Petri Simonen recommends:

Must try

“Whole cold-smoked salmon, wrapped in paper, freshly smoked. You can get fresh cold-smoked salmon at the Old Market Hall, and once you have tried it there is no going back. The best is to cut it yourself at home. You can count on Helsinki’s fish smokers!”

Top 5

- When the sea freezes you should try some delicious fish roe.

- The lamb season is next. Slow-cooked Finnish lamb’s neck is very good.

- At the start of the year you can still find some good reindeer calf.

- Pikeperch is a safe bet, also for children.

- Helsinki has lots of small restaurants that serve really good seasonal dishes.

Classic blini restaurants

Lasipalatsi

Savoy

Bellevue

Troikka