Hitchhiker is Back!

12/18/2014

Christmas-y steambun with rib and red choucroute (the latter Hitchhiker received from Strand Restaurant as Christmas present this year).

When Hitchhiker first opened its doors in April this year, Anders went there seven times in the opening weeks because he loved it so much. Finally, Oslo had a Mekka for street food with inspiration from all over the world! Like a child growing up, Hitchhiker has had its challenges, and during the summer and early autumn we saw it go through a pretty rough puberty. However, now it seems Hitchhiker is back! Back on track - back to the origin of simple and good flavors. We tested the whole tasting menu, and one of the lunch options, together with Fredrik, Marius and Anders.

Porchetta. Slow cooked rib roll with gremolata, in Hawaiian bread with red cabbage and mustard aioli. This was not on the tasting menu, in fact it was on the lunch menu, but we arrived early to taste it.

Monkfish sashimi with kimchi sesam, warm nut butter, acidic soy sauce and chedere from Palermo. The chedere was an amazing citrus fruit where you could eat the white part.

Stian explains us about the chedere fruit from Palermo.

Potatoe and bacon waffle with "rakfisk" from Noraker gård, sour cream from Røros and watercress.

Cripsy softshell crab with black cabbage from Toten, lemon mayo and power goya.

Jan Robin is passionate about his new menu

Hot fried chicken drumsticks with a crab and "løyrom" sauce. Hitchchicks/Hitchsticks are chicken drumsticks done right!

Gyoza with rib, shrimps and kale.

Okonomiyaki; Japanese pancake. Okonomi means "what you like" and yak means "grilled". This one had cabbage, rib, wasabi mayo and tempura fritter. This was one of the highlights on the menu!