WWFB: Icelandic Hot Dog Edition
The scene: Reykjavík, Iceland, early November. You’re at a music festival. You’re broke, on account of being at a music festival in Iceland.
Somehow in my planning for this trip, I got it in my head that Icelandic hot dogs are made from reindeer.
That may be true at a more esoteric hot dog stand, but at Bæjarins Beztu — an Icelandic staple since 1937 — the dogs are made of lamb. Baaaaaaaah!
I’m typically a once-in-a-decade hot dog gal — typically coinciding with how often I attend a Major League Baseball game. But I must have had three of these Bæjarins Beztu bad boys in my 6 days in Iceland. It’s the perfect meal when you’re running between concert venues in Reykjavík under the inky, dark winter skies that blanket the city from 2PM to 10AM the next day.
VERDICT: 8/10 Come for the sheep-dogs. Stay for the crispy fried onions and remoulade. Feel smug knowing you had a fancier hot dog than President Bill Clinton did when he visited in 2004.
