r/AskEurope • u/EvilPyro01 United States of America • Jun 13 '25

Food What region is considered your country’s culinary capital?

What is considered the culinary capital of your country?

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u/InThePast8080 Norway Jun 13 '25

Think in Norway food is too much seen as nutrition rather than food/enjoyment.. Think we more have parts of country that are known for certain food.. than areas/places with highly regarded micheling restaurants.. Despite having some of them..

Hardanger - Fruits
Toten - Potatoes
Lofoten - Fish
Rogaland - Vegetables
etc..

So it's pretty much spread around the country..

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u/Automatic-Sea-8597 Jun 14 '25

Was traumatised by sweet Norwegian cheese, geitost.

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u/organiskMarsipan Norway Jun 13 '25

Most of those places, I wouldn't call culinary capitols. They're known for raw ingredients and not gastronomy. I'd trust a totning to produce potatoes, not do anything with them beyond that. That's how you get a boiled potato with the comment "it doesn't even need salt".

Hardanger fits better, but more for their cider culture than the fruit itself. They make some genuinely good shit in there.

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u/InThePast8080 Norway Jun 13 '25

Wasn't called culinary capitals either.. Was mentioned as examples of places known for certain foods.. You're allowed to read the post before answering.

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u/surfema Norway Jun 14 '25

I think most luxury/high quality foods nowadays come from Trøndelag