BlogVille - Ciao dall'Emilia Romagna, Italia!

I got a wonderful opportunity to attend the BlogVille in Italy. BlogVille is a program for bloggers to attend and explore the local life at Emilia Romagna and Lombardy in Italy.

I arrived here four days ago and have already experienced a lot! I flew to Milan and took the train to Bologna where we have the BlogVille apartment with other bloggers. The same day we traveled to Reggio Emilia with our host Nicholas Montemaggi who has taken us to amazing places. We visited Pamigiano Reggiano factory Scalabrini, balsamic vinegar producer Acetaia Picci and lambrusco wine producer Rinaldini, the lambrusco wine awards Terre di Lambusco - Matilde di Canossa at the beautiful Teatro Municipale in Reggio Emilia. We also attended a pasta cooking class at Frattoria Rossi in Montecavolo. Among of all this cool stuff we have eaten lots of amazing food, drank good wines and also visited a small village called Dozza.

Yesterday we came back to Bologna and are staying at the BlogVille apartment. Most of the bloggers left today and at the moment there are me and CC Food Travel from Malaysia and from tomorrow on there is also Big Picture from Russia. We will stay here until 6 July.

Stay tuned there will be more blog post coming up! Until that you may follow my Instagram posts under hashtag #tlhblogville.

Sponsored by BlogVille & Emilia Romagna Region Tourist Board.

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BlogVille - Ciao dall'Emilia Romagna, Italia!

Sain mielettömän upean tilaisuuden osallistua BlogVilleen Italian Bolognassa. Saavuin tänne neljä päivää sitten ja olen kokenut jo monta upeaa elämystä. Pysy linjoilla, tulossa lisää blogipostauksia lähipäivinä! Siihen saakka seuraa Instagram-kuvia: #tlhblogville.

Matkan sponsoroi BlogVille & Emilia Romagna Region Tourist Board.

Awsome Friends & Some Cake

Upeita ystäviä ja kakkua - Suomenkielinen tiivistelmä löytyy alta.

I have many awesome and dear friends who have helped me in bad times and with whom I've had loads of fun during the past years. Recently I invited some of those amazing friends over for a dinner to celebrate our friendship. We drank bottles of champagne and I cooked them some creme ninon and saffron risotto. For the dessert we had a really tasty cake from Theron Catering.

Photo print on the wall by Marina Ekroos.

Theron Catering offered me to try their cakes so this was more than perfect occasion to use the opportunity. The cake I choose to share with my friends was named Bonnie and it was baked with liqourice and white chocolate with a hint of lemon. I am a big liqourice lover so this cake was just a perfect choice. Everyone just loved it. It wasn't too heavy, actually quite light. Those kind of cakes I like!

The next day the mess in my kitchen didn't look so bad as it was so bright and sunny day.

Theron Catering was so generous that I got another cake as well. We enjoyed that with my family on the Mother's Day.

Scarlett Cake

My niece Sohvi, my sister Suski & me.

Sponsored by Theron Catering.

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Upeita ystäviä ja kakkua

Theron Catering tarjosi minulle testiin kaksi kakkua. Ensimmäisen nautin upeiden ystävieni kanssa heidän tullessaan illalliselle luokseni. Toisen kakun tarjosin äitienpäivänä perheelleni.

Kakut tarjosi Theron Catering.

Signature Menu at Bon Vivant

Bon Vivantin Signature Menu - Suomenkielinen tiivistelmä löytyy alta.

After we had spent one night in Stockholm we came back to Helsinki by Silja Serenade. On the ferry trip we had a lovely dinner with wine pairings at the Bon Vivant restaurant. Restaurant offered a six course Signature Menu by Anti Lepik & Heikki Härmä.

We really enjoyed the whole menu. My favorites were definitely razor clam, black salsify soup, elk and elderberry flower sorbet. The wines were well paired.

Dining was definitely the best way to spend the time on a ferry. We really liked the peaceful atmosphere with a sea view companied with perfect food and wine. I highly recommend you to try this.

Sponsored by Tallink Silja.

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Bon Vivantin Signature Menu

Paras tapa nauttia laivamatkasta on syödä hyvin ravintola Bon Vivantissa ja nauttia hyvistä viineistä sekä rauhalliseta tunnelmasta merinäköaloja katsellen.

Matkan ja ruoat tarjosi Tallink Silja.

Visit to Stockholm with Silja Line

Tukholmaan Silja Linella - Suomenkielinen tiivistelmä löytyy alta.

My friend Hertta & I needed a spring break so we traveled to Stockholm. We decided to travel by a ferry and to spend one night in a hotel in Stockholm.

I am not a big ferry traveler but this time we decided to take a ferry to Stockholm. We wanted to have a deluxe experience so we travelled with Tallink Silja.

We went to Stockholm with Silja Symphony and came back with Silja Serenade. They are both recently renovated and looking really good. On our way to Stockholm we had a Deluxe cabin with a window view to the promenade. There was a prosecco bottle to greet us. That was a lovely surprise.

We had a dinner in the new restaurant Sushi & co. The restaurant was nicely decorated, peaceful and comfortable to dine in. We enjoyed some sushi and my favorite: the nori salad. We wanted to celebrate a little so we also had a bottle of champagne. After the dinner we went to see the musical Saturday Night Fever. I didn't even know that it is possible to see a musical on the boat. We had fun observing all the people who were so excited to see the musical and most of them sang along. It was lovely to see so many people enjoying themselves. The next morning we had the breakfast at the Italian restaurant Tavolàta. It is more peaceful and nicely decorated than the Grand Buffet. I recommend to choose that if you like more peaceful atmosphere.

On our way back home we had the Deluxe cabin with a sea view. We enjoyed the view with some prosecco. Later we had the Signature Menu at the Bon Vivant restaurant. It was a lovely experience. (I'll write another post about the menu. Stay tuned.)

It was a surprisingly lovely experience. We both really enjoyed. 

Sponsored by Tallink Silja.

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Tukholmaan Silja Linella

Matkustimme ystäväni Hertan kanssa Tukholmaan kuukausi sitten. Vaihtelun vuoksi halusimme matkustaa laivalla ja kokea luksus laivamatkan. Valitsimme Silja Linen. Nautimme Deluxe-hytistä upeilla maisemilla ja hyvästä ruoasta Sushi & co sekä Bon Vivant -ravintoloissa. Kävimme myös katsomassa musikaalia laivalla.

Matkan ja ruoat tarjosi Tallink Silja.

Restaurant Day, Ruoto goes Casa Alberto

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.

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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.

HKI+, Vietnamese Phở Soup Made with Love

Vietnamilaista phở-keittoa rakkaudella - Suomenkielinen tiivistelmä alla.

There are few places in Helsinki where you can get the delicious Vietnamese phở soup. I heard that there is a new place called HKI+ in Torikorttelit. HKI+ is a small cafe that serves also summer rolls and phở.

Hertta and I went to test the phở on the Valentines day. Let me tell you that this soup was made with love! Really tasty. I think you should try it.

HKI+ is run by a young Vietnamese couple. The service is lovely and warm. I wish we would have more places like this, unique and run by spicy immigrants.

HKI+
Unioninkatu 28
Torikorttelit, Helsinki
facebook.com/HKIplus

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HKI+, Vietnamilaista phở-keittoa rakkaudella

Harvasta paikasta Helsingissä saa vietnamilaista phở-keitto. Jotkut on tehty suorittaen, toiset rakkaudella. Rakkaudella kokattua phởta saa HKI+-nimisestä kahvilasta Torikortteleista. Käy maistamassa!

HKI+
Unioninkatu 28
Torikorttelit, Helsinki
facebook.com/HKIplus