The spread for the Royal couple, prepared by chef Dheeraj Singh, who popularised Indian street food here, included mutton curry and lip-smacking tandoori platter having mushroom, prawns and chicken malai tikka, for starters.
32-year-old Singh shot to fame in Stockholm last month after he won the prestigious 'Arla Guldko' (the Golden Cow) award for best street food in Sweden.
"It's a dream come true for me. I am so happy about it," says Singh, who hails from Manali in Himachal Pradesh and is now settled in the Swedish capital.
It was at this hotel that Rabindranath Tagore had stayed when he came here to receive his Nobel prize for literature in 1913.
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For Singh, who has been hired by the hotel especially for Mukherjee's visit, the event was like a fairy tale.
"I could never have imagined this day will come in my life when I will be the Chef to our President and also lay the table for the King of Sweden," says Singh, who was busy through the night and this morning giving finishing touches to the spread.
"Our elders always say that the road to man's heart is through his stomach," the chef, dressed in black, said, adding he blended Indian food with salads and some local ingredients to suit the Swedish palate.
Singh's 'kathi rolls', a street-food originating from Kolkata, which has skewer-roasted kebab wrapped in a paratha bread, is a hit here.
Singh, who has to compete with 100 odd established Indian restaurants in the Swedish capital, said he takes great care about serving Indian fare prepared in hygenic atmosphere.