Business/First class lounge, Finnair, Helsinki Airport

A few minutes after I took the photo of this lounge area, it was crowded with guests standing and eating.  The seats were just right outside of the rest rooms.  The meal and drink choices were quite limited.  I could say this is the worst travel lounge I have ever been to.

Business class, HK-Helsinki, Finnair A350

Seems like more and more airlines are retrofitting their business class seats to this herringbone seat.  The only difference may be in the storage and and the cushion/overnight bag.  On the seat, the cushion was a bit too hard and rough in quality.  The Marimekko's pillow, overnight bag and blanket weren't too comfy though it looks quite colourful.   Interesting the first main meals weren't appealing but the pre-arrival brief meal was much better (the noodle with mushroom/chicken served on the outbound flight and the salmon puff on the inbound).

Cafe Espresso, Helsinki, Finland

It's nice to see some places we have been before, like this chain cafe I have been to in Copenhagen.  Perhaps I started to less milk, I somehow found this mocha a bit too rich with milk.  The lemon tart was double heavy and sweet.  Supposed I was looking for a nice ambient place for a break.  Unfortunately there were a couple of local people talking so loud that I had to leave promptly.  

Breakfast at Krog Roba, Hotel Lilla Roberts, Helsinki, Finland

This restaurant was quite popular for the locals as I could tell from their lunch and dinner time.  Their breakfast was quite impressive, from fresh orange juice to coffee, a wide array of bread and cold cuts.  

Old Market Hall, Helsinki, Finland

This old market has been in Helsinki over 130 years.  There are many food stalls and groceries for you to shop.  Though most of the products are either deer/elk or various berries, it's still nice to check out this place.

Freezing in Harbour, Helsinki, Finland

Feels like the 70's, in Soko's department store, Helsinki

Haiku sushi buffet, Helsinki, Finland

Just like most tourists often say "eat locally", as when I see many local people being much into sushi buffets, and further I checked on the price EUR12.90.  Why not eat locally this time.  What's more, in this kind of chilled weather, eating raw fish should be safer.  I was a bit surprised that the wasabi serving in this restaurant was very strong - even stronger than those I tried in Japan.  It was really refreshing and also appetizing.

Ravintola Aino, Helsinki, Finland

This place was in front of the.promenade park of the center.  It seemed not many places serving a bit more fine dining Finnish cuisine.  Perhaps the locals aren't much into local food as I have seen many Japanese sushi buffet restaurants and burger houses.

Chose a salmon celery salad.  Thought it could be at least a bowl size but it's less than half of it, and it's about EUR25.  The salmon soup was much bigger than expected and good for 2 persons.  It's about EUR22.  This is a fresh cream soup as it's made with fresh flour blended with butter as the soup base.  This should be the way of an original cream soup, not a thick soup.  On the mains, we had the stewed beef and pork, and the other as the 2 sided fish filets (perch/herring).  Both dishes were quite creative but a bit too oily to me.  So I just finished half of it.