One of the many things keeping me busy the last several months was preparing for my presentation at Øredev . As part of the welcoming of speakers to the conference, Malmo invited us to their town hall where the Deputy Mayor welcomed us with a very traditional banquet.

As you can see from the photo above and below, the town hall’s interior is definitely grandiose and decorated with spectacular fittings. When we sat down we could even see the old chimney stacks lined up against the wall to provide heating prior to electricity.

We had an amazing meal, being served a very traditional local banquet. It first started with a very strange looking soup.

We later find out it’s Black Soup. Yes. It’s made with similar ingredients to Black Pudding, except everything was based around Goose (which we had as a later meal).

Despite knowing what was cooked in it, I found it surprisingly delicious although made slightly more strange by the cinnamon and cloves sprinkled throughout. I had a fantastic evening meeting all the other speakers and conference organisers. This was definitely one of the best conferences I’ve been to as well.