With no Desserts available at Meatballs - For The People it was after a pleasant walk through Söder…read morethat two guests found themselves at Åsö Konditori & Bageri, the two-story space at Åsögatan 102 remaining busy despite an hour during which many are normally at work as a result of comfortable confines and free WiFi plus some of Stockholm's best Pastries. Located on a largely residential street not far from the Metro Station and open seven-to-seven on Weekdays with slightly shorter hours on weekends, at least one Baker still present approaching 16h00 and presumably working on items for the next day, it was after browsing still-full shelves that six items were selected, the Café upstairs offering a pleasant place to dine as the majority of patrons filled seats outside. Using slightly different nomenclature than other Konditori around Stockholm, the Wienerbrod for instance dubbed Vaniljbulle thanks to the flavor of thick Custard inside its fluffy golden coils, it was with Princess Cake dressed pretty in Pink that one of the city's best slices was found, at least five separate layers including Cream and Raspberry Compote contributing to Pound Cake that was more buttery than others but still surprisingly light. Not about to pass on the classic Fika focused on throughout nine days in Sweden, Åsö's Cardamom Bun more leavened than others and thus open beneath the sugared top with a nice stretch to the Dough, it was with a dual layer of the same Raspberry Jam tasted earlier that a Katalan Tart shined while the Tosca also performed admirably, the now-predictable Chokladbol in this instance occurring by way of a "Lillebror" that replaced with Pearl Sugar around the Chocolate and Oat core.

Fine fine Nordic eating…read more * * * This is a bakery/cafe that covers the four basic food groups: 1) Bread 2) Pastry 3) Coffee 4) Lunch Five stars on all of the above. * * * Recipes here are standard Swedish. Where they make their mark is in execution. Let's start with the drip coffee. You know how in "Pulp Fiction" and "Twin Peaks" a running gag is Coffee that is so good, everyone stops everything they are doing to comment on how good the coffee is? Aso's drip coffee could be that amazing stop-everything coffee. My only regret is that I did not have Kyle MacLachlan or Harvey Keitel with me to enjoy a cup. * * * Lunch was Raksmorgas, a standard Swedish dish of shrimp, fresh dill, lemon, tomatoes and homemade mayonnaise on thinly sliced rye bread. Aso's adds a hard-boiled egg to the proceedings. What was so good about this? Just about everything. The shrimp were small but packed with flavor. Imagine the flavor intensity of a salami, but in small cold shrimp. Fresh dill is always wonderful. Fresh dill can make cardboard taste good. The hard boiled eggs were perfectly timed. Bright golden moist-crumbly yellow yolks. Most restaurants give you over-boiled rubbery yellow-green yolks. Net of cooking time, the eggs themselves were a lot better than the old commercial refrigerator eggs we get in the United States. I suspect these were fresh eggs. The decadent treat was the rye bread on the bottom. This covered with homemade mayonnaise. The difference between homemade mayonnaise and jar mayonnaise is like the difference between a real kiss and a picture of a kiss. The mayonnaise drips into the rye bread. So do the flavor leavings of the shrimp and the egg and the tomato. The result? Bread to die for. Sopping up the good stuff from your meal with bread is always good. Sopping up the good stuff from your meal with superior Swedish rye bread is over the top excellent. * * * How is the bakery as a bakery? Love of the life got a walnut bread with her salad that was first rate. It was stick to your ribs stuff. One roll's worth of walnut bread and you were fed for a week. And totally walnutted to boot. On the dessert side, they do have decadent blow-all-the-calories desserts. But many Swedish pastries are in the same family with English scones. These are meant to be a snack by themselves. Substantial. Restrained. Subtle but worthwhile flavor. I had a Katalan which is two thin layers of lingonberry filling between three layers of substantial pie crust. Katalan means "from Catalonia" and naturally there is nothing more Spanish than lingonberries. (Cough cough). Not a good dessert choice after a heavy meal, but it would have been perfect with coffee at four in the afternoon. * * * Overall, an absolutely fine establishment. And even better if your world stops spinning for good coffee.

This restaurant has the best patio of any restaurant I've ever been to. It's on the roof and it's…read morebeautiful because of all the pretty flowers and trees planted. They had Lana del Rey playing as well which I loved and there were birds chirping. It felt like I was in a dream. This restaurant is owned by the same makers as Cafe Saturnus. My sister and I ordered the Boulette de Boeuf, the Monday special, per the waiter's recommendation. We also ordered the hamburger and fries to share. The Boulette de Boeuf was a giant meatball with mashed potatoes and lingonberry. For dessert we went inside and had hot chocolate, tea, and banoffe cake. We wanted to try the banoffe cake because it was mentioned in the movie Love Actually and we had never had it before. It is a combination of banana and toffee with a layer of cream on top and a pie crust. Neither of us liked it but we were glad we tried it. The hot chocolate tastes just like the one at Cafe Saturnus if I remember correctly. There is free wifi and they accept Diner's Club international! If you're traveling internationally, use your Discover/Diner's Club international card when possible because there are no foreign transactions fees.

Just as good as Saturnus, same wonderful croissants and coffee. Actually most of the staff has…read moreworked at Saturnus which makes the atmosphere great. Only thing not so good are the tables and chairs, not so cosy as Saturnus.

TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE, A PLACE I WOULD NEVER RETURN TO!…read more This is probably the worst experience from a café I've ever had. Me and my partner wanted to enjoy the sun while discussing the last part of our thesis, so we sat down at the outdoor dining area and bought some coffee and cake. After about an hour the restaurant owner came to our (small two-person table) and very rudly told us that we had to leave the outside area because we weren't buying more drinks. We were pretty surprised since there were empty seats around us, but agreed to go inside. But we didn't even have time to pack up our stuff before he came out again screaming "I told you that you need to leave, get away from the area!!! We were so shocked and upset that a café can treat their customers this way, that we just left as fast as possible. I am horribly disappointed and would highly recommend to choose another café as an alternative to this terrible place

Surprisingly large portion (gourmetrulle), super delicious food, and the coffee was great. Ambience…read morewas very nice and cosy, good prices and really nice barista. Will absolutely return.