Scandinavian cuisine Lilla Dalarna offers menus focusing on traditional and home-cooked dishes of Scandinavian countries. Ocean-facing Scandinavian countries are abundant in seafood, including Norwegian Salmon which you may have seen often in Japan. There are also many meat dishes, with pork being the most commonly used meat. Moreover, due to the wealth of nature with numerous lakes and forests, Nordic countries have quite a few dishes using nuts, mushrooms, berries and potatoes.