Birch & Surkaj – café, restaurant and micro-bakery

Sourdough, organic produce and warm hospitality

Birch & Surkaj is a micro-bakery, a café and a restaurant on Læsø. Take some freshly baked sourdough bread home with you, or settle down in the café for a sourdough roll with cheese, good coffee and light meals. In the evening, we serve rustic, tasty food.
We’re passionate about simple, flavourful food and about creating a place full of warmth, a sense of community and space for everyone. You should feel welcome here – whether you’re popping in for a quick cup of coffee or an evening that might just last a little longer. The dream was born out of a love for good craftsmanship, good hospitality and for Læsø. We’re creating the sort of place we’ve always wanted to visit ourselves. 

Sourdough bread, carefully selected coffee, and delicious meals

We get loads of praise for our coffee, and that’s just lovely. But we’re especially delighted because having a proper barista coffee machine was one of our very top and most important priorities. And it was just as important to find a passionate coffee supplier, preferably a local one. Not only is Thor’s small roastery, @tierrakaffe, practically on our doorstep in Aalborg, but he also supplies coffee to, for example, Aalborg’s first Michelin-starred restaurant.

Personality, presence and warmth

Both Birch and Surkaj are part of our shared history.

Birch is named after Børge Birch, the famous gallery owner who, amongst other things, looked after Asger Jorn. I knew him back in the day, and it was he who got me into the Hotel Plaza in Copenhagen. In other words, he gave me the keys to the world, and as he also had a long-standing and deep connection to Læsø, the name is a tribute to him, says Steffen.
Surkaj is the name of Mille’s sourdough, and it is precisely this sourdough that plays a central role in the venture. Organic flour, water, salt and time. That is how we will bake our bread. Quite simply, and in manageable sizes – that is the simple recipe.

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