Dinner for a Royal

Yesterday we were thinking of places to eat in Horne, Denmark, the town we were staying. The people that owned the B&B said there was a really cool castle that was turned into a hotel and restaurant. Later that day my mom was checking her Facebook and saw that one of my old buddies from preschool's great aunt and uncle own that castle. When we got to the palace there was hardly anyone there because it was a Monday in the off season, We asked if they were open for dinner. Indeed they were.

While our six course dinner was being prepared one of the staff gave us a grand tour of the west wing of the castle. The whole castle was decorated in a Victorian English way and everything was very ornate. We saw five huge rooms. The best one had a huge wooden ceiling that had ornate wood carvings and wood chandlers. We were told it took 2 years to build! We saw the largest room to rent and it had a king bed, a twin bed, a huge bathroom and a dining table. Sadly in the 1900's the danish government turned the castle into a mental hospital and everything was covered up with gray decor including the ceiling and windows. The current owners restored it back to original condition.

For the first course of our dinner we had a locally made smoked cheese with bread, then we had a creamy lobster soup that was fabulous! Next we had a cured meat plate with french onions and asparagus and eggplant. The main course was a tenderloin of beef that was the most delicious and tender meat I have ever had. We passed on the fifth course of a cheese platter and went right to dessert since everyone was getting plumply stuffed. Dessert was a walnut spice cake with pear sorbet and the most delicious white chocolate chunks ever.

When we were finished my Dad gave the server our credit card to pay. It didn't work!! He tried another one. I didn't work either. My Dad apologized a ton and made a deal with the server to come back in the morning with cash. So the next morning my Dad went back with the cash to pay our bill and found out that the restaurant only accepts Danish credit cards and our server didn't know that since she was a new employee.

It all turned out ok. It was the best meal I have ever eaten and had a tour of a really cool castle.