We had another go at House of Sushi, this time in their proper restaurant out at Skøyen. The venue is quite atmospheric, and having several chefs behind the counter was promising.
I have to say I was a bit reluctant to go back, and when the waiter took forever to come to our table to take our order we feared that this was not going to be any better experience… but in the end it turned out to be quite good.
The reason why Gwyneth Paltrow got famous as a sushi eater was because she did it while being pregnant.
She was dining with her husband Chris Martin at the New York City sushi bar “Cube 63″ and was seen to ordered a salad and what appeared to be sushi! At a sushi bar - what has the world come to? I know this is thought to be potentially harmful during pregnancy and when she also had some Guinness on top of it - well, it was a good day for the paparazzi’s I guess.
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Le Meo Sushi Restaurant opened late in 2006, and I was thrilled to see a sushi bar opening up right next to my favorite coffee bar in Oslo, Evita. They took a loooong holiday in February, but they finally came back so that I could taste their goods. The restaurant is kind of a weird place. It feels more like a canteen than a restaurant with their plastic table cloths and cheap interior. Not a place for anything but eating and moving on, despite them now also serve beer. The place does not really invite you to hang out for long.
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I was very surprised by this place. It looks just like a hole in the wall, not very inviting, but came highly recommended by a friend that knows his sushi. And what a treat it was.
The menu was extensive, and the prices low, so you can pretty much eat all you want for around 200-250. I am not sure if they sell beer or not, but this is is not a place for long, romantic sit-down meals anyway, so the price will stay down because you are probably not going to add alcohol onto the tab. Sushi House is probably great for lunch and quick dinners on the run, though.
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I have realized that it is not just the sushi fish that is what addicts me to coming back to japanese restaurants and wanting to make japanese food. They have a lot of different tastes that are so delicious they are seriously addictive. Wasabi is one. But having Gari with your sushi is another of these addictions.
I have added a page here on how to make gari yourself, so that you can make your own perfect tasting version. I mix with buying and making. I sometimes like to make them myself, but I also really like the ones that comes in big plastic bags from the japanese markets. Not too fond of the ones in glass jars in regular supermarkets - they look too pink and are too “vinegary” for my taste.
Mr. Tang opened in 2006, and I think it is an ok sushi place. Price and service considered. They serve asian food, so you don’t just get sushi here.
We ordered green tea, miso soup, the starter platter of sashimi, tempura maki, salmon maki, spicy tuna maki. The presentation of the food was ok. The miso soup was very tasty and had seafood in it. The sashimi was good. I got shrimps, escobar, halibut and salmon. Their rice was not just sticky, it was almost mushy. The ura maki had sesame seeds - which I like, but the rice was in general not that good. Too sweet, and way too sticky. Something for them to work on.
Sushi to Wok or Sushi and Wok is a very nice sushi place. I do agree with the people saying that their rice is a bit too mushy and sweet, but in general - this is sushi I can eat a lot. Their rolls are usually very good, their tempura shrimp crunchy. It is the only place I know where they have guru guru sushi in Oslo, where you sit around a conveyor belt and help yourself to plates of sushi of your liking.
(Temporary review)
This is considered to be one of the best sushi places in Oslo. And it is, but it is a bit too expensive to be able to go there too often. Their menus are always interesting, last time we were there were on Valentines day and they had a special menu for that day.
Again - a place that comes highly recommended. Why, I have no idea.
We went there on a Saturday night and it was pretty much packed with people, so I was expecting a lot. I overheard others telling each other about this place and how good it was for being cheap, but unfortunately I did not get what they were saying after they got their food since I was too upset with my own. It might be that the chef was having a bad fish day. I don’t know. I have been here before since it is about the only place in Oslo that have Korean food, so I know they also have good food, but until I have to, I don’t think I will come back for the sushi.
Updated April 2008: This was one of my favorite sushi places in Oslo. I thought it to be one of the best places to eat downtown, but have to say that my latest experiences have not been that good. Usually their ponzu apetizer is really good, and the amount of different types of fish are one of the best in town.
This is my favourite sushi place in Oslo. A lot has to do with the atmosphere I think. I just love the place. I really enjoy the sushibar, I could sit there forever, just looking at how they do things. I know they are not japanese, but I still think they are great.
Here it is fun to pick from the menu. They have a lot of different stuff, and also some of the things that resemble things I find in cook books.
I had heard of House of Sushi several times, but never found it. It was kind of hidden in a back street of Majorstua, Ole Vigsgate 15. The building itself was not very inviting, and when entering the shop – unfortunately were not the people working there either. We might have been unlucky with our timing or something, in that the chef just then were on a break, but it was still a weird feeling of being told that you had to wait for your food for at least thirty to fourty minutes while the guy who is supposed to make it is sitting eating right next to you. Well, it made us hungrier I guess.
I have started buying cook books on how to make sushi at home. It is a lot of fun, and the books have helped me immensely. I read them sometimes to get a certain recipe, but a lot of the time I read it just as eye candy. As if my wasabi urge is being taken care of. Sort of.
Well – here are a some books that have helped me:
I don’t know about you, but with me – when I get hooked on something, I am kind of an equipment and gadget geek. I love technology, so it makes me get cool stuff. I love sushi and it has made me buy a lot of new stuff. And I love it.
It is expensive, especially since living in Norway, but I enjoy it so much. I don’t have THAT much, but I will get more – I am sure of that. I just have to get myself back to Japan…
Here is an ever growing list of stuff that is necessary. Well – at least for me.
Bennys is a weird restaurant. If you enter from behind Rådhuset, you seem to be entering a japanese restaurant, if you come from Klingenbergsgata - it’s italian. But from both ends of the restaurant you can order both. It feels like they couldn’t decide what they wanted to be, so they just threw a bunch of things together. Not very successfully on either side.
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