LIVING on FINNISH FOOD for 24 HOURS (First Impressions)!

Today I’m trying Finnish food for the first time and living on Finnish food for 24 hours. Come with me and Bobby from @LivingBobby on a delicious food tour in Helsinki, Finland!
I have to say that Finnish food was not what I expected and is seriously underrated!
Here are the foods we ate:
Breakfast:
Delicious Finnish Pastries: Cinnamon Roll (Korvapuusti), Runeberg Torte (one of the best foods in the world for me!), Blueberry Cake, Cream Puff (Laskiaispulla)
Lunch:
Here I surprised Bobby with some delicious foods such as the famous Karelian Pie, and other rye bread sandwiches with salmon and seafood from Fazer Cafe.
I also went to Hesburger where I got us a double cheeseburger and fries
Snacks:
Salty liquorice or Salmiakki, (known as one of the worst foods in the world), Fazer Blue Chocolate, Mariane, Geisha Chocolate, Dumle
Dinner:
A delicious Finnish Salmon Soup (Lohikeitto)
By the way, this is the third episode of my travels in Finland! I've lived in Finland for a month in the middle of winter. It was so fun and I would totally move to Finland if it wasn't so cold haha.
You should watch these two videos next:
FIRST CLASS OVERNIGHT TRAIN to the ARCTIC (The Lapland Express)
• FIRST CLASS OVERNIGHT ...
WE CROSSED THE ARCTIC CIRCLE (24 Hours in Lapland, Finland)!
• WE CROSSED THE ARCTIC ...
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[@LucileHR]

Wow, a big thank you for the positive reaction on this video!!! I feel very grateful :) Check out my Finland playlist here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIaXqJebrJWXqJI

[@artbookgaming]

These types of videos are fun to watch as a Finnish person, but this one is even better, it's actually researched, you're actually trying the culturally core Finnish foods and not just whatever you can pick up at a store. I appreciate that.

[@LucileHR]

Thank you so much for saying this, this means a lot to me!! I really try to learn as mych as I can about the culture and the food when I visit a place so your comment makes me happy :)

[@tonguetwistjake6919]

I second this☝️👌

[@kunnonrusakko5482]

Joo

[@eeva671]

This, so much this!

[@anelim6673]

Me to

[@mantelikukkapenkki2368]

I can eat that whole pack of salmiakki less than 5 minutes 😂

[@LucileHR]

I'm impressed haha

[@urfavvauraa]

Sama

[@kostonenkeli1999]

Same, salmiakki is the best🖤

[@saijahyttinen1146]

Juu

[@zachary1966]

Me too😂

[@paterikki]

That first almost moist rye bread is called "Saaristolaisleipä" in Finnish which translates to "archipelago bread". So as the name hints its from south west of Finland very our biggest and most famous archipelago is simplifiet from Turku shores to Åland.

[@FinlandGuy747]

It's fun to watch as a Finnish person. All those foods are delicious. You should buy a whole bar of that Fazer chockolate.

[@LucileHR]

You bet I did! Fazer chocolate is SO good!! haha

[@mikkorenvall428]

Even funnier it gets when you know it's actually Swiss Chocolate. Karl Fazer did a pastry chef training in Switzerland, and upon returning to Finland decided to start making chocolate with the recipe he learned in his home country.

[@rawr02009]

@@mikkorenvall428 dont know why my comment about your comment being not correct was removed but here it is again. So not true.

[@solared]

@@mikkorenvall428 Fazer was a Finnish man. he never studied in Switzerland. his recipe is original

[@mikkorenvall428]

@@solared I don't if you know finnish, but this is what is told time after time in the history books in finnish: "Shaller lahjoitti Fazerille kiitokseksi hallussaan olleen sveitsiläisen suklaareseptin."

[@JormaX]

OMG that cinnamon roll and other two cakes are total classics. The 2nd one 1:11 is named after Johan Ludvig Runeberg who was a famous finnish writer, very important for our national history. His statue is even centered right in the heart of Helsinki (esplanade). His wife Fredrika made this recipee. The tradition is to eat this cake on the Runeberg's day in february.

[@LucileHR]

I LOVE this story! I'm so happy I was there for his birthday haha :)

[@JumalanKasi]

@@LucileHR Its very hard to find it outside february, so that makes it more special.

[@Megaleka69]

Originally these cakes were made by a patissier in Porvoo called Lars Astenius and J.L Runeberg was really fond of his pastries. At some point Fredrika started to also bake those herself and she also wrote down the recipe for us to discover. It is a common mistake that these are the invention of Fredrika Runeberg.

[@sikrijo]

As someone who has watched many Finnish taste tests this was definately one of the best ones! Well researched and explained 🙂.

[@LucileHR]

Thank you so much, that means a lot :D

[@LivingBobby]

That salty licorice taste is still in my mouth 😂

[@LucileHR]

loooool

[@memsom]

Salmiak is just something you need to grow up with I think. I can’t eat sweet liquorice as it is too weird for me..

[@ronttonen]

Vauvasuu

[@FinlandGuy747]

You should try the more spicy ones.

[@memsom]

@@FinlandGuy747 tyrkisk peber for example.

[@Mosulsson]

I'm from Finland, and its pretty fun to watch these, everything is new and exciting to you😊As a Finn those are very common thing for us 😊 Hope you have enjoyed your visit.

[@LucileHR]

Thank you so much for watching, I really enjoyed discovering Finland!

[@mimmonen9550]

As Finnish I love these kinds of videos. Often we forget to enjoy, appreciate and celebrate our culture, food, nature etc, but watching video's like this reminds me of those things 😊 It's like you look at your culture through the eyes of a stranger, you might falling in love it all over again and understand its beauty ❤

[@tanjanikola9489]

Two of the pastries are only available around February: laskiaispulla (the one with cream and either almond paste or jam) is for Shrove Tuesday, equivalent to pancake day in some countries, and Runebergin torttu (the cake made with almond flour with the jam and icing ring on the top) is made to celebrate the famous poet and author, J. L. Runeberg on 5 February. These are definitely very seasonal treats! The former is known as semla in other Nordic countries.

[@Foreignmonk34]

Salmiakki is definitely an acquired taste, but pretty amazing when you're used to it since childhood.

[@antcommander1367]

nah you get used to it, like dave cad did... in 5 years.

[@SK-nw4ig]

You have my favourite salmiakki! And you ate this correct way - several at once!

[@eltimperi]

Great pickings for taste tests! As a Finn this video made my heart so warm and both of your words about our beloved foods/snacks were so so kind😊 all the best and welcome to Finland anytime!

[@1978danielTaylor]

You are extremely entertaining and informative, thank you for a day in your life Lucile .

[@LucileHR]

Thank you so much Dan, that's so nice of you to say :)

[@tuoppi42]

Karelian pie is best when heated. Bread with shrimp on was likely malt rye bread, known as "saaristolaisleipä", "coastal area folks bread". It is not the only sweet bread, but there are not many. Candy: "Dumle" - translate from swedish "dum le" == "stupid smile". And you missed the meat pies at the railway station.

[@LucileHR]

Yum, thank you for the info, I really loved the sweet bread :)

[@uikonimi]

I could eat a whole bag of salty licorice by myself!

[@LucileHR]

That's a lot haha

[@thisusedtobemyrealname7876]

Easter is coming which means you guys need to try mämmi. I swear most Finns enjoy it, it´s not something we cook to mess with foreigners! :D I recommend having it with vanilla sauce.

[@jereschr]

From Finland and salmiakki really is a good candy. It is made from a combination of two separately toxic ingredients 😆. Together they're eatable, don't worry.

[@LucileHR]

that almost doesn't surprise me haha

[@MrScorpnok]

@@LucileHR Yup, salmiakki is black liquorice with ammoniumchloride :D

[@MusaFinderi]

The flat rye bread probably has some syrup in it. The prepared rye bread are not the best though, better if you buy from market some local brand and prepare your own, but the selection might be overwhelming.

[@juliusroos6184]

I liked that you tasted many different kinds of foods/snacks so the taste test was very versatile

[@PainbowSheep]

It's always nice to see people so hyped up about food

[@zachary1966]

Loving salmiakki since i was a child - and still love it😂 And cheers from Finland!

[@shaynemichaelangelopeter4964]

It's so cool you guys are constantly travelling around the world

[@LucileHR]

Yes, I'm so grateful we get to do that :)

[@sabrinabeardmore730]

Lucille and Bobby you go to the most amazing places. I'm just bit jealous. Thank you both for making me apart of your journey. These are places in my lifetime I wouldn't be able to even go to. always thank you and be safe and always happy together.

[@LucileHR]

Thank you so much for watching and being there for the journey :)

[@sabrinabeardmore730]

@@LucileHR .always

[@sillalumpiola7881]

This is such an amazing video, so well done👍 I also love how positive the comments are. After checking as many as I can to see if someone else said this first but I want to actually add to those that have a lesson, so the Karelian pie is actually called rice pie most of the time since Karelian pie is a named that connected to culture and is called such only when it's made by an actual Karelian person

[@hbee921]

Hey Lucille and Bobby! Thank you for sharing your travels with me. 🌏🌞

[@LucileHR]

Hi Heather :) Thanks for being here!!

[@iola80]

I am an Italian/Finnish living in Finland and I love the respect you show for Finnish food culture in the video, you really captured the best we have. I generally don’t like these type of videos because they are superficial, but yours is really lovely

[@punkkumies1283]

love this video, you tasted many finnish favorites and the classic salmon soup

[@LucileHR]

I LOVE the salmon in Finland, yum :)

[@cxntmane]

Just letting y'all know that Karjalanpaisti (Karelian roast) is the best food from Finland :) Hopefully y'all get to try it in the future

[@Fishdevil]

I don't love salmiakki either despite being Finnish but I recommend trying it in different forms, for example Fazer Salmiakki ice cream is delicious, and also Fazer Salmiakki chocolate bar. Combined with other stuff it's much more delicious and less daunting.

[@SipuliSankari]

@Lucile You said that you like almond so you definitely want to taste the almond paste and whipped cream version of "Laskiaispulla". It is even better than the jam and whipped cream version.

[@iam_sherlocked8421]

I love how dramatic the title is 😂❤️ but amazing video! I'm from Finland 🥰

[@tapio_m6861]

I could pretty easily empty that entire box of salmiakki. Just one massive mouthful of delicious salmiakki.

[@LucileHR]

wow I'm impressed haha

[@Mustavariz]

Same

[@zachary1966]

Same here😁 the best salmiakki for me is Pirates (merkkari in finnish)😊

[@antcommander1367]

@@zachary1966 kuten myös, niin kauan kunnes eivät revi hampaan paikkoja irti.

[@federicomaisch8019]

Thank you for sharing

[@Fiat_126]

im happy to see these videos 🙂

[@ShOxCooking]

I would’ve loved to see you try pannukakku it’s like a pancake but really eggy it’s good with strawberry jam

[@candytoo3729]

Newfoundlander here. Been married to my Finnish husband for over 30 years. We lived there for years and are now in Newfoundland. I can only sing about Finnish food, and their breads and pastries rival France. Where I also lived. Glad you enjoyed it all.

[@wild_insomnia]

Bobby is such a lucky guy to have such an angel as Lucile by his side )))

[@northerncat05]

The double cheeseburger is one of my favourite burgers in Hesburger. The reason why I love Hesburger is because or the cucumber mayo. Nothing can beat it

[@vwqw_v8710]

As a finn, its so fun to watch people try our daily foods. Like I tought that everyone has tried karelian pie but it seem like not

[@pyry1864]

I'm from Finland and its funny to see you taste the foods salmiakki is good!

[@Jaeger958]

You need to try salmiakki koskenkorva. Salmiakki mixed with vodka its an amazing way to get drunk really quickly.

[@antcommander1367]

it's like greek ouzo, but black like islandic opal.

[@Jaeger958]

@@antcommander1367 I can understand the resemblance. Salmiakki has more of a savory flavor and there is no anise. The taste comes from ammonium chloride. We used to make the stuff in chemistry classes with ammonium chloride.

[@vesavuorinen187]

you tried all the right things! well done!

[@urfavvauraa]

It’s fun to watch this as Finn. Like I love all of these foods❤

[@LucileHR]

Thanks for watching :)

[@pkopo1]

I can eat a bag of salmiakki in one sitting, once you learn to like it you love it. Good example is a youtuber called dave cad who absolutely hated salmiakki when he moved here and now he eats it like its candy, which it is for us

[@LucileHR]

Ohhh yes, he makes very funny videos!!

[@DanskuRL]

I really wasnt a huge fan of salmiakki as a little kid, but i just grew to like it after many years

[@Numbskis]

You had me drooling with all the food 🤤🤤🤤

[@angelus4565]

Another great video. And heck yeah Bobby is there also Tnx for this amazing content Latvian Angelus

[@LucileHR]

Thanks for watching, happy to see you on this vid too :)

[@angelus4565]

Your Welcome!

[@azariahspence8551]

Great video, guys!

[@LucileHR]

thanks!!

[@swangamer4799]

Those salty licorices are drops, I could eat like 10 packs of those things are you kidding me?! Definitely my top 3 candy as a finn. Love your content!!!

[@Mr-Cane]

The speed they have, when they were eating that soup!!! 🤣🤣

If you like rye bread, Salmon soup gets another level of tastiness with fresh rye bread or jälkiuunileipä (rye bread that is harder and kind of drier version)

[@as-guardianangel9360]

I was in Finland recently, I must say the Korvapuusti was my absolute favorite!

[@SaltyWalty1225]

Another great video. I think we need like a market trip, uncut and enthusiastic! What u say?

[@LucileHR]

I loooove markets haha :)

[@Sipu79]

You went straight to the deep end of the b est salmiakki you can find. I would've recommended starting with Pantteri as a gateway drug to salmiakki

[@danydany7693]

J'adore la soupe au saumon, j'en fais quelquefois l'hiver, depuis que j'ai vu ta vidéo 😊

[@Se4P]

As Estonian that had lived in Finland over 11 years, the food is plain. Well yes I like some of them but I prefer eastern Europe food more. For example Borscht and dumplings. Salmiakki is also popular in Estonia. Some of us even enjoy it.

[@finnishculturalchannel]

Good setting, some close calls, and you made it through! People love that Hesburger mayonnaise, so you get plenty of it. You seem like sandwich cake people, so it made me wish you would have come across Kalakukko. Would have been interesting to see what you make of it: "1000 years ago KALAKUKKO bread". Seemed you had that whipped cream bun with jam. There's a nation dividing debate whether that bun is better with jam or with marzipan. If there's one version served without the other, it's borderline discrimination. That salmiakki you tried was really basic product and easy one to dislike. Inside delicious chocolate some gooey salmiakki substance might have been more difficult one for Bobby to reject. Maybe some background info on salmiakki will intrigue Bobby to give it another go one day?: "Why Finland fell in love with salty liquorice"

[@LucileHR]

Oh, I need to try a chocolate Salmiakki next time, thanks for taking the time to write all this cool info!

[@lassesaikkonen501]

I have never had good kalakukko. Every time I have tasted it, it has been dry and bland. I really can't figure out why people like it.

[@danydany7693]

J'adore les vidéo où vous êtes ensemble ♡ Tu me donneras la recette de la soupe au saumon ? Gros bisous 😚

[@LucileHR]

oui! ça ne doit pas être très compliqué :)

[@Josgatte]

I love salmiakki! Its just a best little candy that you can eat.

[@gamer_kurre_3697]

the liqorice is so good for the finns, myself its hard to know what you taste i have liked it since my first time eating it!

[@alisonsoifer4191]

The candy looked nice! I’d try them!

[@LucileHR]

Yess! I loved them :)

[@galgrunfeld9954]

"I would totally move to Finland if it wasn't so cold haha." As the famous Norwegian saying goes, "there's no [such thing as] bad weather, only bad clothing". Try coming back with thermal clothing, and you'll only gain heat and not lose any. That's what I did when I moved there and wasn't used to the cold. :)

[@Mustavariz]

Salmiakki is literally one of the best things in the whole wide world

[@LucileHR]

I need to try it again haha :)

[@GriffinFamShorts]

Hehe I'm from Finland and i like these Finland reaction videos :D

[@olltim9]

You should have tasted Mykyrokka soup, which is made of offal and potatoes. 

[@Emmulina60]

I LOVE these type of videos as a person whoose from finland and with salmiak you useualy dont like it when u first try IT like me when i was a bit younger i hated IT but now its one of My favorite candys i love it

[@LucileHR]

Oh thanks so much for watching!! Maybe it will become my favourite candy too haha

[@Abdul_K_Osman]

Lucile your videos are amazing. Please visit South Africa 🇿🇦. Lots of love

[@LucileHR]

Thank you so much for your comment :) I was there with Bobby for his train video and we loved it!!

[@andrea.andrea]

hi, loved this video as a Finnish viewer! the difference with the Finnish cinnamon roll is that we add cardamom to the dough and use more overall cinnamon and less sugar (unlike other cinnamon rolls elsewhere in the world) and have or make no icing:)

[@andrea.andrea]

also, the almond flour pastry is named after our national poet whose wife made him every single day one of those pastries after her own secret recipe (which is still a secret) as it was his favourite pastry.

[@WhitecollarZombie]

Way i like to eat laskiaispulla or semla as Swedish call those, is to take the hat and use it to scoop up excess cream and eat hat, then rest. But there is no right or wrong way to eat it, so one can do it however they want.

[@robynhayward]

That salmon potato soup looked really good! I might have to find a recipe and try it!

[@LucileHR]

Yes, it was so delicious!! It was so hard to edit this video without being hungry :)

[@robynhayward]

@@LucileHR it was hard to watch without being hungry! Lol

[@mantelikukkapenkki2368]

Everyone here knows how to make salmon soup. it's pretty simple to make, all you need is water, potatoes, onions, salmon. dill and a dash of full cream.The key is that all the ingredients are fresh, not dried or frozen.

[@LucileHR]

Yum, only good things! The salmon is SO good in Finland!

[@robynhayward]

@@LucileHR guess what I made tonight?? 😁😁 thanks for the inspiration to try something new and delicious! ✌️

[@danielkallman8600]

the thinf with ja, and powdersuger is not the same as a Semla like we have in sweden

[@Sir_Baddington]

really nice video!

[@jonatanc7491]

I love that salmon soup!

[@Kitsuc]

I used to take my hand full of salmiakki and just eat it in one go when I was little

[@TheApilas]

A salmiakki package of that size last for me less than 15 minutes usually

[@jukka7697]

I always eat the dark candies first. And I think many or even most of Finns do the same. As a child you spit them out, then you learn to tolerate them and in some point you start to prefering them.

[@suomenpresidentti]

MC fries in Finland are aw3some. I love em'

[@notbullshit1337]

"I dont know how you can sit there and munch on these" welp he got me, i do that all the time when i have salmiakki

[@ArchieArpeggio]

Good pick ups to trye out. My least favourite of those are the Runeberg torts- I just never liked those. And that salmiakki ain´t worst but not my favourite neither. There is so large range of different kinds of salmiakki candies that are way better. Those are good if you stop smoking and have craveings for tobacco you can always put salmiakki in your mouth and suck or chew that one at the time. Worked for me as i stopped smoking.

[@LucileHR]

Oh wow, that's a very practical use of Salmiakki! Congrats on stopping smoking :)

[@ArchieArpeggio]

@@LucileHR Well that was long time ago. I was seven years without smoking and after that i started again 😅. But anyway it is harder to brake a habbit as a addiction. I didn´t want to replace nicotine with other nicotine subject like a gum. These days i smoke few small cigarillos a day, but still a bad habbit. Maybe i´ll try it again soon and then im going to need that salmiakki again 😄.

[@pyrylattunen7884]

lmfao now i gotta go to hesburger couse im craving it.

[@MrVeteranVlogs]

Great video and when is Bobby making another video

[@LucileHR]

thank you! he will be making another one very soon :)

[@nugget_supporter]

Ty for visit Finland :D

[@LucileHR]

Thanks for watching :)

[@0Flow0]

Good video. I love salmiakki.

[@SuperEsseesse]

Oh wow that made me hungry!

[@LucileHR]

:D

[@ktgkgllhhllj]

I have born in finland and salmiakki is the best candy ever🔥 I have just grew up with it so its normal for me🤷‍♂️

[@verttikoo2052]

I am so lucky that I have a Spanish better half 🥳 I get to keep all the Salmiakki to myself 🥳

[@alisalindfors200]

The bread you ate is called "saaristolaisleipä" translation: archipelago-bread (from a finish person)

[@victoreem2]

karelian pie should be treated like toast bread its fine if its cold and you put butter on it but it is waaay better when it is hot and the (egg)butter melts on it and you eat it while its warm preferebly on brekfast but who counts

[@deathbycocktail]

I can't believe you don't like peppermint- everybody knows that spearmint is the rubbish one! Great video guys, though you can keep the salty licorice 🤣

[@LucileHR]

haha thank you for watching :)

[@Jennuzka]

I love salmiakki and it is my absolute fave candy. We cant eat it while pregnant and it is heartbreaking😭

[@195dht6]

The video is wonderful

[@LucileHR]

thank you for watching it :)

[@awesomeadamfrom2099]

Awesome job Lucia thumb up

[@LucileHR]

Thanks :)

[@awesomeadamfrom2099]

No problem

[@pexster1988]

Actuallu runebergintorttu is my favorite. It wins Napoleon only because it is seasonal so you can't get it always

[@TheApilas]

The Karelian Pie to taste best it should be served warm so the egg butter start to melt on it.

[@FinlandGuy747]

You are in a Finnish magazine!!

[@LucileHR]

That's so cool! Which one?? :)

[@Tedger]

black salty liquorice... the saltier the better... yummy :)

[@Harmitaako]

Salmiakki is the best candy ever made :DD

[@justsujshd]

hello from finland!