Harðfiskur is unsalted fish, a traditional Icelandic food, dried by cold air and wind on wooden racks on the foreshore. Harðfiskur has been a staple in Icelandic diets for centuries. It's made most often of cod, but also haddock and wolffish.

Plokkfiskur is a traditional Icelandic dish made from fish, potatoes, onion and bechamel sauce. The result is thick and creamy comfort food that’s popular with locals and tourists alike. The dish has its origins in the most noble of food principles – using up leftovers. 

Pylsur is Icelandic sausages. This three-meat Icelandic hot dog, known as pylsur, is a comparatively accessible national dish. Traditionally pylsur is served with bun and many other toppings.

Kæstur hákarl is a national dish of Iceland consisting of a Greenland shark or other sleeper shark which has been cured with a particular fermentation process and hung to dry for four to five months.