We were meeting Stacy's friend for dinner. When she suggested The Norwegian, Stacy immediately sent me the menu and asked if I was okay with the menu. I wasn't fond of the menu but I could make something work.
The Norwegian is a Nordic inspired restaurant in Rockford. It is a small restaurant that is open for Brunch Wednesday-Sunday and dinner Thursday-Friday. The dinner menu changes weekly. Dress is definitely casual.
We got there and ordered drinks. I am not sure if you could order drinks not on the menu but I decided not to risk and found something that sounded interesting. I went with a San Juan Paradise. It had rum, coconut milk, mint, lime, demerara, soda, and nutmeg. Even though I never heard of demerara before and nutmeg with alcohol just sounded weird (outside of eggnog), the rum and coconut milk sold me. I said it tasted like toothpaste.. but in a good way. I would definitely drink it again. It was very refreshing and not too strong.
For an appetizer we ended up with the chips and dip. There were three kinds of dip: Curran's apple muhammara, carrot hummus, and a kale pesto. None of them sounded appetizing to me but I am game for most anything. All of them were very good but I think the carrot hummus was my favorite. The apple one was not bad.
Dinner choices were interesting. I was going to get to get the potato tacos and just pick off what I didn't like until Stacy asked if her daughter wanted fish or pork chop. I was getting the pock chop. I rarely get to eat pork chops and that sounded the most normal.. even with the butternut squash puree.
It was amazing... even the butternut squash and carrot salad. The pork chop as huge and came off the bone. One small piece was still too pink in my book so I didn't eat that part but the rest was perfectly good. I actually used the squash puree was a dipping sauce for my pork chop which was perfect.
Would I go to The Norwegian again? Maybe with the right group of people. It is too foo-foo for the hubby and the menu is too exotic. It is more than I am willing to pay for a meal but it is worth the piece. You definitely get a good size portion. I like it is not my usual kind of place. That's one of the fun things about girls weekend, meal options are usually places I won't normally go to.
It is worth checking out if you are in Rockford. Even if you go for cocktails you won't be disappointed.
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