In Nodee Sky, you can experience the Japanese wa-shoku kitchen high up in the Barcode project in downtown Oslo.
Restaurant of the Month, Norway
Japanese wa-shoku at the top of Oslo The newly opened Norwegian restaurant Nodee Sky takes you on a journey through the UNESCO-protected Japanese wa-shoku kitchen. Its location high up in the central Barcode project, with unmatched views of Oslo, makes it a perfect place for dinners out of the ordinary, inspiring lunches or impressive business meetings. By Eirik Elvevold | Photos: Nodee Sky
Oslo is no stranger to Japanese cuisine. The Norwegian capital is full of sushi, Asian fusion and crossover restaurants that make daily life more interesting. The brand new Japanese wa-shuko restaurant Nodee Sky, however, is something different. The first thing that sets Nodee Sky apart is its central location and breathtaking views. The restaurant is located on the 13th and 14th floors in one of the iconic high-rise buildings in the Barcode pro120 | Issue 94 | November 2016
ject – right between Oslo Opera House and Oslo Central Station. While many guests enjoy lunch or dinner at the sister restaurant Nodee Barcode on the building’s ground floor, others now enter the eye-catching glass elevator for a 360-degree perspective of modern Oslo at Nodee Sky. “People are normally stuck on the ground, so when we get high up, in a plane or tall building, it does something to us. I get a very special feeling up here.
It feels very calm,” says Karoline Foyn Karlstad, Nodee Sky’s customer relations manager. “When the owners of Nodee Sky, who have already been successful with other Oslo restaurants like Dinner and Sudøst, got their hands on such an amazing space, they decided to go all in with something a little bit more unique: a modern Japanese wa-shoku restaurant in a fantastic location.”
Welcoming wa-shoku Wa-shoku literally means ‘food of Japan’. Obviously, Japanese cuisine is hugely varied, but respect for nature is a fundamental principle. This means changing seasons influence the chef’s choice of ingredients, leaving you with a slightly different tasting eight-course menu now that autumn gives way for winter.