Eating Out

Here're some of the dinners

that had in Helsinki

last weekend

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Had "Menu Maison"

at Magne Sud

(= "eat the south" - a bit funny!)

- started with a glass of champagne:

Janisson Carte Blanche

Delicious!

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Continued with rosé wine
Chateau Minuty Moments, France

(Grenache, Tibouren, Cinsault)

- excellent rosé!

Beef carpaccio

- very nice, thin slices
. Sea Bass Ligurian way
- don't know what made it Ligurian
but anyway the fish was very good
. Chocolate mousse
- rich taste, perfect texture
- the nuts, raisins etc made it a bit too heavy
(not a small portion!)
.Nice Mediterranean restaurant,

good, friendly service,

fresh, rather timeless interior.

Restaurant Magne Sud

Tehtaankatu 34 D

00150 Helsinki

http://www.magnesud.fi/

. Champagne Bar called Sweet
at Stockmann's
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Fresh orchids on the tables
- big plus!
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Had a snack there:
Reindeer sandwich & pistacchio macaron
with a cup of tea
- excellent snack!
- nice quiet place at the hectic 8. floor of Stockmann
with a very nice service!
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http://www.f8.fi/
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Roof top bar of LeBonk
. Had a glass of Prosecco or 2...
at LeBonk
- nice friendly service
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LeBonk Music Machine

Yrjönkatu 24
00100 Helsinki
http://www.lebonk.fi/
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Kimbap
Seaweed rolls at Korea House
- almost like sushi
- very tasty rolls filled with rice, vegetables and tuna
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Bulgogi set for 2

as the main course

- specially marinated thin sliced beef
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with kimchi...

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Kimchi 김치 is a traditional fermented Korean dish,

made of vegetables with varied seasonings.

Kimchi may also refer to unfermented vegetable dishes.

There are hundreds of varieties of kimchi,

made with a main vegetable ingredient such as

napa cabbage, radish, green onion or cucumber.

Kimchi is the most common banchan,

or side dish, in Korean cuisine.

Kimchi is also a main ingredient for many popular Korean dishes

such as kimchi stew 김치찌개;

kimchi soup 김칫국;

and kimchi fried rice 김치볶음밥
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... salad leaves

to make rolls filled with...

...rice & kind of paste (not very hot)
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Boiling Bulgogi

seasoned with hot chili

- the chili was on a separate bowl

and you could add them on the pan

as you liked
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Never had Korean meal before

- liked it a lot!

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Korea House

Mariankatu 19

00190 Helsinki

http://www.koreahouse.fi/

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Dinner at Sundmans krog
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Toast Skagen with roe on top

- fantastic!
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Glow fried lavaret with shrimp sauce
- fabulous,

but next time will ask it without the risotto & spinach,

too much
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Baked rhubarb with vanilla ice cream

- good, nothing special,

but quite Finnish

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Sundmans krog

"The Bistro in Helsinki"

Etelaranta 16

00130 Helsinki

http://www.royalravintolat.com/

- professional, friendly service

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Lunch at the airport

Toast Skagen, again

- marvellous!

The restaurant is located in tha terminal

where the national flighs used to depart

- don't remember the name of the restaurant,

SSP Season perhaps???

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