Norwegian food

I have come to the conclusion that norwegian food is very underestimated. And this is pity!
Let me explain. 

First of all, if you ask a foreigner how he/she finds food in Norway most probably if not for certain will say in despair that he/she suffers! Well, I don't completely exclude myself.... But this is mainly due to homesick syndromes. You don't find ingredients you are used to or even if you do they taste differently. Coming from a Mediterranean country is almost a curse if you try to appreciate the quality of fruits and vegetables, here. 

As for locals, if you ask them for norwegian food, they will start mentioning baked potatoes and fish and maybe reedier and whale and that's pretty much it. (Ok let's not talk here about Gradiosa....) 

Does this signal enthusiasm? Any room for fireworks? Oh! No, surely not! They present proudly raskfisk and brunost but how many chances there are that you won't turn skeptical after experiencing these? On the other hand  ask for feta cheese or olives and you'll get exclamation marks!

By making the comparison and summing up with your nostalgia, you end up with the impression that norwegian food is rather something dull (and if you have supper in the canteen, you're slightly more prone to believe that). But is that true??????

To be honest in a great degree I believed so. There were dishes I liked like the reedier with the brussels cabbage or the fiskeboller,  the smoked salmon, the bakalao or the fiskesoup but I thought that's rather a short list. 

All it takes is a dinner at a friend's place who loves tradition and prepares everything with care. He called it ''norwegian assimilation dinner'' and he ''forced'' me to reconsider this unfavourable opinion of mine with the most tasteful way!!! : D The first dish was fresh meat soup with small dough balls. The soft texture, the sweetness of the butter and the salty biff taste was fantastic and then he served the miracle!!!! Biff with onion sauce and vegetables. I could hardly stop myself praising it!! I was all 'yiummy... ouaou...uff!!' for way longer than appropriate! Uff, I feel a bit embarrassed since there were people I knew very little but it was so spontaneous, so honest and that sauce so amazingly delicious and the biff so tender! ( I want this recipe, I want this recipe, I want this recipe....NOW!!!). The photo is from the dessert another very pleasant surprise! Rhubarb and strawberry soup served with cream! Full of taste and full of aromas!

Who said again norwegian food is boring?? Shame, Shame on me!!