WELCOME TO A NEW TASTE EXPERIENCE
We are a company based in the County town of Ipswich, offering fine Swedish food locally in East Anglia and nationwide via our website.
A Taste of Sweden was originally established as a result of the proprietor Sandra spending many summers in Sweden at the family summer house, sampling the delicious local smoked fish and herrings, after which she decided the experience was too good not to share!
Our speciality and passion is marinated herrings and we have tried a lot along the way to bring our customers the best. Our Herring products come from Klädesholmen, a port in Sweden which has been involved with herring fishing and production since the 13th century. Klädesholmen Seafood have themselves been producing herrings since the mid 1500's and what they don't know about herrings isn't worth knowing.
Herring are the most profilic fish on the planet. At certain times of the year they swim in huge shoals close to the coastline on both sides of the Atlantic and in Västerhavet on the Baltic Sea. They have been a staple of the Swedish economy for centuries and unlike here in the UK, where our fisherman throw most of the herring they catch back into the sea, the Swedes recognise the importance of this humble fish and are experts at finding innumerable ways of turning herrings into delicious food. Today they are a great inclusion in a healthy diet as the fat they contain is healthy fat and they contain more Omega 3 than even salmon.
In the standard range, we normally carry around nine different types. We also stock some Premium handprepared varieties too, made with extra special secret marinades handed down through the centuries. We suggest when ordering that you select several different types so you can eat them as the Swedes do - with 3 or 4 varieties together on a plate with plain boiled potatoes and a little salad. A truly delicious and very inexpensive meal.
We also stock PK's own range of caviar and pates. Their smoked cod roe pate we think equals any other available and we also have crab, tuna and smoked herring pates too.
At times like Easter, Midsummar and Christmas we carry other lines such as smoked salmon and cheese as well, so if you would like to see everything we have, ring us for a full pricelist. You can order over the phone and pay by card if you would prefer rather than via the website.
To allow for the weight of the herring jars, our standard delivery charge (which includes polystyrene cool box and 48 hour delivery) is £8.50 which includes up to 20 kgs. in weight. If you only wish to order one or two small items, please contact us first by phone and we will quote you the most economical delivery price.
We are confident that once you have tried our products, you will want to come back for more.
Corporate customers please call us with your enquiry – we should be delighted to help.
To our English customers, many of whom have fond memories of Sweden, we hope our Swedish food brings back the memories of your experiences with the beautiful country of Sweden.
To all our Swedish customers, we simply say
“Welcome to a Taste of Home”
NEW HOMEWARE AND RUGS
We are pleased to introduce a small sample on this website of the increasingly wide range of cotton rugs we now have for sale. You are welcome to order these off this website, call us to order or to see the full range, go to our Ebay shop "a-taste-of-sweden".
If you are local, you are very welcome to call and buy both food and rugs or alternatively you can find us at various local events throughout the year - call for details.