The canonical version and where to order it.
A deep-fried wheat pastry stuffed with minced meat and rice, dressed at the kiosk with mustard, ketchup and sometimes a sausage and fried egg. Finland's classic late-night fuel.
The lihapiirakka, a fried dough pocket of minced meat and rice, is Finnish grill-kiosk and bakery food at its most established. Eromanga near Kasarmitori has fried it to a secret recipe since 1946, and the loaded version with sausage and egg, the vesisemmu, is a Helsinki institution for late nights and quick lunches alike.
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Eromanga near Kasarmitori is an old-school bakery-cafe whose lihapiirakka meat pie is still made to a secret 1946 recipe, topped with sausage and egg.
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TipAsk for the meat pie with sausage and a fried egg, the full vesisemmu treatment. A pre-war recipe baked the same way since 1946.
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