Restaurant Ora now replaces restaurant Chef & Sommelier. The later has been renovated from top to bottom to give birth to this new place. Sasu Laukkonen is still at the helm with a new team. Saila and I were invited Wednesday, August 2 - along 10 privileged guests, and free of charge - to test/taste the new concept restaurant and give our opinions during this private evening. The restaurant officially opens Thursday Aug. 3. Neddless to say, the food is still incredibly creative, and most importantly, seriously good.
Welcome to restaurant Ora
This menu will be served for the next 4/5 weeks.
The delights, or amuses-bouche.
Strawberries & beetroots
Whitefish tartar, fresh peas and herbs...
... served with a smoked fish croquette & apple mayo, and a withefich skin crisp with herbs
Confit tomato & rose
Lamb with radishes & crisp cabbage
Palate cleanser (kind of frozen powder flavored with herbs)
Marigold, rhubarb and lemon thyme (we didn't make photos of the last dessert "Currants with anise", café & liquors)
The Ora team. From left: Adam Kavanagh (cook), Sausu Laukkonen, Tiina Kontkanen (waitress), Noora Sipilä (restaurant manager & sommelier - this young lady comes from restaurant Muru in Helsinki), and head chef Erno Kemi (who comes from restaurant Ragu, in Helsinki too). He's the man who baked the cake for our wedding anniversary dinner at Chef & Sommelier last May. (see message 15.5.2017 or use tags: "ravintola" or "restaurant")
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