Ep 014 | Norwegian Food Tales and life in Oslo with Sirine Fodstad

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In this episode of the Culinary Chronicles Podcast, Lisa talks with Sirine Fodstad.

Sirine Fodstad currently lives in Oslo, Norway. Born in Tunisia and childhood years spent in Oslo.  She has family who live in Tunisia, Italy and Norway.

Sirine has lived 17 years outside of Norway, in 6 countries including Tunisia, United States, France, Trinidad and Tobago, Holland and 10 years in London, UK.  Her career in HR and as a Management Consultant, has afforded her the opportunity to travel the world and experience all kinds of different cuisine.  

She loves cooking and baking, especially when she gets to cook for family and friends!  Sirine spends a lot of time travelling and visiting cafes and restaurants around the world with a few favourite spots in each city like London, New York, Singapore and her love of Caribbean food! 

In their conversation, Lisa and Sirine talk about;

• Her move from Norway to the US for study and her career and her experiences with food
• What her food experiences growing up in Norway looked like and what food looks like today
• She shares some of her favourite traditional Norwegian sweets
• Her travels throughout her life and the food experiences that came with living in Norway, the US, the Caribbean, France and London
  

Enjoy the conversation!

**Links mentioned in this episode:**

• Traditional Norwegian Velvet Poridge
• Farikal recipe HERE
• Restaurants mentioned; ,Hotel Costes, The Ivy Asia, e&o, George V
• Farikal recipe HERE