Had a chance to check out some old & new restaurants on my recent visit.

Postres, http://www.postres.fi/: First visit, dropped in here for lunch with a friend. Siika (whitefish?) tartar as a starter, hauki (pike) mousse with Lappish potatoes as the main, lakka (cloudberry) sorbet as dessert. Very impressive: "pure Finnish" ingredients, perfectly prepared with modern methods. Only the dessert was a little bit lackluster. Three-course set lunch was 29 euros, which is a steal for a Michelin-starred restaurant! :-: ^

Umeshu. We were going to eat dinner here, but the test platter of sushi was so terrible (dry non-Japanese rice, mediocre fish) that we gave up and moved on to nearby...

Tokyo55, http://www.tokyo55.fi/ . Run by Japanese chefs and it shows, this is easily the best Japanese food I've had in Finland. Sushi was competent, with a few reasonably executed Finnish twists (smoked salmon rolls with dill etc). Beef tataki was quite good, even the tempura was OK, and a few sakes and Japanese beers to sample. Completely packed to the last table on an ordinary cold and rainy Tuesday evening too. ^

(Calibration note for the above: I'm not saying this is world-class tastebud detonating Japanese, because it wasn't. But for Helsinki, where I've never had even halfway decent sushi before, it was a real surprise.)

Elite, http://www.royalravintolat.com/elite/. Oldie but a goodie. We caught the last day of their season game menu; the duck consomme was unspectacular, but the grilled liver (from the standard menu) was done to perfection. Not cheap though. 0.5 x ^

Belge, http://www.belge.fi/. This is a place to go for beer, not food, and they delivered on the drinks. Tried a pot of moules et frites for old times' sake, and it was alright. Appetizer platter of misc. deep-fried junk was pretty sad though. Drink ^ Food