A Taste of Luxury in Southern Iceland
September 20, 2011
Hotel Ranga, one of the world’s top destinations for viewing the Aurora Borealis and Southern Iceland’s only 4 star resort, has everything you could possibly want for a relaxing stay in the countryside, not to mention an outstanding dining room and extremely friendly service from everyone. The hotel’s rustic luxury accomodations sit on wide open land overlooking the East Ranga River. Their chef prepared his modern Nordic cuisine with local ingredients of only the freshest quality, and brought out a beautiful array of dishes. Although the weather conditions weren’t conducive to check out the Northern Lights, on the positive side, it’s just one more reason for me to start planning my return trip.
East Ranga River at the hotel
Dining room at Hotel Ranga
Smoked Puffin served with beerbread crumble and "cumberland" sauce
Hotel Ranga's Wine bar
Icelandic Cod served on a bed of nuts and local barley with whitewine sauce
Local wild salmon with sweet potato and white chocolate puree, lobster foam and local strawberries
Local wild salmon with sweet potato and white chocolate puree, lobster foam and local strawberries
The hotel's porch
The best chocolate cake dessert
Icelandic Mountain lamb and lobster combo with potato terrine and blueberry demiglaze
Icelandic mountain lamb and lobster combo with potato terrine and blueberry demiglaze
International Suites
a camera in the kitchen 
September 23, 2011 at 6:45 am
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September 23, 2011 at 10:30 am
The salmon looks good. Hotel Rangai seems like a nice place to stop by 🙂
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September 23, 2011 at 10:59 pm
wow – gorgeous-fabulous photos! looks like good times had by all!
September 27, 2011 at 3:51 pm
We just thought of a dozen ideas for side dishes for fish because of these fabulous (droolworthy) pictures. It seems like Iceland is THE destination for seafood for luxury gastronomy. We’re googling Hotel Ranga at this very moment…hopefully we can hunt down their risotto recipe somewhere!
September 27, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Thanks so much! I certainly highly recommend it!
November 29, 2011 at 12:35 pm
An all ’round incredibly written blog post!!