Hötorgshallen 40-42, 111 57 Stockholm; +46 8 21 24 55, www.lagazelle.se
“I love kebabs and a lot of these new hipster kebab places aren’t that good. This is a very simple place in Hötorgshallen market run by two Turkish guys who’ve been doing it for a while – they make like 2000 kebabs a day, so they know what they’re doing.” – Niklas
Artillerigatan 14, 114 51 Stockholm; +46 8 662 30 60, www.gastrologik.se
“Nordic fine-dining at its best.”
Operahuset, Karl XII:s torg, 111 86 Stockholm; +46 8 676 58 00, www.operakallaren.se
“This is a bar in the opera house that serves traditional Swedish food – old grandma recipes. It’s the only place where you can really get that old authentic Swedish traditional food that hasn’t changed.”
113 55, Roslagsgatan 6, 113 55 Stockholm; +46 8 509 022 24, www.babette.se
A buzzy little restaurant serving excellent small plates and pizzas and interesting low-intervention wines. “Babette is the hotspot in Stockholm right now.”
Vendevägen 14, 182 69 Djursholm; +46 8 755 02 00, www.yolo.se
“This is our local restaurant. It has a tacky name but it’s a really nice place and the people there are really friendly – the owner is a Polish woman and the chef is Swedish. They have a plat du jour for 120 krona, which is about £10.”
Hötorgshallen, 111 57 Stockholm; +46 8 23 00 01, www.hotorgshallen.se
“A great market in the centre of Stockholm with food from all over the world. This is where I go for hard-to-get ingredients.” – Niklas
Vendevägen 14, 182 69 Djursholm; +46 8 519 791 05, www.gateau.se
“This is our local bakery – we get our bread here.”
Niklas stops the car at a strawberry table by the side of the road to buy a couple of punnets for 15 krona each. They are amazingly good. If you’re in Sweden in June, look out for the roadside strawberry sellers.
Interviews
Niklas Ekstedt
Jess Murphy’s Galway Address Book – The chef-owner of Kai recommends a cheesemonger with a wine bar upstairs, a must-visit farmers' market and a bookselling fruit & veg shop
Mitch Tonks’ Devon & Dorset Address Book – The chef and food writer picks a stunningly located oyster restaurant, "the most fantastic" curry house and a "great, if grumpy" butcher
Louise McGuane’s Clare Address Book – The owner of Chapel Gate Whiskey recommends a "phenomenal" seafood pub, an Irish cheese specialist and a favourite long-running bakery
Gill Meller’s Devon & Dorset Address Book – The food writer and chef on unfussy restaurant he really likes, an "incredible" off-grid smallholding and his favourite local chippie