Lohikeitto Salmon Soup appears as a signature dish in 1 Finland cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Lohikeitto (salmon soup) · Helsinki
Finland's national bowl: chunks of salmon and potato in a dill-flecked, lightly creamy broth. It is clean, warming and everywhere, but the market-hall versions set the standard.
Salmon soup grew from the everyday fish cookery of the Finnish lakes and Baltic coast, where the catch was simmered with potatoes, leeks and dill into a one-pot meal. The creamy version most Helsinki kitchens now serve is the modern standard, but the soup's roots are peasant and practical. Today the Old Market Hall version at Soppakeittio is treated as the city's benchmark bowl.
Where to eat in Helsinki:
- Soppakeittiö
- Story Old Market Hall
- Old Market Hall (Vanha Kauppahalli)