I just returned from a four day trip to Oslo, Norway to visit our corporate HQ. Very interesting place! I stayed in the central area of Oslo with 5 others from the states. No BBQ, but plenty of good food and beer! We tried a variety of native dishes that were pretty good...
Brunost - A Norwegian cheese. It is brown in color and slightly sweet. Good stuff!
Boknafisk - A stek made with half-dried cod, potatoes, carrots, butter and bacon.
Reindeer - I had reindeer stew and reindeer steak. It was very good and temder. It was less gamey than venison.
Whale - Yeah, there's some politcal issues here, but Norway is one of two places in the world where you can buy whale meat. Our waitress reminded us that a whale is a mammal, not a fish, so don't expect to be eating fish. She was right. It was served as a steak and was very lean and tender. As far as flavor, it was a stronger flavor than beef. Similar to buffalo, I guess. It was very good, too!
I didn't get to do much sightseeing, but what i saw of Oslo was nice and clean. The people were all very nice and 95% of them spoke english, so getting around wasn't a problem. I will probably go back next spring and now that I know what to expect I'll try to take my wife and add on a few extra days.
Brunost - A Norwegian cheese. It is brown in color and slightly sweet. Good stuff!
Boknafisk - A stek made with half-dried cod, potatoes, carrots, butter and bacon.
Reindeer - I had reindeer stew and reindeer steak. It was very good and temder. It was less gamey than venison.
Whale - Yeah, there's some politcal issues here, but Norway is one of two places in the world where you can buy whale meat. Our waitress reminded us that a whale is a mammal, not a fish, so don't expect to be eating fish. She was right. It was served as a steak and was very lean and tender. As far as flavor, it was a stronger flavor than beef. Similar to buffalo, I guess. It was very good, too!
I didn't get to do much sightseeing, but what i saw of Oslo was nice and clean. The people were all very nice and 95% of them spoke english, so getting around wasn't a problem. I will probably go back next spring and now that I know what to expect I'll try to take my wife and add on a few extra days.
