We love to eat
Culinary journey: under in Norway
Our passion for culinary arts is evident throughout our extraordinary culinary events: from a picnic in the jungle of China’s Yunnan province, a romantic dinner under the stars in a hidden Copenhagen courtyard. On the ocean with the lobster fishermen of Cornwall and on a countryside outing in Albania with (arguably) Tirana’s best chef by our side. When world-famous star chefs tell their stories in an exclusive circle and renowned experts offer sake with cheese at our highly sought-after tastings.
September in southern Norway surprised us with cinder blue skies and 20 degrees. Our guests were able to leave their rain jackets in their suitcases and enjoy the culinary highlights we had prepared in the most beautiful sunshine. At Smag & Behag – roughly: Taste and Enjoyment – in Kristiansand, the creative chefs outdid themselves and set the tone for this trip with fantastic regional dishes in an impressive former school building.
The 500-year-old Boen Gard estate the next day was the perfect place for a country lunch, and everyone would have loved to stay for a few days, lounging in the park-like garden and fishing for salmon in the crystal-clear river, then getting cooked up in the stylish guesthouses.
The third day continued to build anticipation for the culinary highlight of the trip. While part of the guests went fishing for mackerel on the open and thankfully super smooth sea, the other part sampled with Melanie the whole colorful variety of ‘blue nature’, the plants under water. Her positive energy and obvious passion for her work as employed seaweed collector of the famous restaurant ‘under’ was extremely inspiring.
