Today was the yearly Swedish Chrstmas fair at the Shrine, Downtown Los Angeles. One of my favorite events in LA!
Lots of crafts, gnomes and Santas!
My first Semla in almost 4 years! I havn’t bought them at previous years fairs because the first year I was afraid the whipped cream would be fake whipped cream. Last year I had the same concerns and thought I could wait until I’d go to Sweden for Christmas. It turned out the cafe’s in my hometown had still not started making them when I was there for Christmas, so I was left without. This year, knowing I might run the risk of not getting one in Sweden, I could not resist getting one at the fair.
The whipped cream was real, yay! I got flashbacks to -06, eating a Semla and drinking hot chocolate while watching the winter Olympics before starting the 2 hour evening shift at the bakery.
We bumped into what I believe was one of our previous kings.
