FINNISH PEOPLE, PLEASE HELP US! In this video, you see us trying 15+ Finnish foods. We want to do another video, although with Finnish snacks! Please let us know your favorite Finnish snack, down below! Thanks!
I'm a Finn and watching this video made me realise again how amazing the nature is here. All the different berries, mushrooms, plants, fish and animals we have. Nice reminder.
That Karelian Pie is usually eaten with toppings same way as bread. Egg butter (butter and boiled egg smashed together) is the traditional topping. And on a freshly baked and still warm pie.
Egg mixed with butter is the traditional one but you can put pretty much any topping you like on it: ham, cheese, just butter, cucumber, tomatoes, lettuce - you name it :D
different species altogether that is technically called "bilberry" or a wild blueberry. Tastes nothing like those big bush blueberries they sell at some grocery stores and I mean that in a good way. Much more flavor
Yeah finnish billberries are actually blue/purple inside. Foreign blueberries that grow in tall bushes, are different species, and are white inside, not purple.
The bread you had with the salmon soup is actually called "saaristolaisleipä", it's also a traditional Finnish bread that is sweet and sour but and it contains rye, but it is not classified as a 'typical' ryebread.
Much of the food in that restaurant comes from the coast and archipelago regions. Where are charred sausages, blood sausages and blood pancakes, and elk? Or properly prepared farmhouse cheese (hot and stringy leipäjuusto) with cloudberry, and where in tarnation are all the various berries? Happy they had lingonberry jam though ;)
Hi guys, you are doing a great poadcast . Your cinnamon bun is eaten at Ekberg' s Coffee House. Its one of the iconic cafeterias in Helsinki. Established in 1852. When Finland was part of Russian Empire. Nice you enjoyed your visit here. 🇫🇮
Keep in mind that the traditional finnish dishes like Karelian stew are from an era when spices were pretty rare and expensive. The only spices it's supposed to have are salt, allspice and bay leaves :)
@@ristoravela652 Yes, traditionally it´s definitely a Christmast food too and catering for other special events. Often Karelian Stew is served at funerals.
Vorschmack was the favorite food of our former president, marshal Mannerheim, it's originally a Eastern European dish but Mannerheim fell in love with it during his travels in Poland in the early 20th century and brought the recipe back to Finland and introduced it to the chef at a famous restaurant Savoy and the restaurant still serves it to this day.
You should eat vorschmack with Marshals snaps (Marskin Ryyppy) as an apéritif served chilled and the glass filled to the brim. The trick is to drink it without spilling it. Thats how our celebrated marshal use to drink it. There is even a story about the marshal having lunch with his retinue of officers and one colonel spilling his snaps on the table. The marshal then remarked to the colonel in question: "Is the good colonel in the habit of marinating his meal with his drink?".
@@ristoravela652As a Finn, I'm unfamiliar with it. If it's never served in school, I wouldn't consider it traditional. That's my personal gauge for what qualifies as traditional :)
I have never even heard of this food, and I've grown up here 😅 but there are quite big regional differences as well, up north we eat alot of things people in southern Finland have never heard of.
Vorschmack was the favorite food of our former President Marshal Mannerheim, it's originally a Eastern European dish but Mannerheim fell in love with it during his travels in Poland in the early 20th century and brought the recipe back to Finland and introduced it to the Chef at a famous restaurant Savoy and the restaurant still serves it to this day. 🤩🌏
@@marsneedstowelsIt used to be Fasupala, then it was changed to Fanipala, then it changed back to the original Fasupala. I think Fazer sold the product to some other manufacturer and the name that hinted at Fazer was changed. Now it’s again Fazer making them so it’s Fasupala.
You guys pretty much nailed it with the must try dishes in Finland, with some minor adjustments. Karelian Pie should be eaten with egg butter as others have already told you guys. Rye bread should be fresh and only butter needed with it. That blueberry pie didn't look any traditional to me. Looked more like a cheese cake with some blueberries. Also come to Tampere to enjoy some local beer&food&hockey. 🏑
@@JetLagWarriors There will be high level playoff hockey in Tampere too and the best arena in Finland (Nokia Areena). They have 2 of the leagues hottest teams right now: Tappara and Ilves. The playoffs start today.
Tampere is known for it's wings. I dont like wings, so I cant say anything more about that - BUT do go to Konttori, which is this small beer pub, they have over 200 different beers to offer to you, and the atmosphere is nice. And it is quite close to the Arena.@@JetLagWarriors
I am Finnish and I think is showcasing some great Finnish food, but Steve really missed out by not tasting the salmon soup! Sharing this with a friend coming to visit later this year to give him some ideas. 🥣
15:20 That bread actually looks like "saaristolaisleipä" instead of real rye bread that's called "ruisleipä". And you had insane amount of toppings on top. For rye bread, you want it fresh and nothing else but butter on top. It's especially delicious with a soup (e.g. the one you had at 20:30). And when I say fresh, you want it hot enough from the oven so that butter melts on top.
20:05 Karelia is a region of Finland in the East and a pig portion if it was taken by Russia after the second wold war. The Karelian pie and the Karelian stew originates from that region and are very popular foods in Finland
Children call the bread cheese "vinkujuusto" aka "squeeky cheese" because of the sound it makes when you bite it just like Ivana said. The Karelian pie is not usually eaten just by itself, but with toppings, the most common being "eggbutter" that is just boiled eggs and butter mixed together. Vendace is a very common and popular street food that you can buy at festivals and other big events. The smaller the size of the fish, the better the taste. The fish is covered in rye flour and fried in butter. Hesburger has mayo in every type of burger you can get from there, that is why Americans tend to prefer them over a McDonald's equivalent, because there you only get mayo in the bigger burgers.. That type of blueberry pie isn't really the most traditional. A traditional blueberry pie is just the crust and blueberries. That looked more like a cheesecake with berries on top. The traditional version might not look as fancy, so cafes prefer to serve that.
I've seen & eaten that type of bluberrypie my whole life, it has rahka (=quark) in it and I'd call it traditional. But there are so many regional differences with foods, it's no wonder everyone is not familiar with every food. For example, I didn't know talkkuna existed until my thirties... then I visited Ostrobothnia.
Karelia is a region that used to belong to Finland (before USSR invaded). So, Karelian pies and stew are food from that region. There's also a beer which carries the name (Karjala).. and a lot of music that refers to it.
They have Hesburger in Bulgaria. As a Finnish person, I was driving through the countryside of Bulgaria a few years back and saw a hesburger all of a sudden.
I love your attitude towards food. Just so good, you may not love something but you can still kinda like it. Not too picky, but you definately don't shy away from saying what you think about the food. Really nice to see. 👌🏻
We love all berries in Finland, it just happens to be so that the most common berries in the Finnish nature are blueberry (bilberry) and lingonberry, they're everywhere like you wouldn't believe it. People go out to the forests to pick them (mushroom picking is also common), it's very common because they're very fresh and delicious here and the quantity is so high, 70% of all land in Finland is forests. People also grow different kinds of berries in their gardens. A lot of foreigners also come here (especially from south east asia) during the berry picking season to make a lot of money for their standards and then return back to their country and spend their hard earned money. We have this thing called "every man's right", which means that any person is allowed to forage berries and mushrooms in anyone's land (if it's not like protected areas or someone's yard, there's a limit of how close you can get to buildings)
In fact, it's not blueberry (the cultivated bush berry), but bilberry (the wild berry). I don't understand why they use the wrong expression of it in almost every restaurant and every article in Finland!
@@KristinaWes Thanks, added that information, the north American blueberry is actually a different species from the original Eurasian blueberry, so that's where the confusion comes from, blueberry means bilberry in almost everywhere except the Americas. We don't have those bushy type blueberries here. So it's not wrong to call them blueberries, they're European blueberries.
@@KristinaWesBecause still at least 20-10 years ago we were taught in school that mustikka = blueberry. Dont know if that has changed, but finnish berries were among some of the first english words that were taught in elementary school, and blueberry was one of them.
@@CheriTheBeryIt sort of is wrong though, or at least very confusing, as the american blueberry (=pensasmustikka) is a pretty common sight in stores nowadays.
At this rate you will never go back to Canada. You should've visited Finland during the summer, it's some much more enjoyable and the whole city feels alive.
But Finland is totally different during summer; there are people outside and people talk to each other and meet new people. The other 11 months people just stay indoors alone.
The salmon is usually from Norway. Muikku (vendace in English), the small fish is a small relative of salmon, usually comes from Savonia region lakes. Lingonberries in the wild are really sour, cloudberries can be sour, depending on where you pick them, but both are excellent with some sugar added.
I'd like to try the salmon soup! I have dill in my garden. I'll google for the recipe! Finnish food is new to me. Thanks for introducing to us viewers.
We love that Karelian Pie here in Finland. I personally have it for breakfast (it's common to eat a salty breakfast in Finland, like a sandwich or Karelian pie) and I pop one in the air fryer and it becomes like bakery fresh. A classic topping is egg butter (boiled egg and butter mixed + with a bit of salt), the butter melts a bit because the pie is hot and it becomes creamy, soft, and decadent. I also eat it with butter and salami or ham instead of bread, love it :D
The breadcheese is a fond memory from my childhood. We lived on a farm in Northern Minn, and had a milk cow. On rare occasions, Mom would sacrifice enough milk to make it (it takes quite a bit of milk to make.), and it was always a special treat. Lately, I noted that it's grown in some popularity here in the states. Stores like Trader Joe's have started to carry it, and I even saw an ad on QVC for it.
There is usually stands in market places just selling fried vendace as its very common snack food. The fish is cleaned but the head, fins and tail is left on, rolled in a mix of rye flour and breadcrumbs and then fried on a pan. The bones are so small they are totally fine to eat.
Vendace with lemon and sourcream -garlic sauce is just superb! One of the best Finnish foods I know. Vendace is a freshwater fish but it can also be found in baltic sea in the less salty coastal waters since Baltic sea is brackish water, not really proper sea water.
In that reserved buffet restaurant there seemed to be an Irwin Goodman evening. The background music was "Rentun ruusu" and "Ryysyranta", probably two of his biggest hits.
The difference between McDonald's and Herburger burgers is that Hese burgers are usually way juicier (more mayo). That's why I like 'em. The french fries, nuggets and other stuff is better in McDonald's though.
The other day I ate in McDonalds for the first time in 14 years. Having eaten Hessburger for the last 7. I gotta say in McDonalds everything is rubbish by comparison. I cannot understand why people say the fries are good, they don’t taste remotely like they came from a potato, just floury junk. It is a triumph of marketing over substance. The burger bun was too sweet and they put on way too many pickles like I was reminded of my meal for the next five hours from pickle burps. On the upside it was (marginally) cheaper than Hessburger. The seats also required a full session with a chiropractor if you spent any longer than 15 minutes there. Looks like it’ll be another 14 until I see if it’s improved.
Christmas food is an accurate description. That's what it is. Fried frish can be enjoyed as a snack instead of fries. You can get it from stalls at the market or festivals. I really like squeaky cheese and cloudberry jam.
Karelian stew, meatballs, salmon and vendace are pretty much your usual home food in Finland. There are many other fish also but salmon and vendace are one of the cheapest ones.
@@The_Jzoli, varmastikin karjalanpiirakan päälle on laitettu aikojen saatossa vaikka ja mitä, ja itse kullakin on omia ruokayhdistelmämieltymyksiään - tuo ei varmaan ole läheskään oudoimmasta päästä niitä mieltymyksiä... ;) :D
I think in a homesetting we often make our blueberry pies with a lot more blueberries so its a bit more runny like you do but in some cafes they can sometimes be a bit stingey with the berries. Theres lots of family variations of how to do it of course. Some are more eggy and pancakey and some are more traditional pie. Some like the kind with a thick yogurt-like (rahka) base which is more of the rich consistency of like a cheesecake with a bit of a tang. The only thing thats consistant is that theres usually very few spices (some use cardamom perhaps) and the blueberries are the main event. If it's a more traditional then it's flat with a crumble-like base and it's usually served with vanillasauce or vanilla ice cream.
Really nice vid, you look like you're having a good time! One thing that seems to be common in North America is eating with your hat on, in Europe and also in Finland that's actually considered as a rude manner/ bad habit. If you look around, I bet you see you're the only one.
The bread with salmonella soup is Saaristolaisleipä, made of rye flour and rye mash. The other traditional ryebread is just rye flour, salt and water. Very different texture.
You were kinda right about it being kinda christmas like. Yeah Karelian stew is one of the traditional christmas dinner foods, we do eat it all over the year though but not so often due to its cost to make 😅 meats are expensive and it takes long time to cook (either by regular oven or more preferred wood oven) Also btw Karelian stew is made of a mixture of meats mainly pork & beef but reindeer has no part of in it, different variations may exist depending of the households that make it. My family claims to make the most traditional one there is consisting only pork, beef, water and salt. Meat chunks are left kinda large chunks (about 2 to 3 times the size you had there) and are placed oven safe bowl & covered with water to the brim. Then the water gets salted lika an ocean and the stew will be left in the wood oven for many hours to cook slowly.
When I lived there I loved all the different kinds black liquorish candy and ice cream (salmiakki). My favorite was the super intense Tyrkisk Peber. You should also try the blood sausage with lingonberry jam from Tampere called Mustamakkara.
I love to eat that vendace fish at market events and in my area it is popular to drench it with a garlic salad dressing....so good to eat with just hands and as a whole.
Reindeer sauteed with some dark beer + lingonberry jam + pickled cucumber + mashed potatoes is one of my favorite foods! Vendace with garlic sauce is very delicious as well!
this is a blast from the past! when i was young i worked at this place where the staff went frequently to eat at Konstan Möljä! good times and good food. and contrary to Ivana i am such a fan of rye bread that i live today next to a bakery here in southern france that bake a rye bread more or less like the bread in Finland 😂 have a good stay in Finland!
The smoked salmon on the bread seems to be cold smoked. The bread is, as they say, island bread and it is baked from buttermilk or water, malted barley, rye and syrup. Malt and syrup give the bread sweetness and its recognizable dark color. There are probably dozens of different types of rye bread in Finland, so everyone can find something they like. Karelian hot pot includes cubed meat and the festive version includes several types of meat, such as pork, beef and lamb. There are several Hessburgers in Bulgaria. Here where I come from, once upon a time the contract of the hired man stated that at least one day a week you have to get something to eat other than salmon. Many people have their own recipe for salmon soup, but with a sufficient amount of cream, you can achieve a lot. The small fish are vendace or as the European cisco (In Finnish muikku) that can be found in freshwater lakes. The same fish, when it lives in the sea, is called a maiva. Here, the seas are really low in salt and freshwater fish can live in it. A species of fish belonging to the salmon family, which is closely related to whitefish. Cloudberry is Lapland's gold and it quite an expensive berry, because it grows in a swamp and it has to be picked individually and by hand. Back in the day, we used colostrum to make bread cheese.
You are doing very good, Kostan Möljä is featuring super old finish food, from Carelia, russians took it over in WW2. We have all Carelian people here who had to flee because of Stalin and the food is great. My 86 year old born inn Carelia, I took her many times to this restaurant. It is not "western style" food, it something else!
Karelia is an area in Finland. Karelian pie and Karelian stew are traditional food from Eastern Finland. Karelian people are very talkative and friendly.
@@thomasl2974 Yes, together with meatballs, Charles XII brought dolmades with him to Sweden after his exile in the Ottoman Empire. Both then became popular in Sweden during the 18th century, which Finland was part of at the time.
Gotta have some smoked salmon and smoked vendace (savumuikku). Maksalaatikko is something you can find in the store, take the one with the raisins. Then hernekeitto, which is peasoup and traditionally eaten on thursdays. Nothing especially great but also nothing bad. Out of these foods the smoked salmon/vendace is the one you'll probably like the most 👍🏻
That dark bread is called Saaristolaisbread, it's made buttermilk, beer malt, dark suryp, rhye flour, wheat flour, and some people put some apple or orange juice in dough. And of course yeast and salt. It's so good bread, better than regular rhyebread, IMO.
In Finland many barbecue sauce including smashed herring. 😊. Karelian hot pot includes today pork and cow. In tradition old school, there was all viscus: heart, lung, lever, kidney. We have also meat(pork and cow or only pork or only cow) and vegetables food called: Lapskoussi. Meat and vegetables smached all together and then you put butter on the top. It’s like a ”mashed potatoes” Vorschmack info: Serveza diffrent coutry and culture… en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorschmack
Good job! You made me miss Finland. For your next video, keep in mind that wearing a hat or cap indoors, especially while eating, is considered impolite in Finland.
20:05 Karelia (Karjala) is a region in Russia that belonged (belongs) to Finland located in the South Eastern border area with Russia. Karelian stew is a traditional meat stew that had any meat available in it, usually beef and then it's boiled with carrots onions and spiced with salt, all spice pepper, and bay leaves.
Lingonberry sauce is good with Swedish meatballs and mashed potatoes...my first meal at IKEA cafe. Those rye toasts with smoked salmon, cream salad and caviar looks so good - they are my New Year's Eve celebration food!
Finland has biggest coffee consumption per capita in whole world. We have naturally very soft water and that is base of very tasty coffee here. Finnish foods traditionally consentrate on purity of taste and fine tuning of that or that may be one easy reference point for tasting food in Suomi. Border of eastern sour and western sweet culture goes in middle of Finland so we got both worlds here!
Finns love their coffee. You may want to look up the statistics on that - last i checked, finnland was nr. 1 coffeedrinking nation on the planet. So, finding cheap coffee in the supermarket should not come unexpected... and you find specialised shops that just sell coffeebeans that you dont even find in the supermarket. They roast coffee in helsinki, and in certain city districts you can smell it. have to say, cinnamonbuns and pies is _not_ what an average finn has for breakfast. ;) Try different types of porrdige, and you get closer to it. They offer porridge in hotels - for finnish guests. tourists usually do not even see the pot that stands around somewhere...
Karelian stew is commonly prepared using a combination of pork and beef, but elk or lamb can also be used. Finnish Karelia is a historical province of Finland and is now divided between Finland and Russia. We lost those areas to Russia after Second World War.
Did anyone else find that the jam with squeaky cheese (it's actually called Finnsh squeaky cheese in North America) looked more like bilberries than cloud berries or was it just the light and my poor eyes..?
You were thinking about what does Karelian means. Karelia was part of Finland what we Lost In winter war To Russia. So Karelian pie and stew have both as far as i know originally from that area.
you should try to find a place that sells those blueberry pies with vanilla sauce. The pie can be a bit dry if you eat it just by itself. Combined with vanilla sauce, it's just so good : )
Not exactly food-related suggestion but if you are into videogames and have the time, The Finnish Museum of Games in Tampere (2 hrs train ride from Helsinki) is highly recommended :)
FINNISH PEOPLE, PLEASE HELP US!
In this video, you see us trying 15+ Finnish foods.
We want to do another video, although with Finnish snacks!
Please let us know your favorite Finnish snack, down below!
Thanks!
Things like (ice cold!) grape long drink, salmiakki, are good recommendations! Tell us more!!
@@JetLagWarriors Porvoon lakritsi (liqorice), Salmiakki Koskenkorva (alcohol from Alko), Fazer Sininen suklaa (chocolate), Turkinpippuri (the candy)
TULPA, FAZER (Geisha), and Muikku we will look for
Some popular chocolate snacks: Susupala, Suffeli, and Pätkis
Vanhat Autot
I'm a Finn and watching this video made me realise again how amazing the nature is here. All the different berries, mushrooms, plants, fish and animals we have. Nice reminder.
That Karelian Pie is usually eaten with toppings same way as bread. Egg butter (butter and boiled egg smashed together) is the traditional topping. And on a freshly baked and still warm pie.
Yep, egg butter is a must for karelian pie
Yup, it is not a Karelian pie without the egg butter. Well, technically it is, but it is sincerely lacking. Like eating bread without any toppings.
@@janariviik2634 Or you can just eat it with chocolate ice cream like regular people.
@@Jonra1 Bro, don’t do that 😅
Sounds as tasty as cornflakes with ketchup.
Egg mixed with butter is the traditional one but you can put pretty much any topping you like on it: ham, cheese, just butter, cucumber, tomatoes, lettuce - you name it :D
Just so you know. Finns use wild blueberries. The taste is much more intense than 'bush blueberries'.
different species altogether that is technically called "bilberry" or a wild blueberry. Tastes nothing like those big bush blueberries they sell at some grocery stores and I mean that in a good way. Much more flavor
and more sweet I might add.
Finnish mustikka translation is officially billberry and not blueberry. In everyday language you usually mix them together
And it looks like a cheesecake and not a pie
Yeah finnish billberries are actually blue/purple inside. Foreign blueberries that grow in tall bushes, are different species, and are white inside, not purple.
The bread you had with the salmon soup is actually called "saaristolaisleipä", it's also a traditional Finnish bread that is sweet and sour but and it contains rye, but it is not classified as a 'typical' ryebread.
Yeah, it's "islander bread" and comes from the south west archipelagos.
Much of the food in that restaurant comes from the coast and archipelago regions. Where are charred sausages, blood sausages and blood pancakes, and elk? Or properly prepared farmhouse cheese (hot and stringy leipäjuusto) with cloudberry, and where in tarnation are all the various berries? Happy they had lingonberry jam though ;)
Love how I heard Rentun Ruusu playing in the background at one point 😁
I was thinking just the same. 😂
Sama :)
Hi guys, you are doing a great poadcast . Your cinnamon bun is eaten at Ekberg' s Coffee House. Its one of the iconic cafeterias in Helsinki. Established in 1852.
When Finland was part of Russian Empire.
Nice you enjoyed your visit here. 🇫🇮
Keep in mind that the traditional finnish dishes like Karelian stew are from an era when spices were pretty rare and expensive. The only spices it's supposed to have are salt, allspice and bay leaves :)
Karelian Stew is actually pork and beef. Traditionally also lamb was used but it is not very common any more. I love these traditional Finnish foods!
It's also literally a Christmas food in some households.
(A minority of households, there's variation in traditions.)
@@ristoravela652 Yes, traditionally it´s definitely a Christmast food too and catering for other special events. Often Karelian Stew is served at funerals.
Most meats work, my family uses the true traditional meat: moose. Absolutely delicious. 👌🏻
Vorschmack was the favorite food of our former president, marshal Mannerheim, it's originally a Eastern European dish but Mannerheim fell in love with it during his travels in Poland in the early 20th century and brought the recipe back to Finland and introduced it to the chef at a famous restaurant Savoy and the restaurant still serves it to this day.
You should eat vorschmack with Marshals snaps (Marskin Ryyppy) as an apéritif served chilled and the glass filled to the brim. The trick is to drink it without spilling it. Thats how our celebrated marshal use to drink it. There is even a story about the marshal having lunch with his retinue of officers and one colonel spilling his snaps on the table. The marshal then remarked to the colonel in question: "Is the good colonel in the habit of marinating his meal with his drink?".
Google MANNERHEIM - to find out why He has a Street named after HIM !
It's also not a super popular food, at least anymore. Traditional though.
@@ristoravela652As a Finn, I'm unfamiliar with it. If it's never served in school, I wouldn't consider it traditional. That's my personal gauge for what qualifies as traditional :)
I have never even heard of this food, and I've grown up here 😅 but there are quite big regional differences as well, up north we eat alot of things people in southern Finland have never heard of.
Vorschmack was the favorite food of our former President Marshal Mannerheim, it's originally a Eastern European dish but Mannerheim fell in love with it during his travels in Poland in the early 20th century and brought the recipe back to Finland and introduced it to the Chef at a famous restaurant Savoy and the restaurant still serves it to this day. 🤩🌏
OK. You made this Finnish boy hungry. Good job you two!
You have to try Fazer blue chocolate, Long drink, Pätkis and Tupla. Basically anything from Fazer is worth trying 😊
Finns make the best wafers i've ever had with Suffeli and Fasu (Used to be Fani) Pala.
He tried Hartwall Long Drink however it was the lemon version. This time should go with the Original one.
@@juholaitakari1305 Yeah the lemon is legit the WORST out of all of them
@@marsneedstowelsIt used to be Fasupala, then it was changed to Fanipala, then it changed back to the original Fasupala. I think Fazer sold the product to some other manufacturer and the name that hinted at Fazer was changed. Now it’s again Fazer making them so it’s Fasupala.
Pineapple flavour! Its just the best
You guys pretty much nailed it with the must try dishes in Finland, with some minor adjustments. Karelian Pie should be eaten with egg butter as others have already told you guys. Rye bread should be fresh and only butter needed with it. That blueberry pie didn't look any traditional to me. Looked more like a cheese cake with some blueberries. Also come to Tampere to enjoy some local beer&food&hockey. 🏑
We will come to Tampere! It's been highly recommended by dozens of people! Can't wait. 👍
@@JetLagWarriorswelcome to the best hockey arena in Finland :)
@@JetLagWarriors the new arena is very new and modern. Insane atmosphere. Especially during the derby with the 2 local teams, Ilves and Tappara
@@JetLagWarriors There will be high level playoff hockey in Tampere too and the best arena in Finland (Nokia Areena). They have 2 of the leagues hottest teams right now: Tappara and Ilves. The playoffs start today.
Tampere is known for it's wings. I dont like wings, so I cant say anything more about that - BUT do go to Konttori, which is this small beer pub, they have over 200 different beers to offer to you, and the atmosphere is nice. And it is quite close to the Arena.@@JetLagWarriors
I am Finnish and I think is showcasing some great Finnish food, but Steve really missed out by not tasting the salmon soup! Sharing this with a friend coming to visit later this year to give him some ideas.
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I love that Hesburger was included 😆🍔 !!!
15:20 That bread actually looks like "saaristolaisleipä" instead of real rye bread that's called "ruisleipä". And you had insane amount of toppings on top. For rye bread, you want it fresh and nothing else but butter on top. It's especially delicious with a soup (e.g. the one you had at 20:30). And when I say fresh, you want it hot enough from the oven so that butter melts on top.
20:05 Karelia is a region of Finland in the East and a pig portion if it was taken by Russia after the second wold war. The Karelian pie and the Karelian stew originates from that region and are very popular foods in Finland
Mustamakkara with lingonberry jam is must try.
Nobody thinks mustamakkara tastes good but still everyone loves to eat it
Children call the bread cheese "vinkujuusto" aka "squeeky cheese" because of the sound it makes when you bite it just like Ivana said. The Karelian pie is not usually eaten just by itself, but with toppings, the most common being "eggbutter" that is just boiled eggs and butter mixed together. Vendace is a very common and popular street food that you can buy at festivals and other big events. The smaller the size of the fish, the better the taste. The fish is covered in rye flour and fried in butter. Hesburger has mayo in every type of burger you can get from there, that is why Americans tend to prefer them over a McDonald's equivalent, because there you only get mayo in the bigger burgers.. That type of blueberry pie isn't really the most traditional. A traditional blueberry pie is just the crust and blueberries. That looked more like a cheesecake with berries on top. The traditional version might not look as fancy, so cafes prefer to serve that.
I've seen & eaten that type of bluberrypie my whole life, it has rahka (=quark) in it and I'd call it traditional. But there are so many regional differences with foods, it's no wonder everyone is not familiar with every food. For example, I didn't know talkkuna existed until my thirties... then I visited Ostrobothnia.
Karelia is a region that used to belong to Finland (before USSR invaded). So, Karelian pies and stew are food from that region. There's also a beer which carries the name (Karjala).. and a lot of music that refers to it.
well we still have two provinces called Karjala even today. South Karelia and North Karelia
forcefully migrated unfortunately.
Yeah, Russia and Finland used to borrow Karelia from Sweden. We are still waiting to get it back when Finland rejoins the Swedish empire.
@@temper44 You mean when sweden joins finland ofc
@@temper44, very bad humour, very bad... 😤
I really love your interactions together 🥰, Ivana and Steve ☺️ It is so lovely how well you get along! You’ll make great parents.
cold milk and cinnamon bun just out of the oven can't beat that
don't think that was blueberry pie..it looked more like a cheese cake? The normal Finnish blueberry pie has a lot more blueberries on top.
Yes, like a cheese or maybe curd filled pie/cake?
The shrimp caviar bread looked soooo goood!
I have to go back to Finland and try all the food you tryed in this video!
They have Hesburger in Bulgaria. As a Finnish person, I was driving through the countryside of Bulgaria a few years back and saw a hesburger all of a sudden.
"Toto, we're not in Turku anymore"
Theres more Hesburgers in finland than mac donalds, i would say like 3-5 times as many
I love your attitude towards food. Just so good, you may not love something but you can still kinda like it. Not too picky, but you definately don't shy away from saying what you think about the food. Really nice to see. 👌🏻
We love all berries in Finland, it just happens to be so that the most common berries in the Finnish nature are blueberry (bilberry) and lingonberry, they're everywhere like you wouldn't believe it. People go out to the forests to pick them (mushroom picking is also common), it's very common because they're very fresh and delicious here and the quantity is so high, 70% of all land in Finland is forests. People also grow different kinds of berries in their gardens. A lot of foreigners also come here (especially from south east asia) during the berry picking season to make a lot of money for their standards and then return back to their country and spend their hard earned money. We have this thing called "every man's right", which means that any person is allowed to forage berries and mushrooms in anyone's land (if it's not like protected areas or someone's yard, there's a limit of how close you can get to buildings)
In fact, it's not blueberry (the cultivated bush berry), but bilberry (the wild berry). I don't understand why they use the wrong expression of it in almost every restaurant and every article in Finland!
@@KristinaWes Thanks, added that information, the north American blueberry is actually a different species from the original Eurasian blueberry, so that's where the confusion comes from, blueberry means bilberry in almost everywhere except the Americas. We don't have those bushy type blueberries here. So it's not wrong to call them blueberries, they're European blueberries.
@@KristinaWesBecause still at least 20-10 years ago we were taught in school that mustikka = blueberry. Dont know if that has changed, but finnish berries were among some of the first english words that were taught in elementary school, and blueberry was one of them.
@@CheriTheBeryIt sort of is wrong though, or at least very confusing, as the american blueberry (=pensasmustikka) is a pretty common sight in stores nowadays.
Oh I wish you come back in the summer 🌞 the whole vibe here is totally different. Nature really comes alive and our forrests and lakes are so pretty.
the korvapuusti, coffee and baby craying on back was perfect sound made it so liveable
At this rate you will never go back to Canada. You should've visited Finland during the summer, it's some much more enjoyable and the whole city feels alive.
He likes winter and the ice hockey, so he's enjoying it... 😉
But Finland is totally different during summer; there are people outside and people talk to each other and meet new people. The other 11 months people just stay indoors alone.
Always nice to see people from other countries appreciate Finnish food. ❤
The salmon is usually from Norway. Muikku (vendace in English), the small fish is a small relative of salmon, usually comes from Savonia region lakes. Lingonberries in the wild are really sour, cloudberries can be sour, depending on where you pick them, but both are excellent with some sugar added.
I'd like to try the salmon soup! I have dill in my garden. I'll google for the recipe! Finnish food is new to me. Thanks for introducing to us viewers.
Remember to test cold smoked salmon, too. It's delicious. It's traditionally has only salt and pepper on top.
Found your videos about Finland today, had to watch every one of them. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, will do!
We love that Karelian Pie here in Finland. I personally have it for breakfast (it's common to eat a salty breakfast in Finland, like a sandwich or Karelian pie) and I pop one in the air fryer and it becomes like bakery fresh. A classic topping is egg butter (boiled egg and butter mixed + with a bit of salt), the butter melts a bit because the pie is hot and it becomes creamy, soft, and decadent. I also eat it with butter and salami or ham instead of bread, love it :D
I loved your video. I am a Finn and I was happy to see you enjoyed many of our foods.
Cloudberry is naturally very sweet and smooth, a unique taste. The best berry in the world by far. But they add jelly sugar to the jelly of course.
The breadcheese is a fond memory from my childhood. We lived on a farm in Northern Minn, and had a milk cow. On rare occasions, Mom would sacrifice enough milk to make it (it takes quite a bit of milk to make.), and it was always a special treat. Lately, I noted that it's grown in some popularity here in the states. Stores like Trader Joe's have started to carry it, and I even saw an ad on QVC for it.
Omg what an amazing video! I ve learned so much ! Amazing, thank you!
That small fish meal looks wonderful! I would eat that all day long!
There is usually stands in market places just selling fried vendace as its very common snack food. The fish is cleaned but the head, fins and tail is left on, rolled in a mix of rye flour and breadcrumbs and then fried on a pan. The bones are so small they are totally fine to eat.
Vendace with lemon and sourcream -garlic sauce is just superb! One of the best Finnish foods I know. Vendace is a freshwater fish but it can also be found in baltic sea in the less salty coastal waters since Baltic sea is brackish water, not really proper sea water.
In that reserved buffet restaurant there seemed to be an Irwin Goodman evening. The background music was "Rentun ruusu" and "Ryysyranta", probably two of his biggest hits.
Wait for the avalanche of finnish comments :D Good stuff, nice that you liked our food.
The difference between McDonald's and Herburger burgers is that Hese burgers are usually way juicier (more mayo). That's why I like 'em. The french fries, nuggets and other stuff is better in McDonald's though.
Yeah, that's the common opinion, Hesburger burgers are better but McDonald's fries and nuggets are better.
Hesburger's mayos are divine, especially Paprikamajoneesi! 👌🏽
Everything in McD is better than Hese. Because Hese just drowns everything with the mayo.
@@Irevoltnow Very true. In Hesburger, they ask you if you'd like some burger with your mayo.
The other day I ate in McDonalds for the first time in 14 years. Having eaten Hessburger for the last 7. I gotta say in McDonalds everything is rubbish by comparison.
I cannot understand why people say the fries are good, they don’t taste remotely like they came from a potato, just floury junk. It is a triumph of marketing over substance. The burger bun was too sweet and they put on way too many pickles like I was reminded of my meal for the next five hours from pickle burps.
On the upside it was (marginally) cheaper than Hessburger. The seats also required a full session with a chiropractor if you spent any longer than 15 minutes there. Looks like it’ll be another 14 until I see if it’s improved.
Christmas food is an accurate description. That's what it is.
Fried frish can be enjoyed as a snack instead of fries. You can get it from stalls at the market or festivals.
I really like squeaky cheese and cloudberry jam.
You should definitely try wings at Siipiweikot. Crazy good.
Okay that honey raspberry description of cloudberry is perfect! I've tried to figure out how to describe it to my foreign friends, thank you!
My thought too! :)
Karelian stew, meatballs, salmon and vendace are pretty much your usual home food in Finland. There are many other fish also but salmon and vendace are one of the cheapest ones.
Usually you put something on top of the Karelian pie, like butter, cheese, salads leaf and a slice of cucumber/tomato.
Egg butter 🥚🧈👌🏻
Yeah: egg butter is the most traditional topping!
En ole koskaan kuullut kenenkään pistävän salaattia tai vihanneksia Karjalanpiirakan päälle.
@@The_Jzoli, varmastikin karjalanpiirakan päälle on laitettu aikojen saatossa vaikka ja mitä, ja itse kullakin on omia ruokayhdistelmämieltymyksiään - tuo ei varmaan ole läheskään oudoimmasta päästä niitä mieltymyksiä... ;) :D
Funny how she said the bread cheese was squeky and you could sort of hear it because "squeky cheese" is another loving name we have for it... 😂
I think in a homesetting we often make our blueberry pies with a lot more blueberries so its a bit more runny like you do but in some cafes they can sometimes be a bit stingey with the berries. Theres lots of family variations of how to do it of course. Some are more eggy and pancakey and some are more traditional pie. Some like the kind with a thick yogurt-like (rahka) base which is more of the rich consistency of like a cheesecake with a bit of a tang. The only thing thats consistant is that theres usually very few spices (some use cardamom perhaps) and the blueberries are the main event. If it's a more traditional then it's flat with a crumble-like base and it's usually served with vanillasauce or vanilla ice cream.
Cloudberries with vanilla ice cream is just perfect!
FINNISH FOODS TASTES LIKE UMAAAMMMII THATS THE WORD YOU SEEK 😊😊 🇫🇮
And they played Irwin Goodman at the restaurant (a very popular deceased artist from Finland) 🤟
Also Juha Vainio, I believe.
Really nice vid, you look like you're having a good time! One thing that seems to be common in North America is eating with your hat on, in Europe and also in Finland that's actually considered as a rude manner/ bad habit. If you look around, I bet you see you're the only one.
The bread with salmonella soup is Saaristolaisleipä, made of rye flour and rye mash. The other traditional ryebread is just rye flour, salt and water. Very different texture.
Salmonella soup 😂
Oh that reindeer and lingons bittersweet taste,, so chrwy meatnice to see such a dedication for My home country
Food looks delicious. Would love to try the salmon soup. Keep safe, healthy and happy.
Vorschmack is a traditional starter, one of our former presidents - Mannerheim - regularly ordered in restaurants. It is a functional Dog Hair, too.
You were kinda right about it being kinda christmas like. Yeah Karelian stew is one of the traditional christmas dinner foods, we do eat it all over the year though but not so often due to its cost to make 😅 meats are expensive and it takes long time to cook (either by regular oven or more preferred wood oven)
Also btw Karelian stew is made of a mixture of meats mainly pork & beef but reindeer has no part of in it, different variations may exist depending of the households that make it. My family claims to make the most traditional one there is consisting only pork, beef, water and salt. Meat chunks are left kinda large chunks (about 2 to 3 times the size you had there) and are placed oven safe bowl & covered with water to the brim. Then the water gets salted lika an ocean and the stew will be left in the wood oven for many hours to cook slowly.
6:40 That song in the backround is very famous in Finland. It's called "Rentun ruusu" and sung by the late Irvin Goodman
IRWIN GOODMAN - The most played music - after Maestro SIBELIUS ! Different genre !
When I lived there I loved all the different kinds black liquorish candy and ice cream (salmiakki). My favorite was the super intense Tyrkisk Peber. You should also try the blood sausage with lingonberry jam from Tampere called Mustamakkara.
I love to eat that vendace fish at market events and in my area it is popular to drench it with a garlic salad dressing....so good to eat with just hands and as a whole.
You are the best. Nice to watch your journey in finland.
Reindeer sauteed with some dark beer + lingonberry jam + pickled cucumber + mashed potatoes is one of my favorite foods! Vendace with garlic sauce is very delicious as well!
this is a blast from the past! when i was young i worked at this place where the staff went frequently to eat at Konstan Möljä! good times and good food. and contrary to Ivana i am such a fan of rye bread that i live today next to a bakery here in southern france that bake a rye bread more or less like the bread in Finland 😂 have a good stay in Finland!
The smoked salmon on the bread seems to be cold smoked. The bread is, as they say, island bread and it is baked from buttermilk or water, malted barley, rye and syrup. Malt and syrup give the bread sweetness and its recognizable dark color. There are probably dozens of different types of rye bread in Finland, so everyone can find something they like.
Karelian hot pot includes cubed meat and the festive version includes several types of meat, such as pork, beef and lamb.
There are several Hessburgers in Bulgaria.
Here where I come from, once upon a time the contract of the hired man stated that at least one day a week you have to get something to eat other than salmon. Many people have their own recipe for salmon soup, but with a sufficient amount of cream, you can achieve a lot.
The small fish are vendace or as the European cisco (In Finnish muikku) that can be found in freshwater lakes. The same fish, when it lives in the sea, is called a maiva. Here, the seas are really low in salt and freshwater fish can live in it. A species of fish belonging to the salmon family, which is closely related to whitefish.
Cloudberry is Lapland's gold and it quite an expensive berry, because it grows in a swamp and it has to be picked individually and by hand.
Back in the day, we used colostrum to make bread cheese.
Cabbage Casserole with lingonberry jam. Awesome! :). Yes, im Finnish
Hats always off when you eating.!! It's respectful for food and other people, but I just love your video and please come back soon 💖 thanks.
Yes hat away please as eating we honour the god and respect our food and the cook 🫡
You are doing very good, Kostan Möljä is featuring super old finish food, from Carelia, russians took it over in WW2. We have all Carelian people here who had to flee because of Stalin and the food is great. My 86 year old born inn Carelia, I took her many times to this restaurant. It is not "western style" food, it something else!
Karelia is an area in Finland. Karelian pie and Karelian stew are traditional food from Eastern Finland. Karelian people are very talkative and friendly.
Awesome! Great you guys like our food. You made my day :)
In my childhood, we dipped pieces of the breadchees into a coffee, and it becomes squeakychees. Very good
10:40 Stuffed cabbage = kaalikärryle. One of my favourite Finnish foods too!
Just little older Turkish import compared to Kebab.
@@thomasl2974 Yes, together with meatballs, Charles XII brought dolmades with him to Sweden after his exile in the Ottoman Empire. Both then became popular in Sweden during the 18th century, which Finland was part of at the time.
Gotta have some smoked salmon and smoked vendace (savumuikku). Maksalaatikko is something you can find in the store, take the one with the raisins. Then hernekeitto, which is peasoup and traditionally eaten on thursdays. Nothing especially great but also nothing bad. Out of these foods the smoked salmon/vendace is the one you'll probably like the most 👍🏻
Canadians don't do fish soups???
Karelia is a region on the finnish-russian border. Karelian stew and pie originate from there
Now that it's soon easter time you should most definitely try out mämmi😅
😬🫣
Next video we'll see Steve and Ivana taste mämmi and immediately do a jumpcut to airplane and out of the country :D
That dark bread is called Saaristolaisbread, it's made buttermilk, beer malt, dark suryp, rhye flour, wheat flour, and some people put some apple or orange juice in dough. And of course yeast and salt. It's so good bread, better than regular rhyebread, IMO.
I'm hungry now! I'm glad you liked our cuisine. Best regards, a Finn
In Finland many barbecue sauce including smashed herring. 😊.
Karelian hot pot includes today pork and cow. In tradition old school, there was all viscus: heart, lung, lever, kidney.
We have also meat(pork and cow or only pork or only cow) and vegetables food called: Lapskoussi. Meat and vegetables smached all together and then you put butter on the top. It’s like a ”mashed potatoes”
Vorschmack info: Serveza diffrent coutry and culture…
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorschmack
Good job! You made me miss Finland. For your next video, keep in mind that wearing a hat or cap indoors, especially while eating, is considered impolite in Finland.
Fried vendace is the finnish fish&chips, usually you can get just a plate of those from the marketplace or events.
You didn't write the prices of all those meals you ate. It certainly looks delicious 😊
20:05 Karelia (Karjala) is a region in Russia that belonged (belongs) to Finland located in the South Eastern border area with Russia.
Karelian stew is a traditional meat stew that had any meat available in it, usually beef and then it's boiled with carrots onions and spiced with salt, all spice pepper, and bay leaves.
Hopefully you have enjoyed your stay!
Lingonberry sauce is good with Swedish meatballs and mashed potatoes...my first meal at IKEA cafe. Those rye toasts with smoked salmon, cream salad and caviar looks so good - they are my New Year's Eve celebration food!
Finland has biggest coffee consumption per capita in whole world. We have naturally very soft water and that is base of very tasty coffee here.
Finnish foods traditionally consentrate on purity of taste and fine tuning of that or that may be one easy reference point for tasting food in Suomi.
Border of eastern sour and western sweet culture goes in middle of Finland so we got both worlds here!
Finns love their coffee. You may want to look up the statistics on that - last i checked, finnland was nr. 1 coffeedrinking nation on the planet.
So, finding cheap coffee in the supermarket should not come unexpected... and you find specialised shops that just sell coffeebeans
that you dont even find in the supermarket. They roast coffee in helsinki, and in certain city districts you can smell it.
have to say, cinnamonbuns and pies is _not_ what an average finn has for breakfast. ;)
Try different types of porrdige, and you get closer to it. They offer porridge in hotels - for finnish guests. tourists usually do not even see the pot that stands around somewhere...
Karelian stew is commonly prepared using a combination of pork and beef, but elk or lamb can also be used. Finnish Karelia is a historical province of Finland and is now divided between Finland and Russia. We lost those areas to Russia after Second World War.
Great videos! I cant wait friday ice hockey match, there will be lot of feelings on ice.
Cloud berry actually the most valued Finnish forest berry and the most expensive to buy, they are usually difficult to find.
Did anyone else find that the jam with squeaky cheese (it's actually called Finnsh squeaky cheese in North America) looked more like bilberries than cloud berries or was it just the light and my poor eyes..?
You were thinking about what does Karelian means. Karelia was part of Finland what we Lost In winter war To Russia. So Karelian pie and stew have both as far as i know originally from that area.
you should try to find a place that sells those blueberry pies with vanilla sauce. The pie can be a bit dry if you eat it just by itself. Combined with vanilla sauce, it's just so good : )
Ah, you had leipäjuusto the right way? Hot and stringy straight outta oven with cloudberry jam. Do you realize how rare that experience is?! :D happy
Not exactly food-related suggestion but if you are into videogames and have the time, The Finnish Museum of Games in Tampere (2 hrs train ride from Helsinki) is highly recommended :)
My grandmother made old school blueberry pie using the same dough as in the cinnamon bun and a load of blueberries (bilberries).
Part of Finnish food culture is taking your hat, or beanie off while seated... ;)
This. 😅 Im so old school also.. but yeah its "table manners" of ours that no hats on table. Also, gentlemen dont wear hats inside.. 😊
true loooolll im a youngster and ngl sometimes I've been told off for having a hat on in school while eating 🤣🤣🤣 meanwhile I'm just insecure af
Fork in the left and knife in the right.