Strindberg

Helsinki


Strindberg has a casual ground-floor cafe and late-opening bar, but its finest dining is one flight up. In a light-filled room overlooking leafy Esplanadin Puisto, it serves dishes such as seared scallops with tomato risotto and basil foam, lamb sirloin with smoked black salsify, and pan-fried liver with creamed chanterelles, followed by lush desserts like raspberry pavlova with mascarpone mousse.


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