A true classic of the airport, and of Finnish cuisine, is a creamy salmon soup, served with rainbow-trout roe, rye bread, and butter (14.00 EUR).
Seasons Restaurant & Café
GATE 14
The traditional Eastern-Finnish-style meat pastry (3.80 EUR) is number one among Finnish marketplace delicacies. A filling of minced meat and rice is baked into a white dough. At Helsinki Airport, this deep-fried treat is available in the ambience of a marketplace at the café amidst the shops of Terminal 1's mall area.
Café Tori
GATES 26–27
The beetroot risotto (17.00 EUR) gives a gourmet twist to a popular root vegetable: beetroot is roasted in thyme and Werneri goat's cheese from the Kolattu cheese factory. This dish, representing contemporary Finnish cuisine, gives a traditional Mediterranean meal a Northern touch with Finnish beets and locally produced cheese.
Fly Inn Restaurant & Deli
GATE 27
The airport's wine bar – recognised in the International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards – is among the airport's most famous venues. Customers here prefer champagne and sparkling wines, which are perfectly complemented by the responsibly grown Finnish Carelia caviar (price of the day applies).
Wine & View
GATE 28
The lead role in the dish of fried salmon, Toast Skagen, and small herb salad (12.00 EUR) is played by salmon, whose red flesh gives a striking look to one of Finland's best-known foodstuffs the world over.
My City Helsinki
GATE 35
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