12 signature dishes found across every Finland city we cover on TableJourney. Click through to see where to eat and what to order in each city. Want the global picture? Browse all dishes.
Graavilohi (cured salmon)Helsinki · Salmon cured with salt, sugar and dill until silky and translucent, sliced thin and served with mustard-dill sauce on dark rye.
Karjalanpiirakka (Karelian pie)Helsinki · A thin rye crust pinched around a filling of rice porridge, eaten warm under a slick of egg-butter.
Korvapuusti (cinnamon bun)Helsinki · The Finnish cinnamon roll, scented heavily with cardamom and shaped into a slapped-ear twist, finished with pearl sugar.
Leipäjuusto (bread cheese)Helsinki · A mild, squeaky fresh cheese baked until it browns in patches, served warm with cloudberry jam.
Lihapiirakka (Finnish meat pie)Helsinki · 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.
Lohikeitto (salmon soup)Helsinki · Finland's national bowl: chunks of salmon and potato in a dill-flecked, lightly creamy broth.
Mustikkapiirakka (blueberry pie)Helsinki · A soft, cake-like pie base topped with Finnish forest blueberries set in a light quark or cream custard.
Poronkäristys (sautéed reindeer)Helsinki · Thin shavings of reindeer braised soft in butter and stock, served over mashed potato with lingonberry and pickled cucumber.
Ruisleipä (rye bread)Helsinki · Dense, dark, sour rye bread, the backbone of the Finnish table.
Runebergintorttu (Runeberg torte)Helsinki · A small cylindrical almond-and-rum cake topped with a ring of raspberry jam and white icing.
VorschmackHelsinki · A long-simmered hash of minced lamb or beef with herring, onion and garlic, served with sour cream, pickles and boiled potato.Silakka (Baltic herring)Helsinki · Small Baltic herring floured and fried, or pickled in countless ways, from mustard to garlic to spiced.