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Restaurant Review: Bodega Salud, Tampere from Oregano ^Pro 523 days old

One of the first restaurants I ever visited in Tampere was Bodega Salud. A Spanish themed restaurant was the last thing I expected to find in Finland ...

Rye Beer from Oregano ^Pro 523 days old

I was on a trip to Tampere last week and one evening I went for dinner at Plevna, the microbrewery with a restaurant. I quite like their IPA and Czech-style ...

Restaurant Review: Lappi, Helsinki from Oregano ^Pro 563 days old

  I have been in Finland again recently, this time to Helsinki. I recall about 7 years ago going to the Lappi restaurant in Annankatu and recall a very ...

Restaurant Review: Tiiliholvi, Tampere, Finland from Oregano ^Pro 582 days old

[ ... ] in Finland - and while I am not familiar with the best 24  - I do not doubt that it deserves the accolade.   The restaurant is in a ...

Have you tried bear? from Oregano ^Pro 668 days old

I have been twice to the Sello Palace Hotel in Espoo, Finland in the last 10 days. It is not a bad hotel and is walking distance from our office. The ...

Musings from Finland from Oregano ^Pro 677 days old

[ ... ] typical for Finland since their healthy eating campaign a few decades back) and pretty decent steaks. This was founded by a Finn who loved Spanish ...

Canteen Food: from Tampere to Bangalore from Oregano ^Pro 876 days old

I remember in the 1970s hearing that there were big problems with heart disease in Finland because people were taking in too much fat. The growing season ...

Restaurant Review: Renesans, Oulu, Finland from Oregano ^Pro 927 days old

Well, I am back in Finland again. This time it is in Oulu which is the most northerly of the bigger Finnish cities; however if you look at the map you ...

Fish Starters in Helsinki from Oregano ^Pro 1105 days old

Well, I am finally catching up with real time. I arrived in Helsinki a few hours ago and am staying at a downtown SAS Radisson Hotel. It is a very pleasant ...

Restaurant Review: Plevna, Tampere, Finland from Oregano ^Pro 1172 days old

[ ... ] which is Finland's 3rd or 4th biggest city. It is an industrial town built on a neck of land between two large inland lakes. More precisely ...