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...Pingvinen is an appropriately domestic setting for Valle's homemade classics. Think hearty, comforting dishes like salted-lamb stew, or salted dried lamb ribs, washed down with glasses of Hansa, the local brew. On Thursdays, crowds pack the place for Valle's raspeball-potato-and-flour balls served with turnip mash-but weekends are the busiest, when both locals and tourists turn up for the true flavor of Norway. "You can't buy Norwegian food in the [supermarket]-it's always going to be pasta or pizza," says Valle. "For 20 or 25 years we've been so focused...
...dish, heat two tablespoons of vegetable oil, crack in an egg and sauté for a few seconds before throwing in a handful of well-soaked rice noodles. After a minute more of stir-frying, add one tablespoon each of vinegar, sugar and fish sauce, a teaspoon of chopped turnip and a bit of water. A few scallions or green onions and a handful of bean sprouts go in last because they cook quickly. Jitjaruek dares the reader to “try making pad thai at home,” but warns that it won?...
...Today, even neophyte diners know not to chow on pangolin in the summer, as its flesh reputedly warms the blood. Toad, however, is regarded as a perfect June-August nosh, because each bite is believed to cool the body, like a gastronomic air-conditioner. Deer tendons braised with turnip are supposed to enhance a woman's beauty; barking deer is said to cure hangovers, and a sizeable wild deer's penis reputedly does wonders for the underwhelming man. But the most fashionable?and expensive?morsel today is a strip of giant-salamander skin, the reddish tinge of which exactly matches...
...menu, were unlike any others that I had eaten before. Inside the sticky wrapper sat ground tofu, finely minced bok choy and tiny pieces of vermicelli. Served with soy sauce, the dumplings were a light and refreshing addition to the meal. Our other dim sum order of turnip cakes was also equally delectable. Two pan-fried squares of rice flour, turnip gratings and chopped mushrooms were served with hoisin sauce. The turnip cakes were crisp on the outside and gooey on the inside, an interesting contrast heightened by dipping into the sharp-flavored hoisin sauce...
Describe yourself in three words: Fragile turnip curds...