HelsinkiEats

If I had to compile a list of top 50 restaurants in Finland, I'd definitely include Natura to the list. Natura serves *natural* food from fresh ingredients in simple approach without compromising on quality. This restaurant serves 4, 7 and 9 cuisine menus that won't fail you. I was joined for this dinner by Jussi Siltanen, one of the key figures behind world-famous IT subcontractor Reaktor. Reaktor has been able to reinvent themselves many times, building and shaping new services while helping its corporate customers push to new frontiers with digital services. Jussi Siltanen is amazing company for a dinner, so you'll enjoy the conversation for sure. Dinner equally of highest quality. If you'll need great restaurant in Helsinki, without feeling too stressed about how to be and what to wear, this is one of the places I'd highly recommend. Service is to the point, kind and food is amazing without complications.

Indian food is the perfect comfort food. Deli Rasoi, is one of them Indian restaurants in Helsinki that will put you back together, irrelevant to your previous mood. Everything on the menu is delish, and you can just unwind and relax with the spices. Tugberk Duman is my guest for this episode. Tugberk is unquestionably one of the though leaders in (corporate) innovation in Finland, so naturally our thoughts in this episode focuses mostly on the topic on "where's the next opportunity". I enjoyed meeting Tugberk and hearing how he has processed living in Finland and working for Future. Dinner was very good, I'd call this restaurant something that you can count on to make you feel good.

Not many places was as frequently recommended as the Mikko Utter located in about drive away from Helsinki, in the tiny city of Lohja. Mikko Utter is special in many ways, as it is service, cooking and everything by one man (Mikko himself) for 8 people (max seating).  Mikko imports his wines and sources the ingredients locally, and as the amount of recommendations would suggest - the food was amazing. With me joining Mikko Utter was my long term colleague, an amazing wine enthusiast and a great person - Kaj Hege Häggman. I really loved the conversation and now after moving away from Helsinki, I certainly missed hearing his voice while editing this. Hege has been living in US while working for Nokia and Gaming companies, and we discuss in this episode that perspective on food. For the Dinner, we all 8 in the restaurant got the food at the same time, with common introductions. Everything was fresh, seasonal and tasty. I'd call this restaurant something that every foodie should explore at least once in Finland.

Pamela restaurant on bulevardi of Helsinki is a great place to chill with friends. When we visited it was nearly exclusively female visitors, but I can confirm that as a male, you're allowed to eat well too. Together with me in this Episode at Pamela is Sonja Heikkiä, who despite her young age has managed to see the world as an opinion leader on the future of mobility and transportation. We discuss how the future is shaping up to be and how to manage yourself when giving a public talk or appearance in television. For the Dinner, we had vegetarian food, although the alternatives for meat-eaters were delicious too. I'd call this restaurant a great option in case you want to meet with friends with chill atmosphere, without any pressure.

Katmandu Bar was something totally unexpected, it located between Hakaniemi and Kallio, and it serves the best Momos from Nepalese kitchen. Join me and Bhavya Omkar (she runs the Naumaste instagram account) in this trip down the Indian/Nepalese food conversation. The menu available in Katmandu Bar is simple and delicious. It is hard to compare this to "fine dining" restaurants so often reviewed in this blog, but then again, why not? We did go with everything on menu, which was basically Samosas and Momas. Conversation on the other hand, focused on southern Indian delish: Masala Dosa (no, this restaurant does not serve them). You have to try this restaurant out. Perfect bar food, but served with a warm Nepalese street food hug.