Restaurant Day, Ruoto goes Casa Alberto

February 17, 2015 by Anna Keski-Kohtamäki in Events, Restaurant

Ravintolapäivä, Ruoto goes Casa Alberto - Suomenkielinen tiivistelmä löytyy alta.

Last Sunday it was the Restaurant Day once again. I didn't had to bother to go far to get good food as there was a restaurant in our building. Emma and the guys from Ruoto Catering builded-up a lovely pop-up restaurant called Casa Alberto in an empty office.

I made a reservation with Hertta and we had a tasty Sunday afternoon enjoying our meal on a long table with strangers. Casa Alberto served three course menu. The food was beautifully plated and it was also inspiring and good. Especially the duck was worth waiting for a little bit too long while.

Thank you Casa Alberto & Ruoto Catering!

You can read my previous posts about the Restaurant Day from here:

Restaurant Day, 17 August 2014
Restaurant Day is Here Again
Ravintolapäivänä, 17.11.2012 (in Finnish)
Ravintolapäivänä nautittua (in Finnish)
Ravintolapäivä II (in Finnish)
Ravintolapäivä lähestyy (in Finnish).

The next Restaurant Day will take it's place in May 2015.

Ravintolapäivä, Ruoto goes Casa Alberto

Viime sunnuntaina vietettiin taas Ravintolapäivää ja kävimme Hertan kanssa syömässä Casa Albertossa kolmen ruokalajin lounaan. Pop-up -ravintola oli rakennettu tyhjillään olevaan toimistoon. Ravintolassa hääri Emma ja Ruoto Cateringin kundit. Kaikki oli maukasta, mutta erityisesti ankka jäi mieleen.

Kiitos Casa Alberto & Ruoto Catering!

Seuraava Ravintolapäivä tulee taas toukokuussa 2015.

Restaurant Day, 17 August 2014

August 20, 2014 by Anna Keski-Kohtamäki in Events, Food, Friends, Restaurant

Last Sunday it was the 14th Restaurant Day. During the day you can have your own restaurant and sell the food you want to where you want to, for example at your home or on the streets. This time I didn't have much time to attend the event so I only visited two restaurants.

At first I drove my bicycle to Ullanlinna where a blogger friend of mine Hanna had a Vietnamese restaurant Vietnomnom with her boyfriend. On my way I bumped into Mikko and Eeva with the dachshunds so I enjoyed the meal and the coffee in their lively company.

There was a long queue and the tofu pho was already finished. Luckily the beef pho was made of organic beef. So I ordered the beef pho. It was so delicious and hot! I like to eat fresh chili so this was a meal made for me. After we had our stomachs filled we enjoyed some Vietnamese coffee. It's so sweet that you could replace a dessert with it.

After the Vietnamise experience I went to a fleamarket that was held at my friend's home. After some shopping I drove to Fredrikintori square in Punavuori and found my friend Kirsi and two other girls serving currywurst, cookies and blueberry pie. I had the blueberry pie. It was delicious!

It's a pitty I didn't have more time to explore the restaurants around the city. I drove by a group sitting next to the Local Register Offices but I wasn't hungry anymore so I just took their picture. If I've had more time I would have bought some coffee from 5 years old boy Sisu and his cousins at Pirkkola neighborhood.

My friend Hanna sent me this photo of her son Sisu (on the right) and his cousins selling coffee in Pirkkola. Photo © Hanna Arvela-Sarén — My friend **Hanna** sent me this photo of her son Sisu (on the right) and his cousins selling coffee in Pirkkola. Photo © Hanna Arvela-Sarén

The next Restaurant Day will take place 15 November 2014. Maybe I will have my own restaurant then?

Where did you eat? What was the most interesting dish?

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Restaurant Le Frog was at Siltasaari in Helsinki three years ago.

Restaurant Day is here again

August 17, 2014 by Anna Keski-Kohtamäki in Food, Events, Restaurant

Restaurant Day was invented here in Helsinki May 2011. The first time there were 45 restaurants in 13 cities. Today there are 2000 restaurants all over the world.

I have been attending the event many times, not every time but like every other I think. The most memorable restaurants for me have been Le Frog in Siltasaari (August 2011) and a restaurant at someone's home in Kruununhaka that served tasty crostinis (August 2013). There has also been many more really nice and interesting restaurants. Some years there have been so many customers that most of the restaurants run out off food. Those times I ended up eating in a real restaurant.