Roast beef with remoulade sauce smørbrød is a classic in both Norway and Denmark, and all the thousands of Danish smørbrødrestauranter will have it on their menu. Tivolihallen in Copenhagen is my favourite smørbrød restaurant in Denmark: http://www.tivolihallen.dk/?lang=en

If you drop the idea of going to the top three Oslo restaurants, these are three suggestions of excellent and less fancy/formal places:
Arakataka: http://www.arakataka.no/en.html
Le Benjamin: http://lebenjamin.no/en
Olympen: http://www.olympen.no/

... and remoulade sounds of course perfect with grilled shrimp, never thought of that and have to try it, could be a great tapa!

I'll skip the French bistro but the other two look great.

Anyone have food ideas for Bergen? The fish market looks interesting and one of my favorite meals in Japan was at the Tokyo fish market.

I list a couple of Bergen restaurants in my trip report; click on my name to find it.

You could check my blogs on Norway and Sweden for some ideas. I have been to Norway once on a home exchange and to Stockholm twice.

http://altecockertravels.weebly.com/...holm-2014.html

http://altecockertravels.weebly.com/bergen-norway.html

http://altecockertravels.weebly.com/...and-train.html

http://altecockertravels.weebly.com/...rway-2012.html

http://altecockertravels.weebly.com/...otos-2014.html

Good luck.

Traditional and excellent Enhjørningen for fish and seafood in Bergen: http://www.enhjorningen.no/

Thanks for the tips!

(Altecocker, love the name!)

The name, ceezee, is, of course, a joke. Enjoy your travels wherever you go.