mat i norge.

(food in norway)

I spent a weekend in Oslo, Norway with Ariel. It was snowy and expensive. The design of everything was gorgeous.

Our flight was at 6am, so by the time we got to our hostel and threw our stuff down, it was 10am, maybe? We were also starving; I had bought a pack of cheese sticks at Tesco's, but obviously that was not enough. We took a stroll and ended up at a café with a cute waiter guy. I had a spinach and pepper calzone-ything. And Orangina!



Because of that large breakfasty-lunch, we really weren't that hungry for lunchlunch. So we found a cute little bakery and sat down. Here's my latte and phenomenal brownie.

That night, we decided to go out for a nice dinner (this was before we knew the REAL exchange rate...). It was a slow food restaurant that basically only served steak medallions and appetizers/side dishes. I was not aware of this until we sat down (I'm a pescatarian), because the menu was all in Norwegian. Well, the waitress was so sweet and she let me order an extra large appetizer instead. So here's our meal journey. It all started with a small salad.



Then came the main part. Here's Ariel's meat. She picked a rich red wine sauce to go with it. Her side dishes were...asaparagus (not sure what sauce) and then a mushroom-onion sautée in what I think was vinegar. My side dish of creamy potato slices are pictured too.



My main dish was a shrimp scampi, in tomato and what I thought was white wine sauce. green onions too. It was one of the best shrimp dishes of my life.




And then, because it was bone-numbingly freezing outside, we ended with a cup of coffee.
Despite the outrageous bill, Ariel and I decided that the meal was ABSOLUTELY worth it.

The next day we went back to our bakery and had the one legitimate meal of the day. They don't exaggerate when they say Norway is expensive. Whatever, it was the best cheese sandwich of my life.






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