She likes to watch things on TV

 ANAKELLY satellite of love (Ronan Remix)

Alex Eatery 1917 "The Chef's Table" - Turku Ruissalo

Last year, while biking around Turku's Ruissalo, we came across - by acccident or by chance - restaurant "Alex Eatery 1917". At an end of a remote road in a forest, a wooden house stood there overloking a small harbor. While my other half decided to have a look inside, I waited by the entrance reading the menu on the door declining ordinary stuffs like burgers, curries, pies, etc... Then wifey came back and said I really should come inside. So, reluctantly I followed her inside and then... *trumpets & drums*... a classy dining room "The Chef's Table". A large table U shaped with 15 seats and a menu reading like this: caviar, oyster, lobster, scallop, dry aged beef, champagne, etc... And in the middle of nowhere??? WTF!!! Of course the place was fully booked that day. So we decided to come back the next spring/summer to try it. And so here we are, one year later, june 21 "Juhannuspäivää" (midsummer day). The restaurant is run by chef Richy - an irishman with mauritian heritage - and his crew, and propose a 10 courses menu at a price of 120€/pers. All the ingredients used are locally sourced, with the exception of caviar (germany) & scallops (ireland). The menu ranged from ok to great. As for us, 10 courses are probably too much because after a certain point, flavors start mixing in the mouth and your tastebuds don't know for certain what you're eating anylonger. We finished up the diner with a degustation of irish whiskeys and a 100 years old cognac Grande Champagne at a cost of roughly 450€ for the whole package. If you don't want to spend that much, there's a second dining room with a sea view terrace, where you can enjoy the aformentioned burgers or apple pie at more reasonable prices. Certainly something different.

Craving for chinese noodles? - Noodle Story restaurant(s)

 We came across "Noodle Story" through ResQ (which is a great way to make one's own opinion at a discount price). Gotta say, their homemade noodles - fried noodles with bbq pork in our case - are to die for. Really, really yummi... and cheap (by Hki standards). 

Friday evening pizza @ Teurastamo

 best pizza we've eaten in years @ Pizza Pala. Worth trying if you're around. 

Nostalia Remixed & Reuploaded

PINO D'ANGIO ma quale idea (Jamie Lewis Remix - intro 2.20) 

Simplicity

 A grilled piece of salmon, a few whites asparagus, an hollandaise, and a bottle of Chablis Grand Régnard. I mean, what else? Not an nespresso anyway! 

Vappu grilling

The wine comes directly from Spain, the beef from Wotkin's @ Teurastamo 

Ravintola Pikku Hukka

Our restaurant curse has striked again! One of our fav gastro place in Helsinki - a local eatery in Herttoniemi named Pikku Hukka - will close its doors for good on may 12. We were tipped a few years ago by one of the owner's relatives, that hidden in an unassuming building stood a real gem. Unlike most local/neighborhood restaurants ("kortteliravintola" in finnish), Pikku Hukka did not serve the usual pizzas/burgers/meatballs combo, but rather, food on par with some of the very best places in town. For our last lunch there, we were treated with aspargus hollandaise, and pike perch beurre blanc with a bottle of Pouilly-Fuissé. And all of these served on tables with white cloth and in stylish plates. An incredible bottle of Park-Borderies Cognac matured 10 years in japanese oak casks rounded up the meal. I mean, where on earth - or rather in Helsinki - do you find a small unassuming local joint, serving great bottles of Bougogne or Ribera del Duero on white table cloth? Aaaargh...

EDIT 9.5.2025

The very last dinner at Pikku Hukka before final closure. Deer Osso Bucco & boletus risotto with a sicilian red wine, and some wonderful matured cheeses from France and England with a red currants and cinnamon compote. God, we gonna miss this place sooo much. Boo-ooo...