Sandwiches showcase studied in depth this Wednesday afternoon. Crown Princess Mary sends a royal index finger in the direction of a piece of rye bread with chicken salad and exclaims:
- "It looks a little American!"
Claus Meyer nods and explains that the bread is buttered with a modern 'take'. The goal is to connect the Danish and the US. Soon they serve, for example, a piece of turkey and pumpkins in celebration of Halloween.
Meyer is not the type you get in a suit, but a white shirt is it become today, where he enthusiastically shows Crown Princess and Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen round.
"What does a cup of coffee cost in Denmark nowadays?" He asked out of the plenum.
The Prime Minister says well informed about the price level, and Meyer retorted: "There are all a piece for about 40 Danish kroner".
The chandeliers shines gently upon us here in Grand Central Terminal, where Claus Meyer earlier this year opened its doors to the biggest venture in Danish gastronomy abroad. He has built up a Nordic madunivers, where he sells porridge and beer soup, frosnappere and havtorne juice in the "Great Northern Food Hall".
Today he has so far most prominent visitors from home and the center, Crown Princess, is thrilled.
"It is a great bet! It's great that a place like this puts Denmark and Scandinavia on the map here in New York", said Princess Mary during the tour to Politiken.What do you think of that Danish food culture, like other countries' food culture can not?
"It is very individual, but Danish food appeals obviously to many people in many other countries than Denmark, so it's really good." HUH? The Crown Princess has, with her international background, had to adopt the Danish kitchen, but she declares that it went smoothly. Indeed, it has evolved into something of a love story.
"I can not point to a favorite food, but I'm generally very happy for the Danish food culture. There are so many different dishes that I like. I like everything from a sausage for the traditional Danish Christmas", she says.
WOT? With her favorite food in mind, the crown pricess may have felt strange that the lunch should be consumed in front of Meyers hotdog stall, 'Danish Dogs', serving a range of extravagant versions of the Danish sausage. Instead she participates together with the Prime Minister, Claus Meyer and the Danish Consul General in closed working lunch at Meyers finer Restaurant Acorns, where they will discuss how to buffer further into the success story, Danish food culture has been abroad.
"When we have great success in the United States, is mainly due to the fact that Denmark has the reputation of being a country that supplies high quality goods. We are connected with sustainability, energy efficient solutions and orderly. All this is symbolized in the Danish food culture. There is a straight line from the flat-breads, as Claus Meyer sells here at Grand Central Station, the design furniture, as other exports to the United States", "said Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.
Today's visit is a sort of false start on the large-scale business promotion as Crown Princess Mary with Crown Prince Frederik with travel back to the US next week. Here they visit a number of companies, among other Washington DC and Boston and try to stimulate the Danish-American cooperation, which is already growing.
The tour continued with Claus Meyer leading the way. He has openly talked about how it has been an enormous challenge to get hold of the difficult US market, and how money Fosset out of the half-empty rooms in the first months. The crowd today shows that New Yorkers are to spot him. This also has the Danish tourists, whose bread-hungry intestinal systems faithful'll visit.
Many end up with a gasp when they see the Crown Princess, which unaffected listener interested when Meyer tells of three recent stars to Restaurant Acorn in the New York Times.
On entering the restaurant says the Crown Princess, the food is something she and her family come together.
"We live like in Denmark, then yes, we eat very Danish. And we eat according to the seasons", she concludes, before she passed on.