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French hachis parmentier recipe

Hachis Parmentier, French Shepherd Pie Recipe

Posted by Thien Lan on March 17, 2018March 17, 2018 in Food, Recipes

What is Hachis Parmentier? Hachis Parmentier is a classic French dish with mashed potato and minced meat. Hachis comes from ” hacher’ meaning to chop off, as it’s a way to recycle left over meat. Parmentier comes from Antoine Augustin…

Hos Thea Best restaurant in Oslo

Why is Hos Thea the best restaurant in Oslo according to TripAdvisor?

Posted by Thien Lan on September 25, 2016September 25, 2016 in Food, French food, Luxury, Oslo, Restaurant Review

We’ve been living in Oslo for a bit over a year now. My husband and I are keen foodies. We love going out to restaurants. We enjoy cheap and cheerful joints as well as fancy 3 Michelin starred restaurants. This time,…

Visit Oslo in a day video

Week-end visit of Oslo: rooftop lunch and fjord cruise video

Posted by Thien Lan on July 19, 2016November 12, 2017 in Food, Norwegian food, Oslo, Outdoors

Visiting Oslo over a week-end A month after my high school friends came to visit me in Oslo, I had the pleasure of hosting Karine. Karine is a friend from Zürich. We used to be part of the same dance…

Life of an expat Norway

Life of an expat family in Norway: our first 17th May!

Posted by Thien Lan on May 21, 2016May 21, 2016 in Kids friendly, Oslo, Outdoors

We are kind of a serial expat family and arrived last July in Oslo, Norway. This is our first spring here and our first Syttende Mai: 17th May, Norway’s Constitution Day, the country’s national day. WOW we loved it! Bunads: Norwegian traditional costumes Unlike July…

best steak in Oslo

St Lars, Bislett, best steak in Oslo and beyond!

Posted by Thien Lan on February 7, 2016February 9, 2016 in Food, French food, Oslo, Restaurant Review, Steakhouse

After our massive fail at Trancher we were still on a mission to find the best steak in Oslo. Grilled, chargrilled that is. As my mother in law in in town, we organised a date night with hubby and he made a…

Norwegian christmas party

My first office Christmas party in Norway

Posted by Thien Lan on December 17, 2015August 14, 2020 in Food, Norwegian food, Oslo

What I missed the most when I was not working for a big corporation was Christmas parties! The venue, gossips, food, offensive presents from Kris Kringle, dressing up, dancing, drinking, singing karaoke… and working from home the day after. Ah…

Trancher entrecote Oslo

Trancher Entrecote restaurant in Oslo: FAIL

Posted by Thien Lan on August 27, 2015August 25, 2015 in Food, Oslo, Steakhouse

We bought an apartment in Oslo without me having visited it in real life. My husband saw it twice before deciding to make an offer, I only saw it online. Then he quickly moved in and for a whole month…

seafood in Oslo

Seafood fine dining in Oslo: Tjuvholmen Sjømagasin

Posted by Thien Lan on August 6, 2015August 5, 2015 in Food, Luxury, Oslo, Restaurant Review

Last week was heaven. The kids were in France with my parents and there were just the two of us, hubby and I in Oslo. We ate out a lot. Here’s our highlight so far: Tjuvholmen Sjømagasin (note I can use special…

Chateau d'Adomenil Relais et Chateaux

Chateau d’Adomenil****, Relais et Chateaux and 1* restaurant

Posted by Thien Lan on April 16, 2015December 10, 2015 in Food, France, French food, Hotel, Luxury, Michelin star restaurants, Restaurant Review

How much can you celebrate your husband’s birthday? Never enough! After an indulgent lunch at the Grand Dolder Hotel Restaurant in Zurich, we decided to take advantage from our trip to my mother in law in Nancy, east of France,…

oven grilled chicken legs

Oven grilled chicken leg

Posted by Thien Lan on March 26, 2015November 4, 2017 in Food, French food, Kids friendly, Recipes

Second recipe in the “What’s for dinner series”, with the same theme using the oven to make crispy, tender and juicy chicken legs. How to grill chicken legs in the oven? Prep time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 60 minutes Oven…

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