Compagniet

Description:

• The movers and shakers of Tromsø call for a table here, especially if they want to impress an out-of-town visitor. Set within an old-fashioned wood-sheathed building, directly across the street from the Clarion Collection Hotel With and the Clarion Hotel Bryggen, this restaurant is noted as the most charming in town. The cuisine is original and consists of only the freshest ingredients, usually local. All dishes are prepared with a finely honed technique, as exemplified by the arctic sea char flavored with fresh chives and a tantalizing fish roe. From Norwegian meadows comes a tender and flavorful rack of lamb served with raspberry sauce and a potato-and-fresh-vegetable tart, and from the far north, filet of reindeer in a blueberry sauce. Menu specialties vary with the arrival of fresh fish and game from the surrounding waters, tundra, and forests. Fresh fish, including turbot and wolfish, can be served breaded and fried, perhaps with either a beurre blanc (white butter) or a mustard sauce, or steamed en papillotte, according to your wishes and the whims of the chef. A particularly good game dish involves filets of both wild grouse and reindeer, both grilled and drizzled with blueberry sauce, on the same platter and served with root vegetables. The service is the best in Tromsø, and the wine cellar is wide ranging.

• © Frommer's 2013

Awards:

Frommer's

•  Highly Recommended 2010