Eat in gronland, Oslo

Asylet ★ 4.1

Asylet on Grønland in Oslo's old town is the wood-panelled 1730 merchant-yard timber building, one of the city's oldest, serving kjottkaker, lutefisk and reindeer in a year-round Christmas-cosy room.

Signature: Kjottkaker with mash, Reindeer stew

Order: Kjottkaker with brown sauce and lingonberry; reindeer stew in winter.

Tip: The courtyard runs late spring through summer; the back-bar fireplace is the winter seat.

Ille Brød ★ 4.7

Ille Brød on Lakkegata in Grønland mills heirloom Norwegian grains for long-fermented sourdough loaves and cinnamon rolls baked to order from the front-window oven.

Worth the queue: Sourdough loaf with ancient grain

Punjab Tandoori ★ 4.2

Punjab Tandoori on Grønland is the family-run halal Pakistani room with a budget thali, naan from the tandoor and the long Grønland queue for take-away into late afternoon.

Try: Halal thali with rice, raitha and curry

Ille Brød ★ 4.5

Why locals love it: Locals queue for the heirloom-grain sourdough; tourists never make it up to Lakkegata.

Tip: Get there before 13:00; the wheat-rye loaf and cinnamon rolls sell out by mid-afternoon.