Postres* Dinner Helsinki JUN 2012

Second time visiting Postres. Last time was a year ago for lunch. This time was for dinner so we tried the 6 course Chef´s Choice menu.

 SNACKS x2

 

AMUSE BOUCHE x4

ARCHIPELAGO BREAD, CRISP BREAD AND SOURDOUGH BREAD

BUTTER x2

REGULAR, SMOKED AND WHIPPED

 FRIED LOBSTER, ASPARAGUS

TARRAGON EMULSION

SUGAR SALTED SALMON AND SALMON TARTAR

QUAIL EGG AND WARM MAYO

LEMONADE AS A REFRESHER

SNAILS IN A GARDEN

PARSLEY CREAM AND LEEK ASH

 SOME SORT OF AN ASPARAGUS TEA IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY

 BRAISED VEAL BRISKET

 

 APPLE x3

 

GOAT CHEESE

HONEY & BREAD

RASPBERRY SORBET & CHOCOLATE CAKE

GRAPE GRANITÉ, MASCARPONE

PETIT FOURS

Gaijing Helsinki MAY 2012

Early Sunday dinner at Gaijin last week.

 Green shell mussel, lemon-vanilla dressing

 Tempura prawn

 Pork ribs, soy-mirin caramel



 Japanese rice with dried seeweed I guess

 Kimchi cheek "hot pot"

 Wasabi miso Butterfish and Dashi

 Berry ice-cream

Banana cake, pistachio ice-cream, seasalt caramel

Motti Helsinki MAY 2012

An ex tempore dinner at restaurant Motti in Töölö on a lazy Saturday.

Whipped butter and house bread

Crayfish with herring ice-cream

Corn fed chicken on a brioche, chantarelles

Asparagus, morels and a tomato salad

Pike and smoked herring mousse, tomato, pea purée

Fresh sausage and pork cheek, smoked potato and cauliflower purée

Rhubarb pie, berry ice-cream and white chocolate mousse

Manfred´s & Vin Copenhagen MAR 2012

Last weekend I spent in Copenhagen but unfortunately it happened to be on a Sunday that I had time to eat well. Most top restaurants are closed on Sundays in Europe so I had to forget about visiting any of the top Michelin star restaurants in the city. After some research I had a list of potential restaurants near the city center area that are open on Sundays. The list included Manfred´s & Vin, Oyster´s & Grill, Geist, Les Trois Cochons and Custom House from which i chose Manfred´s.
The owners of Manfred´s are the same as for the one Michelin star restaurant Relae which is located just on the opposite side of the street. Manfred´s serve simple but very tasty Scandinavian food and the service was nicely relaxed. You can choose between a la carte or the daily menu. We chose the daily menu for 2 people. The dishes were to be shared. Dessert is not included in the menu so you have to order it from the a la carte list. We chose not to have dessert this time because we wanted to save some calories for Danish pastries later.

Jaegersborggade 40

Pickled mussels as a snack

Parsnip

Amazing sourdough bread

Cabbage with yoghurt

Fish. Sorry can´t remember which fish though

Apple juice

Poached Egg

Potato and Onion

Grilled Onions and Lentils

Pork