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Old Jul 7, 2009 | 1:01 am
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jpatokal
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Originally Posted by WilcoRoger
ILappi and Savotta could be described as "Finnish theme" restaurants and the cooking is good. No Michelin stars, but the OP is not after those
I'm not sure I'd second this. I haven't been to Savotta, but at least Lappi is really over-the-top touristy -- the decor is all log cabin, moose antlers and reindeer pelts (see website), and the menu (in about 12 languages) is similarly outre, with bear meatballs, snow grouse, reindeer steaks and all kinds of "Finnish" food that almost nobody actually ever eats. Now, this is not to say that the food is actively bad, it's just pretty darn expensive for what you get.
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