Provianten — Restaurant in Bornholms Regionskommune

Picture a quaint fisherman's cottage by a picturesque harbour, some rustic furniture, low ceilings and wooden beams adorned with wine bottle openers of all shapes and sizes and intimate candlelit tables and you have arrived at Provianten. There is no hand out menucard, all dishes are handwritten on a solitary chalkboard at the entrance to the salon. There are 5-6 Snacks (we chose to have these as starters and it was ample) three appetizers, three mains, one dessert and one cheese course The wines were on display in an alcove, there are two prices, one for takeaway and one for the pleasure of consumption at Provianten. We were 7 people in total and chose almost everything on the menu and it was all scrumptious. Rustic Pork rillette with pickles, blue cheese with raisins, potato cream with truffle sausage followed by a hearty Boeuf Bourguinon, braised Pork breast and Panfried Aubergine with capers and fennel. If ever i saw an artisan wine selection then this was it. After recommendation from the owner, we chose Cremant, in the form of Blanquette de Limoux Monsieur S, this proved to be an excellent accompanyment to our array of snacks. We stayed with white grapes for the mains and chose D’Anjou Bannesy dels Clot Escounils an “assemblage” of Grenache grapes from the Roussilon region of southern France-18 months in oak barrels, a wine perfect in body to compliment the braised pork and Bourguinon. It was a saturday evening and Provianten was full with around 30 guests of all generations. We thouroghly enjoyed our visit to this unique fishermans brasserie...

Best place in Gudhjem, and probably my favourite place on all of Bornholm. Great food. Organic and always with a vegetarian alternative to the dish of the day, which is normally some kind of stew. Always lovely. You can also get snacks, desserts and plenty of good organic wine. It's a small place with a mix of local guests and tourists. There's a great atmosphere and you can tell that people...

Min kæreste og jeg vil bare have en øl. IPA'en er sluppet op, men vi får en Bingo Gringo på fad i stedet – økologisk og bornholmsk, perfekt.

Så hører vi klaver indefra. Det er ikke bare baggrundsmusik – det er noget, der giver mig lyst til at træde nærmere. Tonerne flyder ud gennem døren, melankolske og smukke. Det minder mig om Ludovico Einaudi.

Jeg går ind for at lytte. Bartenderen – ham med en nice afro, der lige har skænket vores øl – sidder ved klaveret.

"Er det Ludovico?" spørger jeg.

"Nej, det er Swedish House Mafia," svarer han. Jeg griner lidt af den absurde kontrast.

"Men jeg kan godt spille noget Ludovico," siger han og skifter uden tøven til en af de der stykker, der får tiden til at stå stille. Pludselig er vi ikke bare på en havnebar i Gudhjem – vi er et sted, hvor en bartender kan forvandle sig til pianist og skabe et af de øjeblikke, man husker.

Det er sgu ikke hver dag man oplever den slags. At nogen bare kan skifte fra at skænke øl til at servere ren følelse på 88 tangenter.

Tak for musikken, Provianten. Og ja,...