Eat and drink these in Turku

Turku is known for its restaurants. Food is one of the themes of Turku’s tourism.

But what exactly do you have to eat and drink in Turku? We asked the food and tourism professionals in Turku about it.

Here are five delicious tips on what to taste the next time you visit Turku.

1. MBakery’s Turku bun

First there was Turku chocolate. Then came the Turku bun.

Caramelized milk chocolate is also mainly in the bottle, as the chocolate and bun were developed by MBakery Mikko Hietala laughs that he decided to combine the two favorites.

The Turku bun, which resembles a bun, is eaten according to Hietala’s instructions, so that the Turku seal on the bun’s hat is removed first. It can be eaten immediately or last. Scrape the chocolate-flavored cream on the lid of the bun.

The chocolate seal is made by stamping, in the same way that letters were once sealed.

Because each seal is hand-printed, they are unique.

– I have never seen a seal in any bottle, Hietala says.

Of course, Turku buns are sold in Turku, but you can also get them from a couple of stores in the Helsinki metropolitan area.

The winning streak of Turku chocolate will not be left here. In summer, chocolate-flavored ice cream is on sale in the shops.

2. Gelateria Nuvole ice cream

Italian Angelo Tursin one childhood dream came true when he set up an ice cream parlor selling italian gelato.

At the same time, Tursi realized many other dreams: gelato can be bought all year round from the waste bar in the Hansa block.

There are about 30 different ice creams on sale in the summer. Although some customers may have difficulty choosing, Tursi assures that impossible queues will not arise.

– Loyal customers already know what they want to buy.

Apparently, the tourist recognizes that he has time in front of the ice cream counter to bring his own choices.

According to Tursi, a good ice cream is light – both in terms of weight and calories.

– Many people think that gelato has a lot of calories, but it is not. 100 grams of artisan ice cream contains 120-130 calories, Tursi says.

The texture of the ice cream is soft, the cream feels. Tursi urges you to take a licking test: Does the ice cream taste at all. Many times the ice cream bought from the store has to be chewed, because when licked it doesn’t taste like anything.

Why are ice creams made by Tursi so good? Once again, the answer is raw materials.

– I use genuine raw materials. Strawberry ice cream contains 40 percent strawberries. Chocolate ice cream contains 10 percent cocoa. Many times a customer thinks our light chocolate ice cream is dark chocolate because it is so dark in color. It only has a lot of cocoa in it.

3. Kakola Brewing Company Mäkilager

16 beer taps on the wall and hoses straight from the beer tank.

These can be found in Kakola Brewing Company’s beer restaurant, KBC Taproom, which opened in Kakolanmäki last summer.

In addition to beer, the tanks make their own lemonades from, for example, domestic apples or Sicilian organic lemons.

What is certain is that you will always find Mäkilager on the tap (unless you are in really bad luck). It has become the four-year-old brewer’s best-selling beer.

Mäkilager is designed as a classic terrace camp. During its development, a test group of 20 beers were given different lagers to taste.

Based on the responses, a traditional 5.2 percent lager that tasted “every mouth” was created.

It can only be found at KBC Taproom Beer Restaurant, Kakola Rose Restaurant and Kakola Hotel’s tap.

If it’s hard to choose from 16 draft beers, get a little taste of the taps before making a purchase decision, says KBC, who works behind the counter Viivi Lehtinen.

The beer restaurant also offers pizza and snacks.

Pizza did not want a representative of any particular school, but rather has a Yankee spirit.

– Pizza is simple and crispy. We have six different flavors. Simple stuff about good ingredients, says the chef Jessica Sorsakari.

He laughs that it is important for KBC to maintain the sacred trinity: Bisse, party and pizza.

People gather around events and beer.

4. Stock Exchange Rooftop Cocktails

Börs Katto has quickly become Turku’s favorite place to stop.

The summer terrace, open for the first summer, overlooks the market square and the other side of the river towards the Cathedral, Vartiovuorenmäki and the Star Tower drawn by Engel.

Börs Katto is a cocktail bar that prides itself on cocktails made from fresh ingredients. The syrups used in the drinks are made on site.

The classic section of the cocktail list is Espresso Martini.

The bases for non-alcoholic mocktails are boiled e.g. passion and raspberry syrups.

An important part of the highballer cocktail is the rosemary cordial, the recipe for which is now being revealed to readers of Iltalehti.

In addition, it comes with Napue gin and mineral water.

Apple & rosemary cordial

1000 ml of apple juice

1000 g of light household sugar

150 g of citric acid

3 rosemary branches

1. Heat the menu and add sugar and rosemary.

2. When the sugar has melted, add the citric acid and strain. Remove the rosemary before bottling.

5. Mantua grill sausage potatoes

Mantu’s barbecue was established in Turku’s Olavinpuisto in 1988. At that time, there were still several traditional barbecue kiosks. And there were no restaurant ships on the river bank yet.

Mantu, viz Marja-Leena Viljanen had worked in various grills for years and as he already had good experience and strong skills in the industry, familiar kioskers recommended him to set up his own place.

Gradually, Mantua sausage potatoes became the most popular portion of the grill. Today, it is already a classic.

Mantu’s customers have also been, and still are, a lot of artists and musicians. The cards on the wall tell you about it.

Nowadays, the barbecue is taken care of together with Mantu by his son Mika Viljanen.

The younger Viljanen does not have to think for a moment about what is best in barbecue entrepreneurship.

– Comfortable customers.