On the Faroe Islands, near the village of Leynar where just over a hundred souls live, there is the two-star KOKS, probably the most remote Michelin-starred restaurant in the world. At the moment it is closed pending the completion of its new headquarters, and so in the meantime the chef Poul Andrias Ziska and his staff have decided to transfer the business in an even more remote place: Faroe Islands are not exactly around the corner, but for this summer and next season KOKS will open its doors in Greenland.
To be precise in Ilimanaq, a handful of houses with 53 residents at the last count, located on the west coast of the island three hundred kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. The KOKS will take over the restaurant of the Ilimanaq Lodge, a colonial house built in 1741: it is one of the oldest buildings in Greenland, recently renovated to guarantee informal but refined hospitality. And indeed the ideal solution for dining at KOKS is to stop for the night in one of the visitor bungalows, admiring out the windows the frozen Ilulissat fjordor of Kangia, crossed by icebergs (and Unesco heritage).
Even in the trip to Greenland, chef Ziska will remain faithful to his philosophy of offering creative and sustainable cuisine, based on local raw materials, which here also include reindeer meat, musk ox, seal and narwhal. The tasting menu consists of about twenty courses and costs 2100 Danish crowns, or about 280 euros, with another 215 euros optional if you want to add the wine pairing. Anyone interested in organizing an expedition in those parts would do better to move in time: the seats are only thirty in the evening and apparently the requests are already numerous. The most remote KOKS ever will be open from 12 June to 8 September.