Skip to content

Thien Lan's Blog

Food Parenting Career | Enjoying life one meal at a time

  • About me
  • France
  • Oslo
  • Zurich
  • Holidays
  • Restaurant Review
  • Parenting
  • Career
  • Recipes

Tag: living in Oslo

living in Oslo with family

Hygge life: our first year in Norway, the happiest country on Earth

Posted by Thien Lan on March 25, 2017May 21, 2020 in Oslo, Parenting

Look back on our first year in Oslo Our family arrived in Oslo in Summer 2015. Here is why we moved to Norway, after 11 years spent in Sydney Australia and 11 months in Zurich, Switzerland. We just got over our…

Vigeland Park Oslo

Vigeland Park Oslo: a beautiful stroll in the heart of the city

Posted by Thien Lan on October 30, 2016 in Oslo, Outdoors

I haven’t posted for a while, sorry about that! Looks like it’s because I’ve been blogging quite a fair bit for work so I don’t have the drive to blog for my own blog anymore. It has to change though….

12 hours in Oslo video

12 hours in Oslo video

Posted by Thien Lan on July 9, 2016November 12, 2017 in Norwegian food, Oslo, Outdoors

Three high school friends came to visit me in Oslo from France over one week-end mid June. Here is a short video of what we did in just 12 hours. Vigelands Park lunch at Lorry’s Litteraturhuset King Palace Dessert at…

May June in Oslo

May and June in Oslo

Posted by Thien Lan on June 23, 2016November 12, 2017 in Oslo, Outdoors

How’s the weather in May and June in Oslo? This is our first spring in Oslo. We didn’t quite know what to expect. In fact you see in the streets people wearing winter jackets next to people with singlets and…

where to buy contact lenses in Oslo

Where to buy contact lenses in Oslo

Posted by Thien Lan on June 15, 2016August 14, 2020 in Health, Oslo

I’ve been wearing contact lenses for 22 years. I’m shortsighted as you would expect from 80% of Asian people and I also have astigmatism. As my yearly supply of contact lenses was down to one pair, I had to quickly understand where…

going to the doctor in Norway

Going to the doctor in Norway

Posted by Thien Lan on January 31, 2016August 14, 2020 in Health, Oslo

Healthcare is free but the wait is long, healthcare in not free, there’s no insurance covering private healthcare etc… I heard lots of confusing things about the medical system in Norway. So here is my own experience going to the doctor…

living in Oslo

Living in Oslo: month one

Posted by Thien Lan on September 3, 2015November 12, 2017 in Food, Kids friendly, Oslo, Parenting

Hi everyone It’s been a bit more than a month since I settled in in Oslo with the kids. As things have started to become quite busy I decided I’d write something a bit more personal, more relevant to family and…

Follow me!

Instagram daily updates

thienlanw

Sunny breakfast at @holypaulette at Cros de Cagnes Sunny breakfast at @holypaulette at Cros de Cagnes @villedecagnessurmer 
They had Jack Johnson on, and it made us remember our brunches at Sydney's eastern suburbs and North Shore beaches.

#nofilter

#memory #chill #breakfast #brunch #sun #mediterranean #beach #cotedazur #frenchriviera #cotedazurfrance
Cros de Cagnes on a Saturday morning in March! Rhe Cros de Cagnes on a Saturday morning in March! Rhe bkue sky and shop feels like Greece. 

Got breakfast at @holypaulette with a great vibe and people and home cooked products, including the carrot almond and vanilla jam!

This cute place is less than 20 min drive from home, by the sea where we dropped my dad's ashes 3 years ago. 💞

#restaurant #breakfast #alpesmaritimes #cagnessurmer #we_are_06 #bluesky #local #weekend #weekendvibes #saturday
Things that make the boys say: "it's cool to have Things that make the boys say: "it's cool to have an Asian mum..." 🤣

#bobun #Asian #food #asianfood #vietnamesefood #vietnamesecuisine #eat
A teaser for Daft Punk Get Lucky live cover by @so A teaser for Daft Punk Get Lucky live cover by @south_attitude 

Wait till the end to see all the details of our costume. Shout out to Fred our ski guy sliding on the keyboard!

Link to full Video in bio.

Concert du Carnaval organisé par l'école de musique de @ville_roquefort_les_pins 

#daftpunk #getlucky #rockpop #livemusic #liveconcert #costumes #dressup #carnaval #drummergirl #drummerofinstagram #robotdance #drums #livecover #daftpunkcover #France #southoffrance #roquefortlespins
Found a lovely "salon de thé" with delicious glut Found a lovely "salon de thé" with delicious gluten free cakes, tea, Virginie mojiot and à very cute atmosphere in the historical center of Mouans Sartoux.

@nenfaitespasunehistoire 

#cake #glutenfree #cocktail #virginmojito #tea #cotedazurfrance #southoffrance #outdoor #terrasse
Concert du Carnaval 2023. #rockband #onstage #cos Concert du Carnaval 2023.

#rockband #onstage #costume #fun #musiciens #musicians
We now have nailed the ending of our cover! Ready We now have nailed the ending of our cover!
Ready for Saturday's  concert :)

Now we need to sort out costumes!

#get lucky #daftpunk @daftpunk @pharrell
Lovely Danish restaurant with a view on St Paul de Lovely Danish restaurant with a view on St Paul de Vence hilltop village!

#Danish #restaurant #smokedtrout #gravlax #herren #stpauldevence #view #gardens #panorama
Daft Punk | Get Lucky cover by @south_attitude Re Daft Punk | Get Lucky  cover by @south_attitude Rehearsal 

#typicalwednesday #wednesdayrehearsal #getlucky #daftpunk #pharellwilliams #drummer #drummergirl #drumming #drumcam #keyboard
What do you do with spare egg white? 🥚🍳🤔 What do you do with spare egg white? 🥚🍳🤔

We love eating spaghetti carbonara and often throw in 2 egg yolks. How not to waste the white?

Coconut Macaroons (Congolais Coco) are the easiest and quickest as they only need 3 ingredients:

1️⃣ 2 egg white
2️⃣ 90 g sugar (you use vanilla sugar in the mix)
3️⃣ 100 g grated coconut 🥥 

Preheat your oven at 180°C

Whisk the egg, firmly or not, based on how lazy you are, mix it with the other two ingredients, and make small pyramids on your baking tray.

Bake for 11 min and voilà! 😋 perfect for afternoon tea.

#recipe #eggwhite #biscuits #coconut #delicacy #frenchpastry #easy #quick
Load More… Follow on Instagram

Looking for something?

Categories

Look for posts by date

Recent Comments

  • Robbin on Dubai holidays with children: top 5 picks
  • Thien Lan on 10 reasons why we are moving to the French Riviera
  • Thien Lan on 10 reasons why we are moving to the French Riviera
  • Thomas on 10 reasons why we are moving to the French Riviera
  • Thien Lan on 10 reasons why we are moving to the French Riviera

More about

  • About me
  • More blogs about…
  • My squad
ExpatsBlog.com - Where Expats Blog

Staff Picks

Kinderhotel Post

Best ski holidays with children: Kinderhotel Post, Salzburg, Austria

Dubai holidays with children

Dubai holidays with children: top 5 picks

what to do with kids in Paris

Paris with a 6 year old?

Follow me

Copyright © 2023 Thien Lan's Blog. All Rights Reserved.
Fashify Theme by FRT