Fine fish and fun at Kødbyens Fiskebar
Kødbyens Fiskebar just sits back and waits for you to come and enjoy its fine fish and fun. It’s big, has a jellyfish tank and is in the awesome old meat packing district of Copenhagen. It also has succulent food and delectable drinks served to you by attentive, informed, efficient and (some) very creatively tattooed staff. It’s the perfect place to go with friends who want to take time out and chat about nothing and everything over fabulous food.
Two of my friends got sick and couldn’t make it but I was left with three delightful individuals. One American guy who I met for the first time looked exactly like Tom Hanks to me. But, nope, he was the husband of my girlfriend. He had the same endearing humour though and worked for AARP, the American Association for Retired People.
Call me crazy but I love AARP Magazine! I don’t think I’ll ever be retired or living in the US, but at least the publication cuts through the crap and gives you practical advice on health, money, food, scams and ... when you need to find out what happened to Bo Derek or Sinbad or even if Gordon Ramsay has turned 50 and Christoph Waltz 60, you’ll find it in AARP!
I’m pretty sure I expressed my enthusiastic support for my girlfriend’s husband’s job to scare him sufficiently (choose your own emoji here). Fortunately, that’s when the last of our party came in and saved the situation. Well, sort of. He’s tall so I had to make fun of him since I’m short. Listen, a lower center of gravity will always topple after the higher one goes down ... I'll double google that later to confirm.
This guy is also Danish so I can’t understand anything he says. No, of course he speaks perfect English, pretty good French and so many other languages. So, my girlfriend rightly ignored my Danish language rant and asked him to translate and pronounce some of the words she had enjoyed identifying in the city. He seemed to get them all correct but I would get a second opinion just to be sure!
The evening was so lighthearted and lovely that we stayed there until staff began cleaning up and closing. I think they even started winding everything down by playing the seemingly ever-present 80s tunes I also heard before at Bror. Maybe this musical decade is just a Copenhagen chef community thing. Don’t know, I’ll have to go back, eat more and investigate!
Kødbyens Fiskebar Flæsketorvet 100 1711 København V DENMARK Web: http://fiskebaren.dk/en/fiskebaren/ Tel: +45 32155656
















