I have had some of the best dining experience in Stavanger
at Restaurant Annen Etage and it was to visit it for the first time (way backin 2007) for a "fine dining" dinner. Over the years it looks like the
restaurant has struggled a bit to find its place on the Stavanger restaurant
scene but last year it was refurbished and now we finally got to visit the
restaurant again. Before, the interior was old school and inspired by the fact
that it is an old sea house. But now after the renovation, it has become warm
with stylish green interiors and great lighting - and if you get a window
table, you also get a great view of Stavanger harbor.
We decided on a 5-course menu this evening and soon we got a
little appetizer - a mussel croquette served on a tray of mussel shells. Inside
the croquette there was bechamel sauce and it was a lovely little snack. The
first proper dish was grilled salad (hjertesalat) on yogurt and topped with Fønix
(blue cheese from
Stavanger Ysteri) and this was lovely and it would have been
nice with some bread to be able to get all that lovely juice from the plate. We
continued with a plate of spring greens with smoked cod roe and asparagus. As
you can see from the picture - a joy for the eye but also a joy for the palate.
At this point we got some bread, and it was a delicious as it was a fresh campfire
style bread with good butter. There is usually some fish on the menu and the
next dish was a very good redfish (uer) served with tomatoes and kale and after
that we also got some local lamb. Before dessert we got a little palate cleanser
but I think I would rather call it dessert number 1 because it was a lovely buckthorn
ice cream with granite of spruce sprouts and dessert number 2 was coffee ice
cream with choclate and cognac. It was all rounded off with stuffed canelé.
Chef Runar Helgeland has done a great job here - lovely flavors and contrasts
and dishes that were beautifully presented. I would have enjoyed having the
portions a bit bigger but all in all this was a wonderful experience and I look
forward to the next visit!
Facts:
Homepage: https://www.nbsorensen.no/annen-etage/om-annen-etage/
Location: Skagen 26 – see this Google map.
Price: 950 Norwegian kroner (115 USD)
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