Maaemo is an Old Norse word meaning ‘Mother Earth’. It is also the name of a restaurant in Oslo which focuses on the flavours and nature of Norway. It only uses organic or wild produce from the country. The tasting menu consists of over twenty dishes and we also opted for the juice pairings. It was an amazing meal and one of our favourite dining experiences.
SnackS
Potato flatbread
langoustine claw steamed with
beer and fermented turnip
Fermented trout
with leek
Sourdough
duck liver and rhubarb
MAIN
Emulsion of Norwegian flat oysters
warm sauce of mussels and dill
Paired with smoked apple juice
Scallop cooked in the shell
with fermented celeriac
verbena and smoked scallop roe
Cod from the arctic gently
cooked with salted butter
horseradish and winter herbs
Paired with white tea and elderflower:
Langoustine cooked
with spruce
Lightly smoked arctic char
aquavit and burned onions
Grilled eel
elderflower and warm eggs
Paired with sour plum and cherry:
Rømmegrøt - a porridge of very sour cream and freshly milled wheat
smoked reindeer heart, browned butter and aged plum. vinegar
Fresh rolls out the oven
glazed in birch syrup
churned butter and salted butter
with buckwheat
Salt baked rutabaga
broth of salted sheep
Paired with blackcurrant, thyme
and beet vinegar
Duck “Royale”
chestnuts and lingonberries
Paired with black cherry and star anise
Frozen blue cheese with pickled black trumpet mushroom
Dessert
Fresh milk and rhubarb root
woodruff and preserved blueberries
Paired with raw milk and birch
A dessert made from salted butter from Røros
Dessert Snacks
Grains and cloudberries
Young pinecones preserved in honey
Brown cheese tarte
Buckwheat “chocolate”
Warm traditional Norwegian waffle with miso
Cinnamon bun just out of the oven
brown cheese and beef fat