knittinggirl Posted April 29, 2016 #1 Share Posted April 29, 2016 How safe is the food and water in Iceland? One of our shore excursions calls for Tunisian couscous, Mediterranean salads, tomatoes and greeneries, and fresh Icelandic water. Are those hot dog carts safe? I ended up with norovirus after a hot dog cart in Amsterdam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsrdsrdsr Posted April 30, 2016 #2 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Safer than Texas. Less industry, and much tighter pollution rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted April 30, 2016 #3 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Not sure how you could tell you got noro from a hot dog cart. If you said e coli, or salmonella, that would be more plausible. That being said, Iceland is a first world country. The people are healthy and live long lives. No reason to fear the local food and water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knittinggirl Posted April 30, 2016 Author #4 Share Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) Not sure how you could tell you got noro from a hot dog cart. If you said e coli, or salmonella, that would be more plausible. That being said, Iceland is a first world country. The people are healthy and live long lives. No reason to fear the local food and water. Don't know what I had, but fever, vomiting and diarrhea. DH called it food poisoning. Lost weight on that cruise. Edited April 30, 2016 by knittinggirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMHamburg Posted April 30, 2016 #5 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Iceland imports a lot of the food, since agriculture is limited there, but standards are high ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMLAalum Posted April 30, 2016 #6 Share Posted April 30, 2016 DH got hoarse (sp?) from a restaurant in Iceland. ;):rolleyes:;):D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaisatsu Posted April 30, 2016 #7 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Don't know what I had, but fever, vomiting and diarrhea. DH called it food poisoning. Lost weight on that cruise. Fever, vomiting, and diarrhea on a cruise ship? Are you sure you didn't just touch a railing on board? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonTowner Posted April 30, 2016 #8 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I can't imagine why Iceland would be unsafe. However, I certainly wouldn't eat a hot dog from a cart anywhere, in fact, unless they have a government hygiene licence they are illegal in London. The staples of Icelandic cuisine are Atlantic fish and local lamb, all very fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianC-80 Posted May 1, 2016 #9 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I might recommend that Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur hot dog carts in Reykjavík. When we were there several years ago (not on a cruise ship) we had a couple of hot dogs from there and they're quite delicious. Also good enough for Bill Clinton. Back in 2006 they were voted the best hot dog stands in Europe. The only thing I would recommend not eating in Iceland is hákarl. I smelt it there and that was good enough for me - it's rotten fermented shark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitemare Posted May 1, 2016 #10 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Baejarins has a building, not a cart, near the port. Excellent dogs and toppings, and they (and everyone else in Iceland) are happy to take your credit or debit cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desdichado62 Posted May 1, 2016 #11 Share Posted May 1, 2016 The only thing I would recommend not eating in Iceland is hákarl. I smelt it there and that was good enough for me - it's rotten fermented shark. Sounds like an Icelandic equivalent of the Swedish Suströmming dish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idahospud Posted May 2, 2016 #12 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Baejarins has a building, not a cart, near the port. Excellent dogs and toppings, and they (and everyone else in Iceland) are happy to take your credit or debit cards. This one in the picture I took? They are delicious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pet Nit Noy Posted May 2, 2016 #13 Share Posted May 2, 2016 How safe is the food and water in Iceland? One of our shore excursions calls for Tunisian couscous, Mediterranean salads, tomatoes and greeneries, and fresh Icelandic water. Are those hot dog carts safe? I ended up with norovirus after a hot dog cart in Amsterdam. Will your itinerary take you to Copenhagen? If so, I can recommend the organic hot dog stand located near the Round Tower in Copenhagen. (There's apparently another branch located near the Church of the Holy Ghost, but we ate at the Round Tower branch). Under normal circumstances, I never would have tried street food, but we were taken there as part of a wonderful food walking tour. ( foodtours.eu ) The hot dog was delicious -- literally award winning! Here's a link to the web site for the hot dog stand which is named DOP. http://www.xn--dp-lka.dk/en/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angeleyes27 Posted May 2, 2016 #14 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Water is very pure there. Food was very good but expensive in restaurants. Very modern low crime country with beautiful scenery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljandgb Posted May 2, 2016 #15 Share Posted May 2, 2016 You can drink water from any tap, and quite literally from 90+% of any stream or river in Iceland. Most rivers and streams are straight up glacier melt and very pure. Most Icelanders consider bottled water to be somewhere between ridiculous and offensive, given how good their tap water is. And actually, there's quite a bit of agriculture there. The south shore has many green houses due to their very cheap geothermal heating. Bananas and tomatoes are some of the most prevalent crops, believe it or not. Feel free to eat and drink whatever you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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