Hotellet brann ner till grunden 2016 och öppnade igen 2019. Jag har tyvärr inte sett hur det ser ut innan branden, förutom på bild. Men det är uppbyggt på samma sätt, och många säger att … Läs mer
The best korean barbecue in Shanghai, I’ve tried others but this is the best according to me!
Möller Villa, or Moller Villa as he changed his name has a very fascinating story..
The old magical castle used to belong to the swedish shipping magnate Eric Möller and was ready in 1936. The Möllers were originally from Helsingborg in southern Sweden. Eric Möller was the son of the wealthy businessman Captain Nils Moller who sailed his brig ‘Osaka’ from Sweden.
After a legal argument with the Swedish and Norwegian Consulates concerning flags of convenience, Captain Nils declared himself a citizen of Shanghai.
He later removed the umlaut from his Swedish family name of ‘Moller‘.
He had two further families in Shanghai (with Alethea Stephenson and Hannah Clappison). The business grew and expanded into eight cities in China, and although the Mollers left Shanghai in 1950, their companies continued operating in Hong Kong into the 1990s. The family business was shipping and shipbuilding, and in Shanghai, the Moller portfolio included shipping lines, insurance, real estate and investment. In 1913, Eric Moller took over the family business and prospered. He had a steamboat that ran between Shanghai and Zhenjiang in Jiangsu Province, and, in the mid-1920s, decided to embark on the construction of a house for his big family – six children. The combination of a distinctly Scandinavian style with architectural references to ships throughout the house hints that Möller ( Moller) was probably heavily involved in the design. Eric Moller was a big horseracing fan, and the chair of the Shanghai Horse Racing Club. There is a picture at the wall of the hotel of him and Prince Charles at a race.
During the Pacific War, the house was occupied by the Japanese. Later, it housed a Kuomintang espionage agency. The Möllers left Shanghai in 1950, soon after the communists came to power. Eric Möller died in a plane crash 1954 in Singapore, when his daughter was waiting for him. His son’s Eric JR and Ralph took over the business after he died. They also owned a stud farm, White Lodge Stud, in Newmarket in England. For more than half a century, the Moller Mansion served as the headquarters of the Communist Youth League Shanghai Branch. In 1989, the Villa was listed as one of Shanghai’s protected historical buildings. In 2001, the local Hengshan Group took it over and restored the original mansion, added several garish imitation buildings in the back, and reopened it all as a hotel in May 2002. And I stayed at the hotel, Wich was a bit exciting. I had a beautiful room, but a very poor breakfast. I have been to many happenings in the villa. And I had a very interesting evening with the architectural historian Tess Johnston in the villa. Just after the reopening. 2006, the hotel was ”closed for repairs” while in fact it was being used as the headquarters of a corruption investigation into Shanghai’s top official, Party Secretary Chen Liangyu. The villa hotel did not reopen to guests until April 2009.
At the hotel nowadays it says that Eric Moller was British, but he originally came from southern Sweden. And my gran was married to a Moller from southern Sweden, are they related by any chance? And my granddad traveled to Shanghai when he was young.. And I lived there twice.. It’s under my skin…
Möller and his employees in 1947
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Such a dreamy and beautiful place. We just stumbled over it when we were out walking in Parma.Lucky that we are curious!
Great way to cook cod, and so tasty! Time to Cook: 30 minutes You need the following for 4 persons: 500 gram of cod fillet Butter 150 grams of mushrooms Bacon Potatoes for 4 persons Parsley Salt Pepper 1, Preheat the oven to 125 C 2, Salt the cod and leave for 15 minutes while … Läs mer
Strandtugg hittar du precis vid vattnet på Kämpingestranden, endast 17 steg från vattnet. Här kan du sitta både inne och ute på två våningar. Strandtugg är öppet under hela sommaren, men även visa helger under resten av året. De serverar riktigt goda räkmackor, olika sorters kött, fisk och grönt. Vill man bara dricka något och … Läs mer
”The Edible Country” is a do-it-yourself gourmet restaurant experience where you as a visitor forage and cook your own food out in the Swedish nature. There are 13 different locations all over Sweden to choose from.
A great day that we always spend with my family. And we are eating so much food.
Up North in Sweden there is this Brewery making gin that just get’s all these prizes all the time! I went there with a nice group of people to try out their gin and see their factory.
A lot to choose from. I picked a plate with 3 different salads. So you can choose from around 10 different salads, either a big plate or 3 different. And a home made lemonade, wich is really good here. We were lucky to get some of the few seats outside. Where you can look at … Läs mer
