Originally Posted by
ORD Finn
Viisi Tähteä magazine has again polled the chefs, food writers, and other professionals to find out their favorite restaurants in Finland. ...
The top 10 are:
1. Chez Dominique, Helsinki
2. Demo, Helsinki
3. Savoy, Helsinki
4. Olo, Helsinki
5. Postres, Helsinki
6. Carma, Helsinki
7. G.W.Sundmans, Helsinki
8. Atelje Finne, Helsinki
9. Näsinneula, Tampere
10. Sky Ounasvaara, Rovaniemi
No big surprises here, in my opinion, except maybe Atelje Finne...
Well, I would say #9 is quite a big surprise. We have gone to Näsinneula about once or twice a year for the past ten years, whenever we have first-time visitors from out of town. The food has been so regularly disappointing that after a few years I gave up all expectations; now we go there simply for the view, and to give our guests the experience.
On the other hand, maybe this is not really presented as a list of the
best? If the food writers, etc. were asked for their
favourites, then maybe I can see how Näsinneula got in the top ten. I mean, there are a lot of categories where I have 'favourites' which I would never try to pretend were actually the
best in their class.
cheers,
Henry