Pylsuvagninn á Akureyri

The hot dog cart in Akureyri

May contain traces of advertising.*

When we were in Iceland with the children, we also had a few days in Akureyri - and took the opportunity to visit the "Pylsuvagninn" there. After all, hot dogs have become something of an Icelandic national food.

I had noticed the Pylsuvagninn in Akureyri on Instagram for a while because of their great creativity in the toppings of their hot dogs. I was really inspired by their “ breakfast hot dogs ”!

So we contacted the operators before our vacation and after a very friendly email exchange they invited us - we should definitely try their new vegan hot dogs and of course their Kjötsúpa, their Icelandic meat soup, and we should have one for dessert Try crepe. Of course we were very happy to do that when we went there with the children!

By the way, the Pylsuvagninn in Akureyri belongs to Agnieszka, a Polish woman who has lived in Iceland for over 10 years and has been running this hot dog cart here with her family for 4 years now.

Our lunch

The ingredients for the hot dogs are of course all “organic”. The vegan sausages are also “organic” and are made and smoked from seitan, i.e. wheat protein, as well as water, herbs, sunflower oil and salt.

In the foreground here is the vegan hot dog - with lettuce, cucumber and tomato and the vegan hot dog sausage as well as mustard and ketchup. I found it quite tasty, but with vegan sausages I miss the crunchy feeling when I bite into them. But with a hot dog that's not really noticeable.

By the way, in the background you can also see another interesting hot dog - with normal sausage, but with red onions and cold red cabbage. Child2 was really excited and I took a bite too and thought it was really good!

By the way, Kind3 chose this hot dog - with cheese and Pik-Nik potato chips.

In addition to the many different hot dogs, which I find very exciting, Pylsuvagninn also has a proper Icelandic kjötsúpa, i.e. meat soup with lamb, potatoes, carrots, turnips, gray curds... everything as it needs to be. Child4 in particular was a big fan of the soup!

By the way, the soup here is not served in a plastic or Styrofoam bowl, but the bowl is made of thick paper. The Pylsuvagninn is in the process of avoiding plastic products as much as possible in the interests of the environment and responsible use of our nature. After all, there are already enough microplastics in the world - and that is not good for the world. It's all the more important to take action! Well, the spoon is still made of plastic, but after all, such an environmentally conscious change is also a change process that takes a certain amount of time.

For dessert we had crepe (on a paper plate) - even though that's not a typical Icelandic specialty. But really very tasty! We had "pönnukaka með vanillu skyri, rjóma, oreo og súkkulaðisósu", a pancake with vanilla skyr, whipped cream, Oreo cookies and chocolate sauce. I really enjoyed it, especially with the vanilla skyr, and my youngest son in particular was very enthusiastic about the crepe.

Many thanks again to Agnieszka, the owner of Pylsuvagninn, and her family!

At a glance:

A "hot dog with everything" (= pylsu með öllum ), i.e. with sausages, onions, ketchup, cocktail sauce, remoulade sauce and mustard costs 450 ISK (as of July 2018 approx. €3.65). There are ten different variants to choose from, on average a hot dog with lamb sausages costs around 700 ISK (€5.70). But you can also get unusual variants such as hot dogs with red cabbage or with potato salad or chips.

The vegetarian and vegan hot dogs cost on average around 780 ISK, which is equivalent to around €6.30. There are seven different variants to choose from (also with egg or tuna).

The Kjötsúpa costs 1,000 ISK per serving (around €8.10).

The crepes ("pönnukaka") all cost 800 ISK (as of July 2018, approx. €6.50) per piece. There are five sweet versions and one savory version to choose from, from Nutella and banana to strawberries, blueberry jam and apple cinnamon to vanilla skyr with Oreo cookies and cheese, sausage and ketchup.

* Legal notice:

Technically speaking, this is advertising because we were invited to dinner. But we only went to restaurants and bars that we had previously heard good things about. When we burst into hymns of praise, we really mean it.



[Translated from here.]