We asked foreign tourists what Finnish summer food tastes like.
At Helsinki’s Kauppatori you can find different Finnish dishes in the style of street food. The shop is busy among tourists, as it offers, among other things, muikkus and various reindeer dishes.
Iltalehti asked foreign tourists what, for example, reindeer sausage tasted like.
An Englishman living in the United States Gaynam ordered a muikkudosan from the market. He was visiting Finland for the first time.
– Very tasty, a bit too salty for my taste, the British man evaluates the munchies.
He planned to try other Finnish dishes after he heard about reindeer and that it can be used, for example, as a pizza topping.
Englishman Gaynam thought the muikuk were tasty. Elle Laitila
You can get Finnish food in street food style at the Helsinki Market. Elle Laitila
Those with the same first name Anke and Anke They had not tasted Finnish food from Germany before. Both ordered the reindeer sausages.
The sausage received praise from both. One of the women knew that Finnish food culture includes fish, such as salmon.
Finnish beer also received praise.
– This is a good lager.
“Good fish and shellfish”
Sean and Robert From the United States, they didn’t know Finnish food before, but they had taken the reindeer sausage portion to the test.
– This doesn’t taste the same as previous deer sausages I’ve tasted. Good, but very different from venison in the US, says Sean.
– This is much different from a sausage made from white-tailed deer, says Robert.
Robert tasted traditional Olvi beer.
– A good pale lager. Good summer drink. I usually prefer dark beers, but I could drink this all day, especially on a hot day, he states.
Sean and Robert from the US couldn’t tell the taste of the reindeer. Elle Laitila
Came from Russia to visit Finland for the first time Olga ordered a salmon dish with her boyfriend. He believed it was good.
– I mostly like street food, Olga says.
Estonian living in the United States Andres planned to eat meat and sausages on his trip. He said he knew very little about Finnish food.
– I just know that there is good fish and shellfish in Finland, says Andres.
Based on this sample, fish and roe seem to be the first things that come to mind in Finnish food culture.
German friends liked the taste of reindeer sausage. Elle Laitila
Salmon and potatoes are a traditional Finnish summer dish. Elle Laitila