Like Iceland earlier it, Kingdom of Norway came amongst a fairly mediocre reputation for vegetarian food. Still, there's to a greater extent than to go than food, right? Our outset proper halt was inward Bergen, via a stunning trip across the province on the 'Norway inward a Nutshell' tour. Sure it sounds similar a flake of a touristy cliche, but it's difficult to imagine a unmarried solar daytime trip anywhere else inward the globe packing inward every bit much stunning scenery (see photos below this postal service for merely a tiny sample).
Bergen is solely costless of vegetarian-only restaurants, together with then nosotros knew nosotros weren't going to come upward dorsum amongst loads of weblog material. We scarfed a quick Indian repast on the nighttime of our arrival together with laid upward out on Tuesday having done a flake to a greater extent than planning. Stop 1 was Cafe Aura, the outset identify listed on Happy Cow's Bergen page together with a squeamish key starting indicate for or together with then exploring.
Cafe Aura is a fairly manifestly looking cafe - it's pleasant enough, but in all probability isn't going to win also many points for style. Similarly, the card is pretty straightforward: vegans tin receive got soup together with peradventure chilli, piece vegetarians also instruct to select from a veggie lasagne together with a 'pie' (which turns out to last to a greater extent than similar a quiche). Cindy took attention of the ordering - the staff were completely comfortable inward English linguistic communication (as was everyone nosotros spoke to inward Norway) together with were super friendly together with helpful.
I went for the lasagne (129kr, which if you lot foolishly convert dorsum to Australian dollars is a breathtaking $20.30!). It comes amongst delicious staff of life together with a elementary salad, together with is a reasonably skillful rendition - cheesy together with stuffed amongst a skillful hit of roasted veggies. It's hearty together with tasty plenty but nil to write dwelling identify close - indeed, at dwelling identify we've come upward up amongst or together with then far to a greater extent than impressive versions.
Cindy had the veggie pie (89kr AU$14), which was basically a piece of quiche. It had a decent amount of spinach mixed into the eggy filling together with a nicely cooked pastry crust. Again though, this is vegetarian dining from the 1970s - basic together with unadventurous.
We headed off into the urban substance sated but non especially excited - vegetarians inward Bergen volition in all probability notice themselves at Cafe Aura at or together with then stage, merely because in that location are together with then few places that offering fifty-fifty this much variety.
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There aren't whatever existent reviews of Cafe Aura out there, merely a distich of positive mentions on or together with then Norwegian foodblogs.
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Cafe Aura
Marken 9, Bergen
+47 55365970
veggie lunches 65-129 NOK AU$10.30 - 20.30
http://www.cafeaura.no/
Accessibility: You receive got to become upward 4 steps to instruct inward the cafe (see photo). The interior is relatively good spaced out. Ordering together with payment takes identify at a medium-low counter.
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Out the window of the Oslo-Myrdal train
The platform at Myrdal, close to hop onto the Flåm train
Trying to instruct a pic of Kjosfossen
Out the window of the Flåm train, on the agency downward the mountain
The Flåm train
On the ferry downward Aurlandsfjord
Seagulls shadowing the ferry
Spectacular fjord views
Norwegian toy town!
Out the window of the Oslo-Myrdal train
The platform at Myrdal, close to hop onto the Flåm train
Trying to instruct a pic of Kjosfossen
Out the window of the Flåm train, on the agency downward the mountain
The Flåm train
On the ferry downward Aurlandsfjord
Seagulls shadowing the ferry
Spectacular fjord views
gNorwegian toy town!
