Each city will have a Chinatown of sorts, or at least an Asian area that springs up organically for whatever reasons. We swung by the Asian supermarket for get a pack of chilli padi. The moment you walk through the air curtain, instantly, that smell. It's the same smell which you will remember from the supermarket at Golden Mile Complex. I dunno. A mixture of strange wilting vegetables, spices and dunno-what. A smell that's associated with many 'Asian supermarkets' in Chinatowns across the cities.
Met with friends. Lunch was sorted out at this Vietnamese eatery called Lille Saigon 1 (Gingergrass). The eatery has three outlets, but the friends like this one for the location. They certainly didn't pick it for me, the tourist. They picked the choice of food for themselves. Heh. They live here and will certainly miss Asian food especially if they grew up on it. I'm a visitor and can live without it for the month, no issues. Lille Saigon serves good Vietnamese dishes, way more authentic than what we get at home in Singapore.
Instead of the usual clear beef soup and thin beef slices in phở bò tái nạm, I picked its heartier version of phở bò khi (a beef stew of sorts with rice noodles). Each bowl is about NOK110 (~S$23). Okay lah, Melbourne and London pricing. I haven't had much carbs these two weeks. The rice noodles was quite a shock to my stomach and it refused to finish the full bowl. Hahah. Should have shared!
Lille Saigon 1 (Gingergrass)
Bernt Ankers gate 7, 0183 Oslo
Met with friends. Lunch was sorted out at this Vietnamese eatery called Lille Saigon 1 (Gingergrass). The eatery has three outlets, but the friends like this one for the location. They certainly didn't pick it for me, the tourist. They picked the choice of food for themselves. Heh. They live here and will certainly miss Asian food especially if they grew up on it. I'm a visitor and can live without it for the month, no issues. Lille Saigon serves good Vietnamese dishes, way more authentic than what we get at home in Singapore.
Instead of the usual clear beef soup and thin beef slices in phở bò tái nạm, I picked its heartier version of phở bò khi (a beef stew of sorts with rice noodles). Each bowl is about NOK110 (~S$23). Okay lah, Melbourne and London pricing. I haven't had much carbs these two weeks. The rice noodles was quite a shock to my stomach and it refused to finish the full bowl. Hahah. Should have shared!
Lille Saigon 1 (Gingergrass)
Bernt Ankers gate 7, 0183 Oslo
2 comments:
Wah looks nicer than what I can get in Evanston/Chicago lor.
Not sure if you enjoy learning about the vikings but I went to a viking ship museum when i was in Oslo some years back. Took a ferry across to an island. It was pretty fun!
There's a small Vietnamese community here and whoever's in the kitchen at this one can really cook.
I just went to the Viking ship museum. Love it!
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