Restaurants and food professionals show their support for Ukraine.
Restaurant Nokan lobby. Nose
Chef of the restaurant Nokka, who turns 20 in March Ari Ruoho wants to offer every Ukrainian-Russian table party a menu for Nokka during March.
That is, in March, Ukrainian-Russian groups will eat Nokka’s classic menu free of charge at the “Peace Table”.
Nokian Restaurant Manager Terhi Vitikka and Kitchen Manager Ari Ruoho. Nose
– Because we make Finnish top food, we have always had a lot of international customers. Also the people of these two close peoples, but now at war. Even on a crowded Saturday night, both the Ukrainian family and the Russian family ate dinner at our restaurant, at different tables, explains kitchen manager Ruoho.
For its part, Grass wants to promote dialogue between peoples and that everyone can sit at the same dining table.
Peace table reservations: [email protected]
Ukrainian wines
If and when Ukrainian wines are unfamiliar, you can now hear and taste them.
Today 24.3. Muru diningin sommelier Samuil Angelov to taste Ukrainian wines together with one of Ukraine’s most famous star sommelier Anna Pototskan with Helsinki.
– In Ukraine, wine has been cultivated for centuries. Crimea is a fine wine region and Odessa has a concentration of sparkling wine. One vineyard has now been destroyed, Angelov notes.
In 2018, he was at a meeting of the Ukrainian Sommelier Association to help the association get on its feet and move forward with its own goals.
– Since then, I have proudly seen what this old but unknown wine country has brought about. This all, and the whole country, was destroyed in the last month. That Slavic warmth and hospitality is now at the foot of the war and it will take decades to rebuild it.
The proceeds of the event will go to Slava Ukraini ry, which organizes the evacuation of refugees from Warsaw to Finland.
Ukrainian wines -tasting (95 euros / person) 24.3. at 6.30 pm, Miltton House, Haapaniemenkatu 5. A recording (45 euros) can be purchased for the event, the proceeds of which will go directly to Slava Ukraini ry.
Borscht is from Ukraine. Adobe Stock / AOP
Kiev chicken and borscht
In early March, the five-star online publication launched a fundraiser on a call for the people of Ukraine and an end to the war. Finnish chefs, restaurateurs, producers and gastronomies support Ukraine.
Five stars has also launched a petition aimed at encouraging Finnish restaurants and cuisines to offer Ukrainian cuisine and drinks.
Borscht and boiled chicken are examples of Ukrainian-related dishes familiar to us Finns.
– At the same time, we urge Finnish families and home cooks to prepare these dishes and to remember the victims of the war and encourage the Ukrainians. At the common bread and meal, we are all equal, an article published by Five Star writes.