American Reacts to Popular Norwegian Restaurants
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As an American I don't know anything about restaurants in Norway. Today I am very interseted in learning about some of the most popular restaurants only found in Norway. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
In Norwegian restaurants Italian and American Pizza is usually used to describe two types of Pizza styles more than representing specific pizzas from each country, with the main difference being that the Italian pizza has a thinner crust and often is more minimalistic in the topping where the American Pizza has a thicker crust and more cheese and toppings. Although, the actual difference might vary a little depending on each restaurants own perceptions.
Perfect description!
To compare Kaffebrenneriet with Starbucks is like comparing Kvikk Lunsj to Kit Kat =)
There is a Norwegian pizza chain called Pizzabakeren (The pizza baker) that has opened a restaurant in America. Can't remember which state.
In Nashville
There is one in Qingdao in China as well
Pizzabakeren stared in Rogaland
I'm always amazed at how Tyler is able to both find letters where there are none, and completely omit letters that are there. A good rule of thumb for the Norwegian language is that we pronounce most of the letters in any given word. Of course we have some silent letters, but this primarily happens when you have specific letter combinations at the beginning, or the end of certain types of words, and it is extremely rare that a vowel is silent. A quick, and dirty guide to pronounce Peppes in Norwegian: Say the first name of the character Pepé Le Pew, and slap an s at the end. In English the correct spelling would be Peppe's Pizza, but the apostrophe is almost never used in Norwegian, so we just add the s at the end of the name.
We do have both Subway, and Starbucks in Norway.
Seems typical for most people trying to read foreign languages, at least from what I have seen on youtube. The brain is a funny thing
1:05 that's exactly how you say it :D
almost like saying Peppa but with an e ending instead
Yep. It's true that Norway didn't have pizza until the 70s. When it first came people were skeptical of melted cheese - because that wasn't something we did back then.
Also, most places that serve pizza tend to copy the style of Peppe's. Yes, you can find other styles too, like italian - but they tend to be slightly different in concept (Less takeaway, more sit down with a glass of wine)
In 1961 my family invited all my class mates (4th grade) to an Italian restaurant for pizza. No one had seen a pizza before and we had to order spaghetti, which they did know about, for those who wouldn't eat the pizza. I spent half my life living in Seattle and there are lots of Starbucks here. I've been to all these places.
Tyler always asks questions, yet never bothers to read the comments.
Too true.
Years ago, I used to visit Egon with two girlfriends every week... we were playing D&D. I always ordered cheese-gratinated nachos, because they took a long time to eat so it justified us sitting there for a few hours.
Egon is like a "middle-to-low" tier restaurant. It's not really fancy, but it's not a fast food place. The food is okay, but due to the large menu some dishes tend to be better than others.
The concept that made them "stand out" from other restaurants is that you order at the bar, and pay up front, then they serve your table. (Rather than you waiting around for a waiter)
"middle-to-low" oof I think Egon is expensive lol
@@oceanmythjormundgandr3891 mid-to-low quality. The prices used to be reasonable, but yeah these days they are rather high. (Too high for the quality on some of the dishes tbh)
I love the chicken quesadilla they have that on the sandwich menu😋
You should watch olsenbanden (translates to the Olsen gang) if you can find one of the movies with English subtitles! Old school classics Norwegian movies, that like all Norwegian people know about. And it’s often shown on TV in holidays. It pretty weird but entertaining. The characters are very unique.
Do Norwegians not know that Olsen Banden is originally Danish? 😊
@@Martin-g1e5s I do know, but I’ve never seen the Danish one. And the Norwegian version is still a classic in Norway. There are so many movies in the Norwegian series!
@@NOGlameows I was just curious if it was known. 😊 I’ve never seen a Norwegian one. The only one available here, as far as I know, is ‘Siste Skrik’, a reboot?
@@Martin-g1e5s Yes I do believe Siste Skrik is a reboot to the Olsenbanden franchise. It's also a very good movie if you haven't seen it yet, I do recommend it.
@@thure33 Tak for svaret. 😊
In my local shopping centre there are both Big Bite and Subway, Kaffebrenneriet and Starbucks(+ a 3rd coffee shop I don't remember the name for), Egon and Burger King. In the next door building there's a Peppes. There's also a Pizza joint called Domino's Pizza. Take away only.
It is true. Jordan Jr. was in my class at school. And my mother was one of first who make Pizza in our Neighborhood in 1970. It was something new for us and became very popular.
I think the first pizza came to Norway in 1963. We really love pizza. Almost where ever you go here you can be sure there be a place that serve pizza
Peppes does order to go, sit-down and frozen pizza(in regular stores)
10:25 To help you a little bit with understanding menus from Norway: Ost = Cheese. Skinke = Ham. Kylling = Chicken. Karri = Curry (the spice)
Having had an American visiting once, you'd probably be surprised at the quality of the food served at our McDonalds. He actually started crying saying it wasn't fair.
@@MordaedilwOw!
Well, I’ve eaten twice @McDonalds in Norway. First in 1991, I’ll never forget how disappointed I was as a youngster, heving heard all the hype about the burgers there. I swore I’d never go there again. Untill 2 yrs sgo, I gave in to the wishes of an aprentice I worked with. He was not a fan, and wish we’d stopped at the gas stastion for a burger there instead.
you should definitely go to Norway on holiday sometime. experience everything you have learned
Interestingly Peppe's Pizza does serve "a lot of different style of pizza" - their main and longest running style they now call "Chicago style"
That said, anything served over here will be "Norwegianized" - but in general we tend to serve large pizzas with relatively thick crust.
Ah Olsenbanden! This movie is an old classic in Norway.
Big Bite is a lot like Subway (we do have that chain in Norway) and their menu is quite similar. They are often (but not always) placed in shopping malls. Personally I prefer Subway.
There are a lot of Norwegian restaurant chains, but sadly very few Norwegian restaurants serve traditional "Norwegian food". Most serve things you will find anywhere else in Europe or US. If you want to eat traditional Norwegian food you usually need to find some local place that is not part of any chain. Then you might find more tradiotnal Norwegian food on the menu along side the interntional food everybody serves (like burgers, pizza and pasta).
1:06
The time you included the "e" sound was correct.
Not Pepps pizza, Peppes Pizza.
The E is almost always pronounced in Norwegian.
2:09
They serve Chicago style pizza, as well as thinner pizzas more similar to what they make in Italy, although I think even their thin crust pizzas are some kind of American style pizza.
6:58
Notice how it says "language" in the upper right corner?
Norwegian websites often offer a English version too.
8:10
That's just ChatGPT making mistakes.
11:03
You where spot on.
I get that it feels weird, but that's genuinely how we say it. :-)
15:03
Starbucks is more popular among foreigners then locals.
1970 is crazy early to find a pizza place if you where in Denmark. I didn't even know Norway had a thing like this in 1970. I didn't see a pizza take away place until 1991 here in Denmark. First time i saw a burger place was in 1987 or so.. MacD was a Copenhagen thing back then. And even when BK and MacD turned up i only tried them when i was in a car and we went out there.. These places are always outside of town close to where truckes stop. So when i went to diffent MacD in my home town they had been there for 15-20+ years before i saw them... So those places was only used when im germany. It's not like in England where it's mostly in town center...
Starbucks is disgusting sweet sugar crap coffee overs priced and overrated. I go to my local independent coffee shop great coffee at a good price.
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Fax 📠 no Printer 🖨!
I agree
Yep!
I know for a fact that there is a Kaffebrenneriet in Bodø at least (very far from Oslo, it's in Northern Norway so you know - the middle of Norway...).
Hysterisk morsomt når han prøver å uttale norske ord!😂
Har så lyst å si, ja DET, når han sier noe riktig. Dessverre har han valgt de feile uttalene og fortsatt med det, sånn som Peppes. Morsomt da😅.
If you are used to subs that are salty and fatty and very filling, BigBite is not as good as SubWay. If you are used to food that is made from ingredients you can taste and that feels/is healthier, BigBite is the better option. We have both, often next to eachother.
So in the 70's nobody would have been down with burhera and pizza.. When they came in the late 80's and early 90's i think people was just about ready for it.. I tried a fryse pizza at a friend's place. Frozen supermarket pizza, and that was so unique to a 14 year old i went home and told my mum about it.. But it stayed a rare thing until i moved nearer Copenhagen in 1988. Thay was when burges and pizza became a thing you new you could just go and get. I think before that it was a restaurant thing where you was in there for 90 minutes or more.. But all that stuff never became a normal thing until the late 80's.
Peppes, Egon and Big Bite are not restaurants, they are places to grab a bite while out running erends ( just like Mac D, Burger K, Pizza Hut)
We used to have a Peppes Pizza in Copenhagen, but unfortunately not anymore. They had the best pizza buffet. 🙁
If you ever read this, whuch I doubt: find englis subs of the norwegian movies Olsenbanden, and you'll understand why that character is such an icon in Norwegian culture.
Its funny bc as a gen z, i grew up with a lot of pizza, but my parents was just rarely introduced to pizza.
I have been to all fo years. Maybe all since the year they were established. Great places, that serves good food. We have a very special and good restaurant level in Norway. American pizza has a thick chunky pizza with more bread and fill. Italian is thin and have a thin level of great things on the top. You should try out on Internet the best Michelin Restaurants in Norway
Kaffebrenneriet is in a lot of cities. There is one just around the corner for me, and I don't live in oslo.
Lol. The Pizza came to USA in 1903 and in Norway 1963
Fun fact (sad fact for us though...): Norway does *not* have KFC (even Iceland has one). There's a huge demand for a KFC in Norway, but I think the reason has to do with chicken being expensive in Norway or something
I mean we have similar places that are better than kfc imo. Fly chicken being one.
@@tomsi12 oh yeah I forgot. Haven't tried it, but definitely will!
A bit disappointed that chatGPT got four Norwegian chains down, then went for those global chains. When it comes to Norwegian pizza chains, the holy trinity (that I know of) is Peppes Pizza, Dolly Dimple's and Pizzabakeren. Peppes is the more fine dining out of them, Pizzabakeren is seen more as a cheap fast food joint, Dolly only has a few resturants in a few towns but as someone who grew up near one, its the best.
Big Bite is like the "generic brand" version of Subway - and yes we have Subway. (Although it's a rather new occurrence)
We have Subway here to as well as McDonalds and Burger King 😊
Peppes has good high quality pizza and You Can order homedelivery from them, but it will set you back 504 Nok (ca 50USD), bought home from them 2weeks ago..
Egon is good/ok+ all round restaurant, but there are many more smaller chains like American style Steakhouse and independent one-offs that i would prefere localy..
The last decades there has popped up fancy gourmet restaurants everywhere. Where you eat a Tiny "pice of art" for 500 kr a dish and you need like 7 dishes/plates to get full..
I got a steak the size of a coin and 3 potato-chips for like 45 USD 😂 I stay Way clear of those if I can help it...
We got Domino's here in Stavanger, and I must say: if that is the standard in the US, I'm utterly disappointed.
American Style pizza would be the types that aren't the other types. :p F.x Italian is thin bottomed, minimal crust as standard, so American Style is often thick with crust.
Peppes is definitively the oldest and most revered on the list. Most other pizza restaurants aren't good at keeping their product quality stable. Peppes usually have the same great quality everywhere.
Tip on pronunciation in Norwegian.. Don't skip any vowels. It is like PeppEhs
Egon is in that odd position, top of the cheap ones or bottom of the better restaurants. Their quality varies a bit too much from place to place, so they don't have a common training system, just a set of recipes and hired chefs. Their sandwiches are usually great (for Norway). High End Restaurants are mostly solitary places or have like 2-5 locations; not like fully blown chains, though this might be slowly changing.
Big Bite Submarines is sort of Submarine rip off i.m.h.o. I think their fillings, at least where I tried a sub, where of lower quality.
There is a Kaffebrenneriet in Fredrikstad. I don't like their locale. They haven't done enough to dampen sound, so the chatter of people gets really loud. Their coffee is fine, but not sterling.
Starbucks haven't spread much in Norway so far. They're new.
Domino's went bankrupt in Norway, but got bought up. They're doing better now.
Should have been on the list:
The immigrant run Kebab House. Is it a chain? Is it a mafia? No one knows. Their Kebabs are good. Some of them also make pizzas and burgers, some don't.
Big Horn Steak House, though I don't know how well they're doing post-corona. At least one in every major city/town. They're the most upscale chain and attempt to look the part. People tend to dress a little better before they go there. I don't think they formally demand a tie, but that's still what it feels like when entering. Serving staff in pressed pants, white shirts etc. To be fair though.. that's how they run it in my town.. elsewhere? I don't know?
Pizzanini; used to be a bit larger as a chain, currently only have 4 locations. Hoping they'll resurge. I think their pizzas are on average better than Peppes, but that might just be from being small and focused.
Two names worth mentioning, pure take out fastfood places; Jafs (Bite) and Kysten Rundt (Around the Coast; where they are, not what they serve); hot dog plates with potato mash, burgers, pizzas. Not top, not horrible.. they're franchise chains that absorb small stand alones all around Norway. Many of us get a quick burger at either of those.
if you ever visit Norway your should try the Peppes Pizzas, cause they're the best Pizza you can buy
they also have italian style pizzas too for all you italian lovers out there ;3
sadly there's (least as far as I know) no Taco Bell in Norway
Norway loves Tacos so it's kinda strange that chain can't be found in Norway
I've only been to Egon out of all of these. Not a fan. But might have just been that specific restaurant.
Our next town has a Subway and a different Pizza chain called Pizzabakeren. I don't drink coffee, so I've never been to any coffeeshops.
But Peppes has started with frozen Pizzas that you can buy at stores. They're better than Grandiosa, but still only fine.
Egon has alright food. Not for the price, it's definitely not worth it. There are cheaper options with way better food.
American style is basically just a thicker crust👍
You can see the movie-The Founder-Where a very bad person change the original McDonalds
I’m gonna call it pepps pizza from now on 😂
American pizza has a thicker dough/crust. Italian pizza is thinner.
I do indeed have been to Peppes Pizza. My first time I was around 10 years old.
And yes, we do have Subway. Not really that popular. But we have one in my town. I'm 15-20min away from nearest Burger King/MacDonalds.
American style pizza has thick crust and more toppings. Myself dislike very much the Italian style with thinn bottom and not really any toppings at all. The worst is the frozen ones.
Its pepe's pizza only with two p's.
Peppes i will say isnt the most popular i believe "pizza baker" (pizza bakeren) is more popular but to each their own😅
- Peppes is ok, but a bit pricy. It's both sit-down and take-out (with or without delivery). There are typically way better options for value from standalone pizza joints all over the place.
- Egon is garbage. Pricy garbage. Their cooks don't cook, they just assemble food. Their restaurant at Tyholttårnet (the tower from their wiki page) once got a 2/6 (Yes, we use dice to depict quality. It's weird...) by some food critic, with an asterisk explaning that included a +1 for the view. I have to agree with that one. Their pizza buffet is ok value if you are lucky enough to come over fresh pizza, and that the kitchen is on point in restocking the buffet when it runs out.
- BigBite is ok, but again a bit pricy. All that advertising costs a fair chunk of money. I guess you are right in that it is Subway but better. I live a 5min drive away from the original one, and I have to admit that I often buy a sub there when shopping at the shopping center it is located at. Definitely a better choice, imho, than the other typical fast food joints.
- Kaffebrenneriet ("The coffee burnery") is just like your "everyday neighbourhood (but it definitely isn't") coffee shop.
Personally, I'm more of an independent eatery person. I'm lucky enough to live in a small city with a perhaps surprising variety, both in the city center and outside. Somewhat authentic Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, Mexican, "modern traditional" Norwegian, etc, etc, in addition to the "millions" of burger and pizza joints.
Other Norwegian chain restauratns include: Sabrura ("sushi and sticks" - the latter being fried or baked chicken, typically packed for lunch, offers both buffet and a la carte), Sot (burger join, "but better"), Kompis (another one), etc.
And we have gotten some Michelin star restaurant in the later years, if that is your jam. All-in-all, there are some great options here in Norway, in every price category :) And some terrible ones... :P
Yes we have subway, not that many. Theres a lot of Big Bites.
It is actually true that pizza came to Norway around 1970. My parents were born in the 50's and did not taste a pizza until they were about 20. Italian food for Norwegians before this were bascially pasta dishes only. I have heard stories about people that tried to make pizza at home, only had brown cheese in their fridge and tried to use that as a topping 🤮
my god, brown cheese pizza 🤐
Chinese restaurants is all over the country,altso sushi.I live in a small place,but we have 4 chinese restaurants,one Thai and two sushi places nearby.The sushi and the chinese food is often very good.The Norwegian places are a bit boring in my opinion.And exprnsive !
You said peppes pizza right the second try 🙏
11:10
Kaffe = coffee
Kafé = cafeteria
Peppes have resturant/take out/deliver. It's good pizza, but expencive. I've eaten my share, used to work there many years ago.
You should pronounce peppes pizza more like pepp es
I Love the how can i not habe hewrd of these 0laces before from a guy the doesn't know whats 40 minutes away in a car... To me that woupd be like going to a US family thing an meeting 100 people and going... I've have never met any of you guys before.. That is so weird.. How can i not have met ya.? 😅
Been to everyone 😁
pep pes pizza! Nam!
Pizza is Italian and there nothing better than authentic Italian pizza from a pizzeria.
and yes Big Bite is much better than Subway in every way imaginable
No, totally disagree.
Nei
I'd say Grandiosa is better than Peppes actually, reason being they have frozen dough and stuff. Not very good. Domino's is pretty good in Norway actually. At least they make their dough on the premisses. Egon is pretty bad as well, it's like a family place. Not very good food, just meh/ok kinda thing. BigBite is like the poor worse cousin of Subway. Subway's way better.
Tgi Friday..
american style pizza is the thick one. Italian is thin. its as easy as that.
sabrura resturant
Hva sa brura?
sabrura shushi
PeppES Pizza** 😉
Peppe´s Pizza
Peppes = Peppe’s
Starbucks is not very good.
Would it pronounced pepees?
Everything other than Grandiosa is American style pizza LOL
You got Italian Style as well. Super thin bottom.
@@sulliken77very true
Pepis pizza nyehshahahaah funni faces
Pepp'es
if you ever need help pronouncing alot of this norwegian stuff, just say the word :D happy to help out.
Just saw the thumb and don't have time to view all.
These (Peppes, Egon etc) are *NOT(!!!)* restaurants. They are bistros at best and their food is extremely basic. We do, however have a *METRIC* ton of *EXCELLENT* _actual_ restaurants in Norway.
By American standards they are restaurants. I would compare Egon to Applebee's
America has been driving most of the global trends for the past century.
Thankfully your very popular trend "school shootings" never caught on here.
Including war, propaganda media and big Pharma!
Probably why the world is going crazy.
Ehh debatable, some yea, but not *most*
@@dannyboy1789look, regardless what you think about the original poster (silvana) that is way out of line. School shootings are not anything funny. Its not the fault of each individual American.
Egon is a horrible and overpriced restaurant chain. Go anywhere else.
peppes pizza is the most overrated restaurant chain in all of Norway.
Big-Bite is a worse version of subway (we got subway as well)
Egon is as you said a solid restaurant with a bit of everything. (6-7/10 kind of place)
Never been to kaffebrenneriet. However I'm not a fan of coffee, so would probably not go even if I where in Oslo or Asker. So can't make a statement on this.
I agree to the others but definitely not Peppes. It’s awesome. Thai chicken is the best one!
"I'm not sure what that means."
I'm not sure you know what the West Coast of the United States is.
Tyler
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@user-kq5ke5yb6k
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- I see the old saying "It takes one to know one" still holds true.
But seriously...
The "Tyler
How many episodes of Norway have maid? And you call Peppes for Pepps come on man you must step it up. Not good. Hilsen jan.
Hei Jan, I don't think Tyler has a maid.
He's not here to learn the language. Cool down.
Maybe look in the mirror first with that grammar/spelling😬
"I'm a little bit jealous."
Oh, child. When it comes to restaurant options, no American has any need to be jealous.
Actually you do. It can be hard to find a decent genuine restaurant in US selling healthy quality food. The amount of fast food chains selling garbage food is just overwhelming. Probably why the average life expectancy is similar to developing countries.
Switch "jealous" with "healthy" and you're correct
Sad that Norwegians does not apprciate real authentic Italian pizza
Some of us do.
@@steinarhaugen7617 Yes, not many places to go eat to get those dinners. To many fake napoli resturants
@@philip4588 Yes. Only in Oslo have I found restaurants that serve real Italian pizza.
Oh we do! I like both but real Italian pizza in Italy is top notch! Ive had good ones outside of Italy too though.
And you draw this conclusion based on the existence of an american restaurant chain? I think most people prefer Italian pizza - anywhere in the world. For every Peppes pizza, there are ten others that serve pizza with thin crusts, and they are cheaper too.