Salty And The Swede

After scouring our many different options, we decided to have Madeleine cater our small wedding dinner for 32 people. It was such a good decision. The food was exceptional; Madeleine used traditional Swedish spices and ingredients in such an interesting and artful way. To begin, Madeleine made hickory smoked trout with cantaloupe melon, lemon and kumquat cream cheese & pickled red onion, manchego-​stuffed dates wrapped in prosciutto, a goat cheese & bean faux foie gras, and seasalt and rosewater infused dates. For the entrees, she made meatballs in a slow-​cooked tomato sauce and vegan crabcakes with seaweed caviar & dulse chips served with a vegan horseradish and dill aioli. The meatballs were perfectly spiced and the crabcakes were loved by vegetarians and meat-​lovers alike. For the sides, she made marinated potatoes with dill and scallions, a red cabbage salad with almond dressing, baby kale, and pomegranate, and another salad of caramelized grapes, goat cheese, lentils and greens served with a pesto dressing. To top everything off, Madeleine made the most delicious and decadent chocolate, lavender, and sea salt pie. Our wedding guests are still talking about the food. I can’t wait for another chance to work with Salty and the Swede again!

Madeleine, the chef of Salty and the Swede is truly an unbelievable cook who’s culinary skills create some creative and surprising combinations of delicious food. I threw a 9 person dinner party last Saturday night and had Salty And The Swede cook for us. She had various menu suggestions and we chose a 4 course meal. The menu consisted of:
*Roasted carrot soup infused with camomile mushroom bacon and sorrel pesto
*red cabbage salad with almond vinaigrette-​sounds boring but was so good!
*Lamb Rosemary potato Moussaka (she also created a veg option of this for 1 guest)
*Chocolate cardamom pudding with rasberry sauce, whipped cream a chocolate covered fried potato chip for dessert dipping, my God!!!
She arrived a little early to prepare, was very organized, communicated well throughout the whole process, has a wonderful personality and even came up with a jalapeño infused cocktail that guests were served upon arrival. You would be well advised to use Salty and The Swede for your next unique and high-​end dining experience at home. One of my favorite parts was the food descriptions as they were served up.

Where is this place and WHERE is it, cannot find any address. Their website has a phone number — nobody answers — and an e-​mail address — no reply.
Does it still exist?
Would love to try it.

I’m rarely moved to Unilocal,but, you see, there’s this chocolate cake I can’t get out of my mind. I was lucky enough to get to meet Madeleine AND her food at a birthday party she catered. Sweet lady, awesome eats. Next time I need to hang out in the kitchen and see if some of her magic might rub off on me!

Surprisingly good! Actually I should say incredibly good! I am from Denmark myself so I was brought up on Scandinavian cuisine but I can honestly say that Salty And The Swede are taking things to the next level and beyond. I was at this birthday party a few weeks back and was told we would have a Swedish company cater which I was a bit skeptical about since I never had any really good Swedish food before. BUT I was blown away by the flavors and even the most simple dishes like cole slaw or pork chops were so so so good. Not to mention this amazing chocolate cake which is to die for. It’s got this perfect texture and sweetness to it and just leaves you wanting more and more. I am a chocolate monster meaning I have had my share of chocolate treats in my life but this was hands down the best chocolate cake I’ve ever had!

Oh my, where to begin. I have had the pleasure of tasting Salty and the Swede a few times now and it is consistently SO amazing and not like any cooking I’ve experienced before. Madeleine the main chef is extremely artful and inventive, not to mention such a sweet person and so accommodating to work with. She uses a wonderfully complex combination of the freshest ingredients.
My favorite Salty and the Swede experience so far was at my birthday with 10 friends where we dined on bbq-​ed pork chops that were so flavorful and tender, a light but creamy coleslaw with chopped nuts, a spinach salad with carmelized grapes, walnuts, fennel, lemongrass, goat cheese and probably a long list of other secret ingredients thrown in there, and the most unbelievable chocolate cake sprinkled with merlot sea salt and rose hips (crispy little morsels) and topped with fresh whipped cream. I’m not a big cake or sweets person but this was INCREDIBLE. It made it such a special birthday evening :)

(4.5 stars)
So…my hubby and I decided to have a Norwegian first birthday party for our baby. We’re not Norwegian. Go figure.
Knowing little about Norwegian/​Scandinavian cuisine, I thought I needed to outsource. The Salty and the Swede was the only operating Scandinavian catering service Google could find for me, so I put in my food order and hoped for the best. I worried a bit about the fact that Scandinavian restaurants no longer exist in LA and no American seems familiar with or enamored of Norwegian cuisine. A relative described food from the region as bland and unappetizing. But that wasn’t going to stop me from having Norwegian food at a Norwegian-​themed party, now, was it?
I had low expectations, sure, but Salty’s food, way, way exceeded them, and totally went against this negative perception of Norwegian vittles! They prepared beautifully-​presented open-​faced sandwiches for the party that the guests complimented. We were happy and well-​fed.
So what’s the deal with the badmouthing of food from this region? My guess is that it’s not your typical American (super fatty, super cheesy, super salty, etc.) fare. One of our guests commented that the food seemed «really healthy and organic» (I chuckled). We’re just not used to quality food here, I guess. (So I thought I should let y’all know that you shouldn’t expect bourgeois from this catering service.)
Madeleine also worked with our budget, and that was nice.

The food is so good that whatever your event, people will be talking about the food at some point in every conversation. Thank you Salty and the Swede for showing my husband what I could never live up too. If those guys were in San Francisco, I’d crash every event that catered their food. It’s worth jail time.

I had the pleasure eating their yummy food catered for a birthday party.
How I’d describe the experience: «Like Water for Chocolate»
If you are not familiar with that movie, the main character cooks love into her food– eating a meer morsel makes you fall in love…
Yup, it is like that…
The menu had scandinavian roots, grandma secrets and mouth watering combos of infused flavors (did you know you can use lavender flowers on a cake!).
The menu varied from the one you’ll see on the website (aka they have a big array of options). I am picky and cursed by not loving all seafood (I say this because I am originally from the seafood state of Maine). So know– they have a big bag of tricks. If you love seafood you’ll be in heaven ;)
Bottom line their Scandinavian roots are about what is fresh, what is in season and what grandmas knows is tried and true but with a modern twist!
I am excited to book them on a photo-​shoot coming up… Highly recommend them!