Aska: Ideas of North
This balance of pragmatism and emotion, of order and improvisation, is what makes the most complex performances seem simple and pure. Berselius says, “Everyone eats food. It’s a simple way of looking at it. It’s something we do every day. But you have to challenge yourself every day to look at things and look at food differently. I feel what we’re doing here is that we’ve created an environment where we can do whatever we want. Not only on behalf of the guests, but at the same time for ourselves.” And so at Aska, where things are pared down to an elemental beauty, like the blacks and whites and grays of a winter’s day, perfection appears in the simple things, transcendence in a slip of silvery-herring skin.•
