@ Stockholm Arlanda Airport [Mimi's World Tour]

Bakery?: Arlanda airport
Address: Stockholm
Style: Swedish
Price: $$

This was officially my last visit on the Stockholm Cake Tour -- I wasn't even thinking of putting this up, but then I looked back and discovered that I actually have quite a few unofficial Cake Tours in airports (and trains) from a few countries... which means I can put them up as well, although I'll write up my pending local bakeries, fear you not. :) They're certainly not bakeries and them baking the goods themselves is highly improbable, but they're still unique treats.. and sometimes not as bad as you might expect from commercial food for the masses. So, away we go to those treats eaten uh, on the go. ;D

Essentially, Stockholm Arlanda is pretty good in terms of food options past the security check. They have a few cafeteria-like places along the duty-free corridor and, as is usually the case, the one directly on the other side had the best prices and it only goes up the closer you get to the gates, although by far the most impressive was the one attached to Street Food by Marcus Samuelsson, with cake slices and delicious-looking buns. However, at 28kr for a cinnamon bun, it's worth walking back to stand #1... unless you're absolutely intent on spending the last of your kronar (I did so at the Swedish food shop ^^;).


Given that airports are some of the most overpriced places ever, getting a cinnamon bun (my last in Sweden ;_;) for 24kr (or was it 22kr?) wasn't bad, as you can pay the same throughout the city itself, although it certainly didn't beat that many bakeries and the selection wasn't so great either. Perhaps if they substituted chocolate muffins for something more... authentic and original? The dough was different than the usual fluffy and yeasty bun and was more hard and dense -- perhaps so that it can sit longer. Team that up with not enough cinnamon in between the rolls and simply way way too much rock sugar -- the feeling I got eating this was of hard candy. With every bite, you had that crunch in your mouth and that wasn't very pleasant. :/

So, maybe it is worth those extra four kronar after all to go down the corridor, not sure. At any rate, there is a choice, not a big or cheap one, and not really a knock-your-socks-off one either, but it's there.

Rating: **