Food and more food

Arendal, a sleepy town when it is not summer. The place where its old main church looks like the one in the Disney movie Frozen. Where people from Oslo flock in July when it’s the official ‘summer vacation time in Norway. The town is full of life and things to do then other than that, its slow and empty.

So this year town’s interest group got several eateries to serve a dish for Kr100. A concept that is taken from more urban and vibrant countries abroad. For a small town, we have tons of restaurant that I guess make money during the sunny times of the year.

A few months ago Kristiansand had the same thing and I had tried several places. From the experience I have learnt that booking a table is a must and I did. It was good that I did as it is busy and fully booked and long wait otherwise.

I have tried the normal steakhouse as my son was along for the meal. If it was up to him we would end up eating sushi everyday. The portion was of course smaller but it is enough to satisfy and for my son, it was a good portion. He loves steak just like his mother and was enjoying the homemade bernaise sauce so much so that he wanted more.

I then booked a table in a ‘ proper’ restaurant, Steenhuset. It is a place that I have never been to and was looking forward to it. They had several dishes to which the deer stew was something that I was looking forward to try. It was me, T.I and a coworker. When we walked into the old building we were asked if we had booked a table and I said yes. ( I found out later that it is fully booked for the whole period). We were led to the second floor in a very old building. We were greeted by a very friendly British waitress. She was how a waitress suppose to be, cheerful and helpful. We ordered drinks first and we were served some yummy homemade bread with a garlic hollandaise as she called it.

 There were 3 mains that we could choose. T,I and I split a risotto and each had a deer stew. The food was yummy and tasteful. You know that the ingredients used were fresh and was cooked in a proper kitchen. The waitress I must say gave us extremely good service and I wont mind being served by her more often! We then had a dessert of brownie and ice cream. All made there of course. The brownie was very nutty and the chocolate sauce had a tinge of coffee in it. Ice cream you can see the vanilla seeds. So to say the least, we came out full, contented and would try the place again if we are out eating in Arendal.

Thursday I made a booking at Kitchen and Table at Clarion Tyholmen hotel. They had their signature hamburger as their dish. The burger was yummy, the service here was lacking for my taste but the ambience was good. The meat was perfectly grilled, vegetables fresh and parmesan fries yummy. The portion was of course smaller as on the menu the burger cost NOK 198. Now the service was like going to a cheap café where the service was ok and you get a smile but not that extra. I am not sure if it is due to them being over whelmed with the full service or if they are just that. We have to find out later when I go back to try it one more time and try their peach cobbler too.

 

For starter I had the udon noddle soup and 2 fried spring rolls that my son ended eating up both. The food was yummy, price wise it was ok and nice new restaurant. I would rather eat here than the malls sushi shop and we do not have to drive to town and next time T.I can order from the cooked food section.Now since this is a long post review of food, we tried a new sushi restaurant , LV sushi on Saturday. Silly us did not see the ‘Chinese’ food part as T.I does not eat sushi. So it was my son and I who devoured the items.  We had the standard soft shell crab, I ordered the egg sushi, the normal assortment of nigiri.