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An inside view of the restaurant Tak — Stockholm

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An acclaimed chef, an award-winning bartender, a Norwegian hotelier and the only sake sommeliers in Sweden are just some of the ingredients that have come together to create Stockholm’s current hotspot, Tak.

Housed in a brutalist building that dominates Brunkebergstorg Square – a part of Stockholm that is slowly being coaxed back to life by a regeneration project called Urban Escape – the restaurant has been designed by local firm Windgårdhs and is set over two floors to include the largest outdoor terrace in the city that is also connected by a footbridge to the rooftop of the adjacent Spotify headquarters.

Sip on Eurasian cocktails such as Blank Slate (a sublime concoction of Absolut Vodka vergano bianco, yuzu, lemon, sugar and blueberries) created by Charlotte Halsius, before making a pit stop downstairs to the Raw Bar, where the open kitchen shucks oysters, slices sashimi and mixes tartars.

And then there’s the restaurant. Culinary director Frida Ronge – best known for interweaving Swedish ingredients with Japanese flavours – delivers impressive dishes from tempura fried salsify served with nori and topped with Kalix bleak roe and sour cream to charcoal grilled Tsukune: a minced chicken skewer with a side of egg yolk for dipping and seven-flavoured spice shichi-mi tōgarashi. Wash this down with a pale ale from Japan, homemade yuzu lager, or sparkling sake.

An inside view of the dining tables at the restaurant Tak &mdash; Stockholm

An inside view of the tables at Tak &mdash; Stockholm

An inside view of the entire restaurant area at Tak &mdash; Stockholm

A closer view of a dining area at Tak &mdash; Stockholm

A close up view of a dining area at Tak &mdash; Stockholm

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Mary Lussiana is a passionate hotel-lover and freelance travel writer contributing to many of the UK’s best magazines and newspapers. A mother of three, she has lived in Portugal's sunny south since this century began, and continues to live there with her husband, their yellow Labrador, Bellini and returning children.