5 June - halibut with the beautiful people

After a late start and a longer-than-expected walk to find the Munch Museum via the opera house, it gets to almost 3 by the time we’re heading for lunch and I’m feeling wobbly and grouchy and desperate for some food, so we just go into the first place we find and I opt for burger and chips! Not very Norwegian, but actually quite tasty and once the food starts to filter through and my mood improves, not a bad spot to sit.

It’s another beautiful sunny evening, so we opt for seafood again, this time on the other side of the harbour in a really cool restaurant called Solsiden; which translates rather aptly as ‘sunny side’ as it catches the evening sun. More beautiful people and a really nice vibe in what’s essentially just a dockside shed, but feels wonderfully light with the sun streaming in through the huge open windows and the light sparkling on the water reflected on the white ceiling.

I go for the fish of the day, which is halibut with a lobster cream sauce with creamy mashed potatoes with spring onions – really good. Then we share a dessert; chocolate mousse on a chocolate brownie base with passion fruit sorbet. The rich chocolate and sharp passion fruit are a perfect combination.