Dinner at Gaijin

One of my favourite restaurants in Helsinki is Gaijin at Bulevardi. Gaijin is serving tasty Asian dishes, just like in sister restaurant Farang in Töölö. I have visited both the restaurants twice and prefer Gaijin just a little bit more. Just cannot wait until the same owners' third restaurant Boulevard Social will open its doors.

Gaijin, Bulevardi 6

Few things you need to take into the consideration when dining at Gaijin. Table reservations are booked in 2,5 hours slots and if you choose a menu then everybody needs to take the same one (if you are more than 8 people pre-booked menu is a must).

I have tried the Gaijin menu, which was mind-blowing tasty and huge, really had difficulties to eat it all. So this time a skipped the menu and chose starters, main dish and dessert. Started with Pork Bun, which is my fave snack and dim sums. Easy thing in Gaijin is that no matter you take everything is absolutely delicious!

Dim Sum

We took several main dishes so you could taste lots of different flavours: beautiful soft veil cheeks, scallops, butterfish and prawns.

Tiger Prawns

Californian Style Scallops

Avocado ice-cream dessert did not impress me that much, but wine drinkers were pleased with Kung Fu Girl Riesling.

It is easy to understand why Gaijin got its Michelin recommendation. Great accomplishment for a restaurant that has not been open even for a year at that point.