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What's so refreshing about a place with such good food is that the atmosphere is totally
casual, the dining room is intimate and the staff are delightfully friendly.
Fauna
NORWEGIAN
from 6pm Tue-Thu, from 5.45pm Fri & Sat)
A stand-out choice in Oslo; the Fauna is all hip, modern elegance with its large, open kit-
chen, massive, well-stocked bar and a menu that turns stodgy old Norwegian food into
culinary art that's good enough to have been blessed with a Michelin Star. Unlike some
other Norwegian restaurants of this class it's quite a relaxed place to eat.
Feinschmecker
NORWEGIAN
set menus Nkr895-1295; 5-9pm Mon-Sat)
This sublime restaurant, with its artistic, delicately presented Norwegian gourmet dishes,
is regarded as one of the best in town and if you have the impression that eating in Norway
is all about burgers, then one meal here will quickly change your mind. It's a fairly large
and formal place. Book ahead.
Plah
THAI
Nkr545/625; 5pm-12.30am Mon-Sat)
Light and inventive Thai-inspired cuisine is the hallmark of this well-regarded, very cool,
intimate restaurant on a quiet pedestrianised side alley close to the Royal Palace. The place
is split into two parts: a restaurant, and a bar serving Southeast-Asian street-food-style
tapas.
Theatercafeen
NORWEGIAN
A favourite with Norwegian families during Christmas and on 17 May, the Theatercafeen,
located directly across from the Nationaltheatret, presents Norwegian classics in posh Vi-
ennese surroundings. Much of the food is inspired by the wild and stormy seas surround-