Craving Skyr (Eating in Iceland, Part II)

If anyone knows of a place in Toronto to get Skyr, PLEASE LET ME KNOW - I'm in withdrawl. I even risked the no-liquids-in-the-carry-on rule and argued with the customs inspector to be able to bring one precious container home.

Jonas cooked up a spectacular farewell meal, that went somewhat under-appreciated by a couple of whitefish girls... I wish I'd taken a photo.

First was a rich fish soup drizzled with skyr and very salty Russian caviar. Next was a sampling of the day's catch: monkfish, arctic char, minke whale and bone shark. All grilled to perfection. The arctic char was delicious, the whale scared me a bit (Helga pointed it out to me earlier in the week at the grocery store and it looked like a cross between salmon and liver - big thick fillets in a deep red-purlpe shade.) but it tasted very good. Cooked it looked more like beef than fish. I guess it's a mammal thing. The texture of the bone shark, and the (unconfirmed) report that it was an endangered species that got tangled in the net and brought in by accident sort of turned me off. All in all it was a very impressive meal, and I was glad not to have to try the putrified shark "delicacy" that many tourists get talked into.