Smack in the heart of the new Hornstull lies another Hornstull, a small shopping centre with a special focus on food. With seven restaurants, including the excellent Linje 10 (reviewed in Totally Stockholm #17), the area previously known as “knife-Söder” is becoming the culinary hotspot of “fork-Söder” instead.
One of the more interesting eateries here is Taylors & Jones with the Twist, a mini-restaurant and pub run by the men behind Taylors & Jones, the eponymous sausage factory and store on Kungsholmen. David Taylor, Gareth Jones and Kremin Akkoc have been churning out hand-made sausages in small batches since 2007, winning over many a sausage fan’s heart with their experimental tastes. They’re happy to provide a mild, safe sausage that will satisfy the kids, but above all, they are known for unexpected flavour combinations such as lamb with goat’s cheese, honey and oregano, or pork with rhubarb and ginger. At Taylors and Jones with the Twist, you can sample these delicacies without having to do the cooking yourself.
The restaurant is tiny and fills up quickly; on the other hand, it’s not a place to linger so tables do become available in a steady stream. Beer and meat is all there is on offer – but with these kinds of ingredients, it goes a long way.
The menu features around a dozen different sausages and a few other dishes, such as pulled pork. There’s even a vegetarian wrap – but it goes without saying that this is first and foremost a place for carnivores. In addition to the basics, there’s a few side orders; a mixed salad, a bulgur salad and a potato salad (all 30 kronor).
As far as fast food goes, Taylors and Jones is definitely high-end. Their juicy Lincolnshire (pork, herbs, sage and black pepper) with tomato relish and fried onions (64 kronor) or their hot Welsh Dragon (pork with sambal oelek, chili and leek) with sweet onion relish and mustard (66 kronor), win over a tired hamburger any day, but cost no more. With its succulent meat and slightly sour pickled red onions, the excellent pulled pork is served either in a wrap or a bun with a salad (85 kronor). Combine any of them with one of the restaurant’s beers – the list features almost only self-imported brands from micro breweries like Magic Rock, Sunny Republic, Nynäshamn and Ska Brewing – and you have yourself a very satisfying evening meal or a weekend lunch.
The only downside is the location. Sitting across from H&M, along a wide shopping mall alley, drags down the experience a few notches and makes you feel like you’re in a hurry even when you’re not. Taylors and Jones with the Twist deserves a bigger, better space, somewhere you could sit and chat, sampling their sausages for an hour or two instead of a quick 20 minutes.
And while we do get that the concept is beer and sausages, a small dessert wouldn’t hurt – maybe just a simple Eton mess?
Långholmsgatan 17-21, Fore more info click here.
Photos by Sarah Heidenborg
