Finnish cuisine

Finnish cuisine is based on fresh and natural ingredients that vary according to the season. In addition to vegetables, mushrooms, berries and fish, Finnish food is typified by simplicity and purity of taste. Helsinki’s own cuisine also features influences from both the East and the West.

Finnish cuisine can be tried at participating HelsinkiMenu restaurants. Culinarists will also love the ingredients on display at the Old Market Hall and the Market Square.

Try these seasonal specialties!

Finland has special culinary treats for each season of the year.

January
burbot and roe with blinies
February
Runeberg tarts, pea soup and laskiaispulla (Shrove buns)
March-April
lamb, mämmi (Finnish Easter pudding), pasha
May
perch, whitefish, pike-perch, sima (mead) and tippaleivät (May Day fritters), nettles
June-July
new potatoes, salmon, sausage, herring, strawberries, blueberries, cloudberries
August
root vegetables, crayfish, wild duck, chanterelles, apples
September
Baltic herring, vendace, hare, trumpet chanterelles, lingonberry
October-November
lamb, cabbage, elk, reindeer, goose
December
ham, rosolli salad, root vegetable casseroles, ginger biscuits, Christmas pies, glögi (mulled wine)

Restaurants serving Finnish food

	Café Kahvila Suomi Pursimiehenkatu 12, FI-00150 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 657 422
	Fabian Pohjoinen Makasiinikatu 6, FI-00130 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 6128 5100
	Kaarna bar & kitchen Mannerheimintie 20, FI-00100 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)10 76 64550
	Kellarikrouvi Pohjoinen Makasiinikatu 6, FI-00130 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 6128 5100
	Kosmos Kalevankatu 3, FI-00100 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 647 255
	Lappish Restaurant Saaga Bulevardi 34 B, FI-00120 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 7425 5544
	Manala/Botta Dagmarinkatu 2/Museokatu 10, FI-00100 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 5807 7707
	Restaurant Aino Pohjoisesplanadi 21, FI-00100 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 624 327
	Restaurant Aito Museokatu 29, FI-00100 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 4544 303
	Restaurant Elite Eteläinen Hesperiankatu 22, FI-00100 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 6128 5200
	Restaurant Graniittilinna Säästöpankinranta 6, FI-00530 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)20 7424 250
	Restaurant Helkan keittiö– Helka's kitchen Hotel Helka, Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 23, FI-00100 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 6135 8672
	Restaurant Ilmatar Bulevardi 2 / 4, FI-00120 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)20 770 47 14
	Restaurant Juuri Korkeavuorenkatu 27, FI-00130 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 635 732
	Restaurant Kappeli Eteläesplanadi 1, FI-00130 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)10 766 3880
	Restaurant Kolme Kruunua Liisankatu 5, FI-00170 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 135 4172
	Restaurant Kuu Töölönkatu 27, FI-00260 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 2709 0973
	Restaurant Lappi Annankatu 22, FI-00100 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 645 550
	Restaurant Lasipalatsi Mannerheimintie 22-24, 00100 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)20 7424 290
	Restaurant Lehtovaara Mechelininkatu 39, FI-00250 Helsinki Phone: +358 (0)9 440 833

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