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New York meets London in the heart of Odense Restaurant mmoks is different from other restaurants in Odense. It serves food from all over the world, with its own little twists and surprises to each dish; all courses are the same size, and you decide how many courses you want. This is a cosy, relaxing place where you get a welcome break from all the hustle and bustle of everyday life. By Heidi Kokborg
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Photos: Rico Feldfoss
For a long time, Mads Friis Nielsen thought that Odense needed a new and different kind of restaurant. Then, a little over two years ago, he and his mother opened Restaurant mmoks.
are ever-changing. All dishes are the same size, and people can then decide for themselves how many courses they wish to have,” says Friis Nielsen, general manager at Restaurant mmoks.
“Odense has a lot of French restaurants and bistros with the traditional threecourse concepts. I wanted to create something entirely different. Restaurant mmoks is classic à la carte; we have ten different dishes on the menu that
Dynamic, inspiring food
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Issue 101
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June 2017
The food at Restaurant mmoks is not inspired by one specific cuisine or country. Instead, they mix and match food from all over the world – always with their own surprising twists.
“We cook whatever we are inspired by, always with a twist. We might use pepper in a dessert or mix Gammel Dansk (a Danish schnapps) with seaweed from Iceland. We want the food to be dynamic, entertaining and inspiring,” says Friis Nielsen. “Our philosophy is to make simple dishes with twists and surprises. We want to leave people feeling inspired, having created something they will remember us for.” One of the most popular dishes in the history of the restaurant is a dessert named Kuglen (the ball). It was a big ball made of fruit juice with ice cream, foam and something crunchy inside. The ball was frozen in nitrogen, so to open it you had to hit it with a spoon – then all the goodness inside would flow out.