xanawu http://xanawu.com a chinese canadian in norway Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:33:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 focacceria (villa paradiso) http://xanawu.com/2013/04/focacceria-villa-paradiso/ http://xanawu.com/2013/04/focacceria-villa-paradiso/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:10:25 +0000 xanawu http://xanawu.com/?p=5925 One of our favourite places to eat in Oslo is Focacceria, a small takeout joint run by Villa Paradiso (which is the best pizzeria in town, hands down). The focaccia is amazing; this is my favourite, with eggplant, buffalo mozzarella, basil and tomato:

Focacceria is just up the side street from Villa Paradiso, and [...]]]> http://xanawu.com/2013/04/focacceria-villa-paradiso/feed/ 0 crêperie de mari http://xanawu.com/2013/03/creperie-de-mari/ http://xanawu.com/2013/03/creperie-de-mari/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:36:19 +0000 xanawu http://xanawu.com/?p=5902 I was never tempted to go in when you were just a little crêperie on torggata. But now that you’re a full-fledged restaurant attached to a yuppie swedish store in Grünerløkka, you’re irresistible.

nice crêpes, too. (I think this was the “italiano,” with pesto, olives and pine nuts.)

Crêperie de Mari (facebook page) Thorvald Meyersgate 63-67 0552 [...]]]> http://xanawu.com/2013/03/creperie-de-mari/feed/ 0 norwegian advertising http://xanawu.com/2013/03/norwegian-advertising/ http://xanawu.com/2013/03/norwegian-advertising/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 01:19:48 +0000 xanawu http://xanawu.com/?p=5880 Sometimes I don’t think I’ll ever understand Norwegian mass culture. This ad for vanilla sauce, for example:

NYHET! Endelig med skrukork! (“NEW! Finally with a screw cap!”)

It doesn’t market any other feature. No great taste, no new recipe, just… a screw cap.

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]]> http://xanawu.com/2013/02/ruterbat/feed/ 0 lunch at fiskeriet http://xanawu.com/2013/02/lunch-at-fiskeriet/ http://xanawu.com/2013/02/lunch-at-fiskeriet/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:16:23 +0000 xanawu http://xanawu.com/?p=5850 Decided to have lunch today at Operapassasjen (“the opera passage”), a walk-through building that used to house Oslo’s opera (not to be confused with the beautiful new building by the sea). At the entrance facing Youngstorget, there’s a small fish market called Fiskeriet — surprisingly one of the few fish markets in Oslo.

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