Lunch buffet

Litt på norsk helt nederst:

I'm still figuring out how to post pictures, and here is a collection from today's lunch:

Of course this is how you fill a lot of salt cellars
quickly and without spilling anything! > > > > > 

Norwegian potato balls.

There are many local variations, and here's a link to diferent recipes:

https://www.google.no/search?client=opera&q=norwegian+potato+balls&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest

 And some pictures of food: 

Always some good veggie alternatives >

Today Nettbakeren and his assistant Betina presided over a chocolate fountain ...

And they  sampled the results. 

I did too. 

Sampled, that is, and they were good.







Over to Norwegian: 


Hei, Terje! Det var eleven Betina som hjalp deg med sjokoladen, ikke sant? Og hvordan gikk det? Jeg syns jeg hørte ordet "maisenna" da jeg gikk forbi ... for å tykne sjokoladen? Godt var det, i hvert fall!

Meeting the internet baker on Finnmarken

This is how it started:

Finnmarken is my favorite ship because it has one thing none of the others have: Babette's Cafe. The perfect place for an introvert with a passion for landscapes and a need for peaceful writing time.










Babette's also has cake. Lots and lots and lots of lovely and delicious sweet stuff.



And so, when I found Nettbakeren on Facebook, I followed him immediately - on their shift, he and his team are the creators of these goodies, and of the tempting cakes and sweets at the lunch buffet.

Here is a link to Nettbakerens Norwegian Facebook page, featuring him, his trusty sidekick and me:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nettbakeren/147822691979593?hc_location=timeline

I got involved because I wrote a couple of days ago that it was confusing to see Nettbakeren on board ship - in my mind he lived on Facebook. And he replied that he was going to have a surprise ready for me at lunchtime ... which he did: maybe the best toffee I have ever tasted and some elegant chocolate swirls.

When I left the restaurant with a goofy grin, someone asked if it was my birthday. No, it was even better: just a completely ordinary weekday with a dash of magic.