Üritan selle postituse
lühikeseks jätta, kuna see blogi on ikkagi tänavatoidust
Tallinnas. Siiski, hea on teada mida maitsvat pakutakse Soome lahe
põhjakaldal.
Tegelikult võiks kõik
kokku võtta ühe sõnaga: Kallis. Helsingi pole mitte ainult kallis
meie standardi järgi, see on kallis linn ükskõik millise standardi
järgi. New Yorgis, Amstedamis, Hong Kongis, nendes linnades saab
sama raha eest kolm korda söönuks. Ja ärgem üldse alustagem
õllehinnast!
Üks väga positiivne asi
Helsingis, mida kindlasti mainima peab, on teenindustase. Kuigi me
siin vabanesime soviettokupatsiooni ahelatest juba aastal 1991, ei
taha soviett-stiilis teenindus siiani kohe kuidagi hinge heita. Teenindustase on tolle ajaga võrreldes muidugi ikka vägagi suurte
sammudega paremuse suunas liikunud, siiski aga on tänaseni küllalt
kerge ennast Tallinnas leida söögikohas kus personal on
ebaviisakas, teenindus aeglane (mida nad
ometi teevad seal köögis?) ja toit
kehvake. Helsingis on suured naeratused, kompleksivaba jutuajamine ja
kiire teenindus. Tore!
Mida siis pakutakse? Ikka
päris head staffi.
Näiteks selline koht nagu
Cholo (Lönnrotinkatu 9, Helsinki). €9.80 ostab
sulle suure jämeda looomaliha, kana, või taimetoidu burrito.
Taimetoidu varianti me ei proovinud, kuid nii loomaliha, kui
kanaversioon olid väga hästi tehtud, mahlane liha millele lisaks
oad, riis, salat, mais, tšilli jne. Soovitame soojalt.
Ja kindlasti tasub ka
proovida Cafe Bar No 9 (Uudenmaankatu 9, Helsinki)
huvitavat menüüd. Meie valisime menüüst põnevate nimedega
nuudliroad: krevetid suurepärases karri-kookospiimakastmes ja teine
kiirelt pannitatud loomaliha üliterava tšillikastmega. 9 Eurot
portsion tähendab et Helsingi standardi järgi olid need toidud
peaaegu tasuta!
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Since this blog is about
street food in Tallinn, I will try to keep this short. Still, it's
good to know what the street food is like on the other side of the
gulf.
I guess we could sum it up
with a single word: Expensive. Helsinki is not only expensive by
Estonian standards, it is expensive by any standards. Whether in New
York, Amsterdam or Hong Kong, the same amount of money will buy you
three times the amount of food in any of those cities. And let's not
even start about the beer!
A hugely positive thing
that definitely has to be mentioned is the quality of service. While
in Estonia the shackles of Soviet occupation were thrown off already
in 1991, the Soviet style service appears more difficult to get rid
of. Sure the level has improved by leaps and bounds in the last two
decades, but in Tallinn it is still all too easy to find yourself in
an establishment with unfriendly staff, long waiting times (what on
earth are they doing there in the kitchen?) and crappy food. In
Helsinki it is all smiles, casual complex-free conversation and fast
service. Nice!
So what is actually on
offer? Some pretty damn good stuff.
Like Cholo (Lönnrotinkatu9, Helsinki) for example. €9.80 will buy you a fat burrito with
either beef, chicken or vegetarian filling. Now, we didn't try the
vegetarian version, but both beef and chicken were done
very well, nice and juicy, and complemented by beans, rice, lettuce,
corn, chilly etc. Highly recommended.
Or why not try the rather interesting menu in Cafe Bar No 9
(Uudenmaankatu 9, Helsinki). We tried excitingly named stir fried
noodle dishes, one with shrimps in an excellent curry and coconut
milk sauce and the other quickly stir fried beef in very hot chilly
sauce. And at 9€ per portion they are
practically for free, according to Helsinki standards!