Menu from a tasting dinner at Nordic restaurant Spis in Helsinki, Finland, with wines to match (Read my post on why Helsinki’s restaurant scene is at its hottest right now here):
Snacks
House salad
Potato and fennel
Leek and thyme
Barley and cabbage
Tomato and knäckebröd
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Amuse Bouche
Cucumber
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The Long Tasting Menu
Liquorice, horseradish and parsley root
Tokaj Friulano 2007, Alec Klinec, Slovenia
The summer soup as a salad
Blanc de Noir 2012, Shelter Winery, Baden, Germany
Onion and garden sorrel
Opale 2012, Eric Texier, Rhone, France
Black trumpet mushroom, chard and scrambled eggs
Akmenine 2009, Sebastien Riffault, Loire, France
Cucumber sorbet and juniper berry
Cod with broccoli, fennel, mashed potato and tomato juice
Spätburgunder Rosenberg 2009, Becker&Landgraf, Rheinhessen, Germany.
Kanelbulle with Korvapuusti (the Cinnamon Bun)
Chocolate and porcini
Brachetto d’Acqui 2012, Braida, Piedmont, Italy
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Coffee Candies
Nougat
Strawberry doughnut
Beetroot marsmallow
[…] of Nordic chefs are certainly trying to change the traditional perceptions of what Finnish food is. Restaurant Spis, for example, served as a very good introduction of Finnish cuisine, reinvented and […]