Tapas, Spanish small courses consisting of ham, seafood and other nice things, are becoming very popular among Norwegians. It is the perfect food for a party or long, romantic summer nights.

A Arabica. Coffee or Coffea belongs to the botanical family Rubicae, which consist of 600 species. The coffee that is mainly grown belongs to either the Arabica or the Canephora specie. The description normally used is Arabica or Robusta. Arabica stands for about 75% of the worlds coffee production.

This is the starter for what will hopefully be a fantastic night with a loved one. The whole menu is made in a way that you serve your selves from bowls put on the table. In England restaurants focusing on this “sharing” has had great success.

To this appetizing summer course I would recommend a fruity and elegant white wine that doesn’t have to be expensive, but that is refreshing and easy to drink!

A perfect course for a fresh and fruity rosé wine. In south France they know that rosé wine with fried fish with flavour full accessories is a perfect combination.
The reason why rosé wine fits so perfectly is the combination of freshness and the spicy flavour that is there because the skin has been on fore a few hours in the ferment process. This has given the delicate pink colour and contributes to the refreshing spicy after taste.

This course is prepared like you get real plaice from Denmark to Nice. While Norwegians dry fry our flounder, our friends down south have realized that flat fish should be fried with the skin and bones so that you can suck out all the delicious fat that sits along the fish bones.

Who said that coffee isn’t suitable for a warm summer day or a warm summer night? Coffee is a lovely flavour in cold drinks, and when thinking about all the antioxidants and the refreshing stimuli, there is no reason to wait! Find the blender or shaker and get ready to impress your surroundings and your self!

The sun is shining from the blue sky, it is nice and warm and we need to cool down with a cold drink. Håvard Alstad and Espen Østrem at Amplifier Rock Bar in Oslo has mixed a selection of cool flavour summer drinks. Enjoy the summer heat!

4 servings

It is usual to fry ore oven bake Anglerfish. When this course was composed, we tried to draw it in mushroom bullion. The result was so tasty that it is definitely not the last time the Anglerfish is saved from the frying pan.

The month of May is refreshing, inspiring and seducing, I thing I’ll take my coffee and sit outside! Did you know that coffee grow on trees? Trees that grow around the equator and that needs to be 3-5 years old before they get flowers that makes fruit. Fruit that takes nine months to season and turn red or sometimes yellow. To make one kilo of coffee it takes about 5 000 berries and the berries are mainly picked by hand.