Category Archives: Eating out in Norway

Sarah Bernhardt cakes – gluten but not glutton free

Posted on 06/02/2012 by

While not wishing to offend, I have to admit that I am generally not very fond of Norwegian cakes. I find them generally either boring and dry or too creamy and unimaginative. It´s a subjective choice of course and my … Continue reading →

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A given and a-giving – my Xmas list

Posted on 11/12/2011 by

That Christmas is a fab time of year, is for me, like for most, an irrefutable given. It´s up there jostling for pole position on the calendar along with two weeks in the sun in summer. Despite the best attempts … Continue reading →

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Out to lunch: Ramme Gård

Posted on 11/05/2011 by

Whether I`m a home bird or whether it`s something to do with the extortionate remortgage-inducing cost of eating out at night in Norway (I include here the dress-up clothes mind) and the fact that the one with the car keys … Continue reading →

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Cider, a woman`s drink?! Bul(mer)shit

Posted on 05/05/2011 by

Last night our good friend and neighbour had the temerity to suggest (on Facebook) that cider was a womans´ drink. Well, let`s just say his utterance didn`t spur me on to dash round and cover him with kisses, cidrous or … Continue reading →

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Lunch by the sea

Posted on 28/04/2011 by

Today I had the opportunity to accompany him indoors to a meeting a little bit further south than us, somewhere between Tvedestrand and Arendal. So why not, I thought. This lead to Bradley and I having a little wander through … Continue reading →

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Switz a dog`s life

Posted on 26/04/2011 by

His Viking lordship and I spent part of the Easter break dog-sitting.  I should probably add that I am so fond of said dog (Pickle, a sweet-natured, fun-loving Labradoodle) and her owners, our friends, that I would dog-sit/visit them wherever … Continue reading →

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Criticism of food critics hard to stomach

Posted on 31/03/2011 by

There`s a three page spread in Dagens Næringsliv today (link is to the online version) dedicated to the fact that 11 of Norway´s most well-known restaurants have decided that the two restaurant critics from VG, one of the two main … Continue reading →

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Villa Malla, the jewel in Hurum`s crown

Posted on 28/03/2011 by

I don`t often rave about places, but I am going to rave about Villa Malla, Sonja Lee`s (Provence, Caribbean, Paris, London, Oslo….Filtvet) restaurant that isn`t a restaurant, perched next to the lighthouse in the sleepy, verging on comatose, hamlet of … Continue reading →

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