Brit Reacts to Helsinki Food - 5 Cheap Eats in Helsinki

[@seppokarjalainen2409]

Salmiakki is not liqourice and does not contain sea salt. It is ammonium chloride (NH4Cl). Usually mixed with liqourice In candy.

[@herrbonk3635]

Yes, it's ammoniumklorid, but it is indeed also lakrits/licorice. Never seen any salmiak candy that doesn't also contain rålakrits (licorice powder). Not from Sweden, nor from Finland, Denmark, Holland, Germany.

[@herrbonk3635]

There is one exception though, I belive, "hockeysnus" :) Not sure if that exists in Finland, or what it's called. But I would guess it does.

[@isokessu]

​@@herrbonk3635 we have also pure white salmiakki ammonium chloride but it's like hard core stuff. I have taste liqourice snuus without salmiak and i prefer odens and reaper 😂 pure taste of tobacco because we have higher tobacco tax here so we cannot take mild tobacco with these prices

[@rami1406]

It may include sea salt too. Salt is salt. Kato vittu vaikka salmiakkihyllystä. Löytyy kyllä.

[@Kepulikeppi]

It's an unfortunate coincidence that Läkerol's "licorice seasalt" pastilles appear in the video. Typical salmiakki does not contain regular salt, but ammonium chloride.

[@wellthen...1539]

Mate, those rice pies (Karjalanpiirakka in finnish, aka "the karelian pie": Karjalan=Karelia's, piirakka=pie) are absolutely a must...with egg butter on top also a MUST. I lived in Indonesia before and we served Karelian pies in an imternational food day at the Finland stand. We had a line queing up for Karelian pies only 😅 P.s. Salmiakki is ❤

[@pamelakilponen3682]

Best place in summer to have korvapuusti is Cafe Regatta, in winter Café Succès.

[@ilmarisarjakoski7166]

I was about to say the same

[@Etronax]

Nothing is cheap in Helsinki :D Just saying there are lots of other places to go to in Finland The meatpie shown in the video is the barebones type you can find in supermarkets. If you go to an oldschool grill (grilli), you can find dozens of variations on meat pies. These can vary wildly between cities, all sorts of fillings and sauces. For example the "kuuma koira" (literal translation for hot dog) is a sugar coated dougnut with a sausage in the middle. Sounds crazy but it's actually delicous.

[@juno961]

Plain rice pie doesn't really taste like anything if it's cold. You have to eat it with egg butter and maybe some smoked salmon on top. Many foreigners try it cold and plain and they don't like it.

[@creislaw4821]

You should remember that name Salty licorice is bit misleading because even if licorice is often the added companion to salmiakki the taste comes from ammonium chloride salt and doesn't necessarily have any licorice in it. There are for example chocolate that have salmiakki in them pretty much same way that some might have "toffee and sea salt" and pure form of salmiakki is white powder that looks pretty much like a table salt. As for the meat pies, filling is often minced meat, maybe some onion and then rice. I think the video looked more dry than it really is because of that rice. The bun of the pie is kinda like a doughnut dough. Just savory instead of sweet. And if it's bought from street stand it's often split in half and filled pretty much anything you could think hamburger or hotdog have as a filling. Including hamburger patties and/or hotdogs.

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

The word licorice is missused all the time. "Regular" licorice candy contains 0% licorice. Black licorice is the licorice and salty licorice usually, but not always is the salmiakki.

[@jannekalliokoski1968]

He didn't mention muikku at all. Muikku = vendace. You must try those.

[@mikkorenvall428]

Yeah. There is nothing more finnish than fried Vendace!!

[@r2dezki]

I read that incorrectly and chuckled.

[@MKitchen75]

I make my own cinnamon rolls so youre welcome to have coffee with me Dwayne :D i live in western region of Finland.. i also do karelian pies myself and those tastes great with eggbutter

[@MlCROPIZZA]

I wonder how it is not mentioned anywhere but here goes. Use karelian pie/rice pie as a bread. So butter, cheese, ham, veggies however you like it. Personally i recommend those in the frozen section as you heat them in the oven they come out much better. Already cooked ones are a bit sloppy. Same with the meat pie. Think it as a hamburger. Just replace the buns with the pie and fill it with egg, meat patties, sausage, sauce, veggies you name it. You will find it from every grill kiosk in the country.

[@Fishdevil]

Exactly this, BUT a well made karelian pie or meat pie doesn't need anything extra 😄 Though this pretty much requires it to be homemade or super fresh

[@herrbonk3635]

2:25 It's impossible to say which places have the best kanelbulle in Sweden (or Finland). There are too many variants. And it also depends on whether it's fresh, a day old, and so on. What you could do is to mention a few good places (konditorier and shops), or warn for the bad places that uses too much sugar, too little butter, etc.

[@maaritkelo1979]

Apothecary’s Salmiac is best! Genuine and original.

[@MilenaAnnina]

There is also sweeter licorice without seasalt, as in icecream. Yammy!

[@mattias3668]

Only North Germanic people tolerate properly salt/salmiak liquorice, and we love it. It doesn't matter if you are born in North Germania or not, if you are not genetically North Germanic, you cannot stand it. Salmiak and sea salt are extremely different. Liquorice containing sea salt is always soft and it's actually not the salty, it's usually sweet, although not as sweet at sweet liquorice. It's very difficult to find in Sweden, but there are or at least were, liquorice soda from made in Finland. (They also have chocolate soda.)

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

Liking salmiakki might be genetic thing. Dutch eat it too, but also South-Africans if they are Boer decendants seems to not dislike it too.

[@Menape]

As a northern swede from just at the swedish finnish border at the torne river i dont care where cinnamonbuns are from. I love finland and sweden just the same

[@herrbonk3635]

They can be considered being from both as the countries where one and the same when kanelbullen was invented.

[@Armi-w2d]

Best meatpies in Helsinki You get from the homebakery Eromanga located quite near Kauppatori where this guy is. And please do not eat anything (exept candy) from R-kioski, because the "food" they sell there is not tasty at all. And yes yes yes for salmiakki, it's delicious 😂. By the way, could You have a reaction for 2024 Finland's ESC entry Windows95Man live performance?

[@mr.sts.p]

We love this Sweden 🇸🇪 and Finland 🇫🇮 🤝

[@Fishdevil]

A lot of Finnish food (like karelian pies or the meat pies) don't look or sound super appetizing because they're simple and effective and made with good quality fresh ingredients 😄 Just straight up comfort food

[@Skege1000]

Meatpies are so good. Just remeber to buy them in the middle of the night from a snackbar/hot-dog stand. They makes the best ones. Remember to get them with two wieners and every extra things they add

[@js0988]

You can't say no if you've never had real salmiakki or licorice!

[@johnnorthtribe]

I think Sweden and Finland have the best candy in the world. But I am bias ofcourse. :)

[@mikkorenvall428]

Cheapest and easiest Cinnamon roll must be in a supermarket called Lidl. And though they sell decent Karelian pies in he Lidl too, I recomed having a Karelian pie in a Cafe or Konditoria where you get the proper garnish as well on a plate.

[@jattikuukunen]

Not a bad option but usually it's pretty dry in Lidl.

[@MB-sb4cz]

I love salamiak liquorice, but I'm from Norway

[@herrbonk3635]

Yeah, lots of Danes, Northern Germans and Hollanders (Dutch) do to. It was never just Sweden/Finland.

[@tuikku22]

You definitely have to get a traditional " male vegetable": a plain grilled sausage with Mustard ( preferably mild Turun Sinappi). Many taste variations of this "makkara" exist 😊 I am sure you can find it , even if you couldn't grill it for yourself. 👍

[@Skegget1]

the second meat pie has minced meat and rice inside, usually you eat it heated up and slice it open and put some ketchup in it :)

[@jattikuukunen]

The thing with the prices is that you can get the basic taste for much cheaper if you know where to look for. If you buy from a place targeted for tourists or other wealthy people, it will cost more. If you buy salmon soup from a market and microwave it, it will cost 2€. I would recommend a lunch restaurant where regular people actually eat by choice (and not just because the location is convenient), but it's not guaranteed you get traditional food because they will offer a lot of variation. A lunch buffet costs around 10€, those are quite popular for people. Or maybe you could visit a student restaurant in a university, although some are pretty bad sometimes (you could even visit a university lecture since they are public events, some are in English).

[@lordoverflow]

Should definitely try out salmiakki ice cream.

[@hennakettunen8755]

Oh yes! And salmiakki yoghurt, it was a bit surprisingly sooo nice!

[@Fab4Forever]

"Muikku" definitely! Be prepared to lose your soul. Karelian pie (with the egg butter, or whatever it´s called in english). And plain summer house sausage, with mustard. 👌👌👌👌👌

[@finnishculturalchannel]

Well, you extend your arm into the bag, left or right, then you take candy out of the bag, put it into your mouth and you eat it. And you're a grown man, so don't moan about the taste. it's candy. That's fried minced meat with rice and spices inside that meat pie. Looks like the right color. And it's not dry, even to begin with, and then you can fill it with wieners, mustard, ketchup, fried egg, pickles, salad, onion, mayonnaise, whatever you like. Meat pie is the Finnish equivalent to fish and chips. About salmiakki: "Why Finland fell in love with salty liquorice".

[@m.cfender4183]

Karelian pie is both sweet and salty. What crowns it is egg butter (about 50-50 butter[Salty ;)] and boiled egg mashed together) There are so many kinds of meat pies, some are dry and some are not. At some grillstands, it's good, and at others it's greasy slurp. I buy meat pies from Lidl - yum.. About Salmiakki - Salty Licorice.. There are many variants of salmiakki salty, hard, soft/Laku(My favorite) powder, ice cream(Mild taste) and others. Salty Licorice is just a very small part of the Salmiakki/Laku family. Salmiakki-koskenkorva is a pretty good shot, especially homemade, because you can choose the desired strength of Salmiakki.

[@mikapeltokorpi7671]

We made salmiakki in our junior high chemistry lab class. It is made by combining ammonium to chloric acid. Salmiakki is the end product that snows to the table. Just stick your finger in it and lick. Nevertheless, I was indoctorined to it very young. Probably at the age of seven or eight. In summer: Finnish strawberries and new potatoes (just with butter) are must.

[@Araturion]

Läkerol is Swedish. Licorice and salt is the way it should be. Swedish and Finnish people love licorice. We have licorice in candy, chocolate, ice cream, alcohol and snus.

[@Laamanaama89]

That's soup is cheap, I don't know if there is anything for 8€ anymore at lunch time price is maybe 11-15€ nowdays. I had nice salmon soup in Kvarken, it cost 16,50€ last summer.

[@eijawallentin491]

You are going to like the salmiakki icecream, it taste's so good, the vanilla icecream softes the salmiakki taste, it's different then the original salmiakki. 👍 greetings from Finland 😊

[@krompus8180]

I don't really like the type of pastries/ dough that korvapuusti is made of in general (pulla) but the fresh straight out from the oven ones with a glass of cold milk are so GOOD! That's how I like them and the way I ever eat them. If they have been sitting on your counter for a day you can keep them.

[@eh-modo]

Swede here! I agree, salmiakki rules and the "Salmiakki Koskenkorva" - in Sweden turkisk-pepparshot - is the best, preferably self-made 👍, the bought ones are too soft and blend

[@tahhah3449]

Salmiakki is best candy😛💪💪💪

[@fridamarias]

You've been talking about coming to the nordics for a bit now. I'll be happy when I see it =) otherwise, talk on, dude. Dreams are great!

[@kainiska]

The meatpie is great streetfood. You should fill them with stuff, not eat it as they come from the bakery. For example; sausage, onion, pickle relish, mustard and ketchup. Or like we eat ours in Lappeenranta; smoked ham slices, boiled egg sliced, relish, mustard and ketchup 😉. It's called vety here.

[@maijalehtonen4389]

Salmiakki is so good!😋

[@bullfidde]

A lot of foods are the same in Finland and Sweden because Finland was Swedish for many hundreds of years Only slight variations, but in Sweden we have big variation between different regions too.

[@annina134]

Salmiakki is good. 🖤 You can get so many different wariations of it. ☺️

[@roxpace]

So not understand how he can say that cinnabon roll is unique for Finland, it origins from Sweden and could be a remain since Finland has always been a part of Sweden until approx 200 years ago. That Läkerol candy he also showed is Swedish. Salmiak and licorice is great in Finland, also love their brand Fazer.

[@hennakettunen8755]

"Salmiakki just sounds yucky"! 😂😂😂 Mate, have you really tried it? I mean, licking it gingerly once isn't enough, you need to try it a few times to see if it grows on you. A whole nation can't be wrong, right? 😉 (Salmiakki is one of my absolute faves. 🖤)

[@ruuruu4303]

I think I've been to that "vanha kauppahalli" and bought some chocolate from there

[@mrnexton7559]

I think your travel route has to be like: Start in Helsinki. Travel north to Turku and Vaasa to Finnish/Swedish border. Some how get to Treriksröset and then South to Kiruna and Jukkasjärvi. Further South to Stockholm. Then goto Oslo and Bergen and further north into the fjords and uo to Trondheim . From there go South to Göteborg and Malmö and by train over the bridge to København. And other travel route suggestions?

[@ArchieArpeggio]

This couple found this restaurant called Salve from Helsinki and i have to say as a Finn that it is cheap. That amount os food that this couple had for only 30€ is load of different traditional foods. Here is the link for the video that they made from them food journey from Helsinki. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnzYiXWEZ76Zjpo&lc=Ugz0SokUdyGgFDM5gg14AaABAg.9zouVDqEOgm9zt0KPP8TK2

[@AHVENAN]

Salmiakki IS NOT liqourice!

[@tiiasaari90]

I hear that the Best place to eat korvapuusti is Cafe Regatta. Well mayde not looking like delicius but i like lihapiirakka lets say its the Experience that is nice ^^ Well there is so many diffrent candys of those not everyone likes same things even i have tasted many and not liked and actually i am exrta sensitve person and my taste hearing and some anothers ones and i cant eat anything where is lactose and like that ^^ Yeah we have so many XD. One little tip if you like drink soda or energy drinks in finlad we have recycling and you can get moneyfrom cans i´ts like o.15 cents for can and for plastic bottle 0.20 cant bigger one 0.40 well have a nice day there and like that ^^

[@saritoivonen3593]

Thank you for your great videos! Dwayne, you are so nice my family is inviting you to come over whenever you come to Southern Finland! You are more than welcome to stay in the authentic suburbs near Helsinki -really economical because you need all your coins to pay up to every experience you are planning to have in your Nordic country trip :D We could also take you out to the purest nature to take a swim and eat some wild blueberries (in July-August-September -strawberries are ready in June usually). Please keep on doing these, so cool and good real info for other tourists too. So just let us know in the comment section ;)

[@juhokaartoaho]

Karjalanpiirakka (karelian pie) and Lihapiirakka (meatpie) are in my opinion a bit iffy sometimes. They can be amazing if you get them in a correct way, but there are so many of both that there are a lot of bad options.

[@annina134]

Best cinnamon trolls are made by my mom. 😄💜

[@StPaul76]

The pastry culture like cinnamon buns are a Nordic thing. Personally I can't make a difference between a Finnish or let's say a Swedish bun. They've been the same for centuries. Salmiakki is also a Nordic thing not particularly Finnish. Same stuff and sortement in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Brands mostly Marabou, Fazer or Cloetta. Salmon soup is a common traditional dish everywhere in the Nordic. All the seafood stuff with the exception of Swedish surströmming and the Islandic ground rotten shark (which both I believe are on the list of bioweapons) are pretty much the same. The best shrimp salad sandwich I ever had was in Gothenburg, Sweden when I had a hangover and my Swedish cousin boy carried my ass up to Gothia towers for a snack and a cold beer.. My American friend's favourite is the home-made Karelian stew which like the Karelian pie has a lot of Russian cousine influence. Smoked fish is awesome everywhere up here in the Nordics as are mushrooms, berries and game food. Estonians are particularly good with game such as rabbit and wild boar. Their beer is also excuisite along with a sortement of sausages. You can get awesome medieval food in Estonia for a good bargain as well. It is an entire world of tastes up here in the North with some of them partially forgotten by the rest of the world in the midst of centuries. Good food is good food where ever one goes on this planet :)

[@herrbonk3635]

The pastry/konditori culture is also quite prominent in Austria, Eastern Europe, even parts of the Middle East.

[@toinenosoite3173]

Korvapuusti is so good - all the other ones are just cinnamon rolles... That is the difference!

[@lintu25]

Hahah Evil person :D You are fanny dude. Mr. Slot machine. Love your videos.

[@55garren]

You are so wrong 😡 lakrits är så gott i alla former ❤

[@Jykke1978]

You should go Norway - Sweden - Finland or Finland - Sweden - Norway, those are logistic best choices and Finland to Sweden or Sweden to Finland you should take Ferry Stockholm to Turku of Helsinki or Turku/Helsinki to Stockholm.

[@sirpakuparinen7309]

Black licorice has a different taste and texture than salmiakki. Try that

[@SvenskNationalist2000]

Nice video

[@slipperyhand]

We like candy , yes, you should see My Black teeth

[@jooseppi1983]

if you want cheap go out of Helsinki.

[@mr.sts.p]

Dwayne! You should go by feary Stockholm to Helsinki with Silja line or Viking line.

[@minnasalonen3092]

R-kioski cheap :D :D Well, it's hard to eat cheap in finland if you limit yourself to Helsinki

[@yamikage8826]

9,9 of 10 foreigners does not like salted black liquorice.

[@suomalaistapelailua6575]

buy hartwall pärön and apple soda

[@holyhelga]

I like liqurice but not salty liqurice

[@spoonzor1]

Im gona be honest, the meat-pie bought from any store sucks. Finnish food is often "survival-food". Just because its finnish doesnt mean its good. What i would recommend is salmon soup (or anything salmon, or fish). I love smoked perch but i dont think its an option for tourists. And im a swedis-speaking finn from the west coast im sure the east north south dudes have other suggestions. Oh, Karelian piirakka is awesome. Not the store bought ones.. Dont do like every youtuber does and buy from the store.

[@KROB3LO]

NO DO NOT!! F F S! :D

[@onesealxd]

Finland is better than Sweden no matter what, even if you disagree then you're wrong.

[@erikstenviken2652]

Rice pie is discusting :) i have tried it.