New York, NewYork

 Is there anything else to say than describing NY with absolute superlatifs?  Amazing city.

What would you serve for customers in Puerto?

Menú incredible

Cheviche
Pulpo confit with sallad
Carpaccio with parmesan mayonnaise
Grilled scampi
Mixed sallad

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Steak and fries - sauce Bearnaise or Herb butter
Grilled whole fish - lemon, capers and shalot sauce
Beautiful scampi with sallad and avocado, chili-aioli
Homemade Beetroot raviolis with goat cheese

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Tarte tatin a la Platano
Apple and strawberry pie
Tiramisu
Chocolate cake with Banana ice-cream
Fruit sallad with sorbet
Cava

I have a dream

To open my own restaurant somewhere in the world. First to come in my mind - two possible places are Puerto de la Cruz in Teneriffe and Helsinki city. So how to go with my dreams? Problems: money issue - who will finance my and my brothers great ideas? Of course it would be best to have your own capital - so what we need is some kind of miracle to get capital or to find some silent partners. All the rest will come....I have the knowledge and skills to run a restaurant and my brother has marketing skills and knowledge for making a profitable bussiness. Perfect duo and great ideas just ready to execute.

Summer food!

We had an exellent trip to Lieksa in eastern part of Finland. I had chance to cook using fresh ingredients like beautiful fish that we had just got from the lake and so on. Here are some fotos of the catch and the ambiance of Liaksa.

Hey it is me again! I try to be more active in the future. I promise some good holiday material and critical analisis of everything.

We spend a great day in Tallinn Estonia. Lovely weather, good food and excellent Hotel. We ate at pegasos and slept in Three Sisters hotel. Amazing breakfast with prosecco and all. I will defineatly go back there.

Ethical food

How well do we know where and from what circumstances the food is coming from? What are the effects of our blind consumption? Of course the effect does not has to be necessarily bad but there are many factors that we should consern us. 1. Cost of energy 2. Water wasted in producing luxury products for example exotic fruit3. Other ecological issues like over harvesting 4. logistical expences - money wasted - energy wasted - pollution 5. treating of animals 6. Chemicals used to grow fruit and vegetables 6. Treating of workers 7. Over production of food items 8. Waste produced in serving food in restaurants - you have no idea how much carbage we carry out every night after closing! Where does is it exactly go?

La Clave!

Great place in Puerto de la Cruz - serving catalanian and basque influenced pintxos and very good vine. During my two weeks visit I went there for a bite at least six times. Defineatly stands out from other places in that area. There are some other attempts to refresh the restaurant scene in puerto - like Kafka ana las Tulipas which are also worth of money with intresting decor and atmosphere.

New faculty of food and culinarism to Helsinki Uni - First study

Michelin stars and their boost and effects to Helsinki culinary scenery.

Bourdieu´s theory of capitals explains the importance of the Michelin stars but also seeks other relations that are important for succesfull bussiness and dominance on the gastronomic field in Helsinki. My study tries to collect data and factors to clarify the idea of a good restaurant bussiness for future entrepreneurs. Even thoug the study is highly critical in it's tone, it also tries to encourage for a better and durable food service which would build up restaurant culture in Helsinki.