Spring: How to eat seasonal food in Helsinki

What to eat

Rhubarb pie, asparagus, salads, spring vegetables

What’s in season

• rhubarb,
• morel, common mushrooms, nettles,
• garlic,
• fresh cabbage, leek, zucchini, pea sprouts,
• spelt, millet, buckwheat,
• pike, bream, herring, perch, roach.

Where to eat

Head for the markets to pick up the fresh spring harvest. As the asparagus season gets underway in the beginning of April, many local restaurants usually have special asparagus theme weeks that can last until May or even June, depending on the restaurant in question. The traditional asparagus menu features boiled white and green asparagus served with Hollandaise sauce and poached egg. 

Sources: Satokausikalenteri (Harvest Calendar), Kausiruokaa – herkuttelijoille ja ilmaston ystäville (“Seasonal Food”, published by Teos)