Taste Test

  • NewsStephanie Smith

    Watch People Try Ikea Food for the First Time

    Picture it: you’re at Ikea, loading up on Billy bookcases and Pax wardrobes. BuzzFeed introduced four shoppers to the retailer’s Swedish meatballs, lingonberry juice, and strawberry shortcake at their in-store restaurant, and recorded their reviews in the video above. Swedish meatballs — “the flagship Ikea vegetable” — and veggie balls got higher marks. A strawberry shortcake with whipped cream was universally loved, but also mistaken for lingonberry, a popular Swedish fruit.