Comments on: Zetor Tractor restaurant, Helsinki Finland

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:03:45 +0000

Hi Praetor-Ahh ok thanks for letting me know

By: Praetor

Praetor — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:15:38 +0000

The Zetor was never Russian, made in Czech Republic. I don’t know about the quality but zetor was the first to introduce the cabin with all glass around, so it made its contribution to tractor industry

Their range nowadays: http://www.zetor.cz/article.asp?nDepartmentID=181&nArticleID=227&nLanguageID=2

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:16:52 +0000

Hi Lulu-Hehe perhaps it’s not something for the non Finnish kiddies. I don’t think Finns look at it like that, perhaps they would be horrified that we are eating kangaroos

You’re welcome! Cloudberries are sweet and with a hard to describe taste although they have pips like a tamarillo. They are very nice though! Haha I think they do

By: Lulu Choux

Lulu Choux — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:19:16 +0000

Oh my goodness, roast reindeer! Thank goodness my little girl isn’t old enough yet to comment on this blog as I am sure she would cry, “Mummy, they’re eating Rudolph!” Thanks for all your posts through Japan & Finland. I feel like I am there tasting everything with you. As always, you have accompanied all your entries with spectacular and tantilising photos! Mmmmmm. And here’s a couple of questions my daughter would ask (if she could), what do cloudberries taste like? And do angels eat them?

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:24:41 +0000

Hi Tuulikki-Well the texture really reminded me of tamarillos with the pips. We didn’t have actual cloudberries though but the syrup.

Hi maria-I admit reading the kooky descriptions enticed me to go Couldberries are rather cloud shaped yellowy orange berries. very cute but they weren’t in season when we were there

Oh that’s not very nice for the kids! Why is it that they weren’t given any fish?

Wow, how very rustic. Sounds like heaps of fun! I wonder if it would taste similar?

Hi grace-very fun indeed Haha I think I would exceed my baggage allowance too easily with one and what would one do with a tractor in an apartment?

By: grace

grace — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:25:54 +0000

that looks like such a fun place! having grown up on a farm, i rode on and drove my share of tractors, and i feel that buying one would’ve been a good investment for you.

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:56:54 +0000

Lol, I found this post a *scream*! For me it was original and intriguing! Loved this tractor restaurant! Those menu item descriptions were on par with some of the funniest Japanese Engrish (sic) I’ve ever read!!

And what’s a cloudberry lol?! I’m not up to speed with my berries obviously

How interesting to get fish in a can at a restaurant! It fits right in though! I can remember a story my late Mum told me of how her very strict (absent and alcoholic) peasant village, blacksmith, father would eat tinned fish but the kids would never be given tinned fish.. they’d get the empty tin and would dip their bread into the leftover oil and have a feast of that. That was in Europe (Yugoslavia).

One deer-dish I remember was at a Hungarian Ball in ‘83. A huge old drum-come-cooking pot was used for the biggest pot of Venison Stew to feed the dancing crowd. (Red/orange Paprikas) They stirred it with a big plank of wood and it was good! I think there would be a difference between that deer and the fawn *reindeer* you had?

Thanks for this entertaining post Lorraine!

By: Tuulikki

Tuulikki — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:42:20 +0000

Cloudberries have a unique taste like nothing else and they are my favorite berries. When eating them I imagine how their warm golden colour was given as a gift from the arctic midnight sun, and it makes me happy - maybe as a memory of childhood…

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:35:02 +0000

Hi Carolyn-I know, it was hilarious, a real must visit. We did a few times in Finland and it was pretty good. Not very gamey at all (I am not a huge fan of strong gamey tastes). They did it especially well at Zetor which we didn’t expect.

Hi Y-Haha yes it’s all about country hoe-down Lone Star looking but with a unique Finnish twist. The brandy was quite strong in these cloudberries but generally they’re very nice, with the syrup much like tamarillo syrup with the little tomato like pips.

By: Y

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:51:45 +0000

What a funny restaurant. The fitout reminds me somewhat of the Lonestar restaurants here. What did the cloudberries taste like? I’ve always wanted to try one.