Sounds like someone hasn't had real cheddar.

Almost all food is great if you get the proper high end quality.

What matters more in my opinion is what you can expect to taste most of the time. If you go to the supermarket or an average restaurant in a medium sized city for example.

As a pedantic Frenchman immigrant living in Norway, I would say that Norway isn’t the best about food but also not that bad. They have good stuff and terrible stuff like most countries and once you know what to eat you can live happy.

Generic cheddar isn’t usually considered for these ‘National specialties’ lists though. I believe the full name is West Country Cheddar, like how not all sparkling wine is Champagne.

Fermented fish is artisanal and yet borderline war crime at the same time :)

You can buy great Cheddar in almost any supermarket in the UK

Ok I'm not going to make flamewar over cheese so I'll just say, that I was maybe bit unfair.

The Fiskesuppe looks tasty, although my new favourite food is Zuppa di Cozze.

If there's something quite fun to do in Norway and Denmark in just about any type of weather, it's shore fishing and eating fish.

Fiskesuppe just means "fish soup", and the ways of making it are as varied as the name suggests. Putting a score on it is nonsense.

Yup, I know. So it Zuppa di Cozze and that's the beauty of it.

Luv me fish, luve me chips, simple as.