Eel, smoked and sen with creamed potatoes or scrambled Apelsin juice Orange juice Choklad Hot chocolate Citron Lemon Fnikt juice Fruit juice Kaffe Coffee Drinks Mineralvatten Mineral water Mjelk Milk Oi Beer Saft Squash Те Tea Vatten Water Vin Wine SM Cheers! dazzlingly expensive. Expect to pay at least 150 200kr for a threecourse affair, to which you can add 3050kr for a small beer, and lOOkr for the cheapest bottle of house plonk. The food in Swedish restaurants will either be Husmanskost, in which case it will generally be marvellous, or Frenchstyle nouvelle cuisine a pricey way to eat carrot shavings and one brussel sprout. Swedes eat early and lunch in most restaurants is served from around 11am, dinner from around 6pm. Ethnic restaurants For years the only ethnic choice in Sweden was between the pizzeria and the odd Chinese restaurant and these still offer the bestvalue dinners. In pizzerias you'll get a large, if not strictly authentic, pizza for around 4050kr, usually with free coleslaw and bread, and the price generally remains the same whether it's lunch or dinner. As well as the local restaurants, the Pizza Wuf chain _ "as recently made its mark in Sweden, though rt s a little more expensive. Chinese restaurants arly always offer a set lunch for around 50kr, ough pricier in the evenings (from around a dish), a group of people can usually put 4w e a goodvalue meal together. " recent years the choice has expanded to include a barrage of Middle Eastern kebab take aways and caf§s, where you'll get something fairly substantial in pitta bread for around 25 30kr. Other ethnic options, however, are exclusive and expensive. Japanese and Indonesian food (increasingly common) is expense account stuff. Vegetarians It's not too tough being vegetarian in Sweden given the preponderance of buffettype meals available, most of which are heavy with salads, cheeses, eggs and soups. The cities, too, have salad bars and sandwich shops where you'll have no trouble feeding yourself; and if all else fails, the local pizzeria will always deliver the non meaty goods. At lunchtime you'll find that the Dagens Ratt in many places has a vegetarian option; don't be afraid to ask. Drinking Drinking is notoriously pricey and there is no way of softening the blow unless you're prepared to forgo bars and buy exclusively in the state liquor shops. Content yourself with the fact that Swedes, too, think it's expensive: you won't find yourself stuck in rounds at the bar that demand a second mortgage to pay them off, and it's perfectly acceptable to nurse your drink as long as you like. It's worth noting, though, that some bars have Happy Hours, before 8pm, when half a litre of beer goes for around halfprice. What to drink If you drink anything alcoholic in Sweden, a good choice is beer, which while expensive at least costs the same almost everywhere, be it cafe, bar or restaurant: around 40kr for a halflitre of lagertype brew.