RTW: Exchange in Chile

Cena Finlandesa

Yup, it was my turn to show some national cuisine as every other foreigner in my house had already done it. At this point huge thanks to my mom that supplied me with some key ingredients from Finland like reindeer meat. This was the menu:

Starters: Smoked reindeer rolls

Main course: Meatballs and potatoes made in the oven, served with Finnish mushroom (kanttarelli) sauce

Dessert: Vanilla ice cream with cloudberries and chocolate sauce


Due to my background in the Nordiska Ekonomie Studerandes Union, I just had to give them a taste of some sitsi (sitzfest, table party = singing, eating and drinking in good company) culture and we had ourselves some good old Russian vodka for that. Everybody was amazed by the dinner and I also got to answer a lot of questions about Finland so 10 more people now know what is the real deal with the country. And to top it all off, I played music of some of the most famous groups of Finland, like HIM, Rasmus, Apocalyptica, Nightwish, Bomfunk MC's etc. Special thanks for Juuso and Minna who supplied the music.

Anyway, overall a good representation of Finland in one dinner with actually tasty food. Cry me a river, Berlusconi.

posted by Kassu @ 9:38 PM