halloween.

unfortunately, the costume was popped by the end of the night.

magnus as grapes.

more classics?

sliders with salad.

fusilli bolognese with salad.

american classics.

big mac slider-style and breakfast burrito (in the form of tacos).

jalapeños instead of pickles.

beef + onion + egg filling inside lomper "tortillas" topped with cottage cheese and tomato/cucumber "salsa."

the case of the fallen kebab.

i buy roll kebabs (wrapped like a burrito) so i can enjoy the bread with the filling... and so i don't need a fork.  others, like mr. benjamin kuban, prefer pita kebabs and enjoy the sauce-soaked bread after they have finished the filling.  this is a cautionary tale to those of you who prefer the pita kebabs...  don't get so excited when you get to the bread of your bislett kebab that you drop it on the sidewalk of  hegdehaugsveien...

fallen soldier.

look of despair.

kebab hats.

since roll kebabs are better than the pita variety, the only thing the little wraps are good for is making hats.  i dare you to find a better use.

(from left) paul, me, natalia

food.

breakfast sandwich (open-faced).  bread, tomato, green onion, 2 sunny-side-up eggs, feta, fresh salmon, and arugula.

a grandiosa is actually norway's most popular food.  it's a frozen pizza.  2 million (half the population of norway) grandiosas are sold on christmas day alone.  i added a twist with some feta, an egg, and some arugula.

the morning after...

...a night at la belle sole... that looked like this...

....

john waiting to be summoned into vip

...was made much better by this...

chili burger at the beach club in aker brygge.  the best burger i've had so far in oslo (that i didn't make).

found a wine from my friend valentina's parents' vineyard, marchesi di barolo, at druen.

this is the craziest butter i have seen at a restaurant.  went to one of trygve's favorite places to find some white bordeaux... i don't remember the name, but you could pick your own live lobster so i'm going back to eat as well. 

a closeup.  yes, it's butter, not butter cream.