Tastebud : Spago

27 January 2024

Italian dinner experience at Spago. Yummy food. 

For starters, we had green olives shared between the three of us. 45kr. Bread was complimentary and we had it dipped in olive oil. 

My main meal is Ravioli di vitello (veal i.e. calf meat) cooked in truffel sauce and sprinkled with parmesan cheese 229kr. I think there were 8 pieces of ravioli although I wished I could have had more. I accompanied my meal with a glass of white wine - Rizzardi Soave Classico 145kr. The waitress explained that it is heavy taste but when paired with the creamy truffel sauce, it has a light taste. I don't know how does that work and I did not catch her explanation but I did find it light when I sipped it and I was surprised that the waitress did explain that. So, she was not making it up. Haha!

For dessert, I had chocolate fondant with vanilla ice-cream 119kr. I ordered panacotta but the waitress heard it as chocolate fondant and when she repeated my order, I acknowledged it and I thought I heard panacotta as it was so noisy. Anyway, they could exchange my dessert to panacotta but the chocolate fondant looks good too so I took it. My boyfriend took tiramisu 115kr and it tastes good too.

Tastebud : Lao Wai

23 January 2024

Dinner experience at Lao Wai. A VERY overpriced vegetarian restaurant. In its website, it described the restaurant as a Chinese restaurant but the server could not speak Mandarin when I called to book a table. We went ahead with it anyway as my friend was very keen to try the place again. He said that he was here 5 years ago and was really good. After my dinner experience, I did not think it was anything special. Also, there were no Chinese customers at all. I think that says something if a Chinese restaurant does not have any Chinese customers.

We shared the starters and warm food, so each person paid 345kr. Great that we could try many dishes when there are a few of us! 

For starters, we shared 3 types of dishes. They are served in very small plates.

1) Ma la hou tou gu (translated as 'spicy mushroom'. Specifically monkey head mushroom)- Chinese porcini mushrooms are marinated in chili and Sichuan pepper oil, coriander and roasted garlic. Served with peanuts and scallions. 120kr

2) Liang ban dou fu (translated as 'dressed tofu (cold food) with sauce')- Silky tofu is served with seaweed caviar, nori flakes, sesame seeds and green onion sauce. 110kr

3) Liang ban ju rou si (translated as 'dressed chicken (cold food) with sauce) - Shirataki noodles, minced soy chicken, garlic and coriander are marinated in a spicy chili-lime sauce. 110kr.