Vegan-friendly
Asian
Fusion
Non-veg
Serves meat, vegan options available. Contemporary Southeast Asian cuisine. Offers a few vegetarian and vegan dishes. Has a vegan tasting menu with around 8 dishes (ask for it), plus other lunch choices such as tempeh, tofu, and coconut curry. The decor of the restaurant is dark and the atmosphere is intimate. Open Mon-Sat 10:00-15:00. Closed Sun.
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8 Reviews
First Review by Poundie
olivia_krekula
Points +367
Loved the vegan tasting menu! - Edit
I really enjoyed the tasting menu (72€/person) A bit pricey but this menu was worth it!
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TheBlackCat
Points +1117
Nothing special - Edit
Ordered the morning glory tofu which was good but it was a little expensive and it was just alright. We were happy we didn't order the tasting menu.
Read moreCons: Expensive
Guest
Nasuvampa
Points +982
Fine-dining Asian fusion - Edit
Vegan tasting menu is quite expensive, but you can also order vegan dishes from the menu (~40e / person for 1/2 appetizer, main, wine). Good service, delicious food and great for date nights!
Read morePros: High-quality fine-dining, Delicious food, Good service
Cons: Expensive, Not that many vegan options, Book table in advance
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sglcklch
Points +2969
Overhyped and overpriced - Edit
Our dinner here was nothing to write home about to say the least. We got the vegan tasting menu for the sake of simplicity. For €62 per person, I thought the food would be exciting and innovative and maybe even had a Nordic flair to it. But all we got were pretty commonplace Thai dishes that I could've gotten anywhere. Well, at least it was all vegan and they kept the rice coming, so there's that.
Read moreFood was overall good, but not great, and certainly didn't warrant the price tag. I liked most of what I had except for two courses. First was the yellow curry, which was disappointingly weak in flavor and strangely consisted of mostly carrots. Some tofu or tempeh in there would've been nice. Second was the dessert. It came in tiny tea cup and was a lazy concoction of prepackaged fruit salad—which was smartly referred to as "Thai-style marinated fruit" on the menu—topped with a scoop of sorbet with a drizzle of coconut cream. I found it to be a laughably cheap and boring dish to serve at a restaurant like this.
Service-wise, it was alright but a bit slow. It took us almost 2.5 hours to go through the seven-course tasting menu. I wouldn't recommend this restaurant. Definitely not for dinner. It just wasn't worth it.
Pros: vegan-friendly
Cons: overpriced, slow service
Guest
alex_read
Points +67
Better than average, good Asian food - Edit
This place has such a hype & good reputation before it, but it's like seeing a fantastic movie trailer only to then watch the full film which is only "ok".
Read moreThe food style is more focused on traditional Asian dishes. It's reputation is for being a fusion restaurant but I found little inspiration from Scandinavia on the plate & few ingredients - this was perhaps my largest gripe and disappointment so for the remainder of this review, I'll treat it like it is: an Asian restaurant.
The food is cooked beautifully which is why it has the Michelin star. Everything is presented fairly nicely on the plate & pleasing to the eye as well. As far as the tastes go though - they are what you'd expect... but nothing more. For example, one dish included a Thai green curry. If you follow a recipe at home & add all the ingredients perfectly, you'd end up with exactly the same taste. Rice is constantly on hand as a side (to take the place of bread in a more western restaurant & to fill you up throughout the meal) - this had no exciting cardamon, saffron etc. no colours or flavours. Was it cooked perfectly? Sure! Was it exciting and different to what you could do at home? Absolutely not. Consistency is important of course, but at a Michelin restaurant I personally want to be wowed by a chef who's been in the business for 20+ years picking up nuances and ideas as they go along - I want to experience surprises, combinations, views - above all I want to be inspired by something out of my league, to get new ideas & rush back home to play with something like what I've seen. In this sense, I was bitterly dissapointed also. Textures are played with, but only/mainly by the addition of "something crunchy" added to each plate.
I will give them credit for being vegan friendly - having a tasting menu I was able to enjoy as well as having a more relaxed atmosphere to many Michelin places (I could pour my own water & wasn't interuppted all the time by waiting staff). The staff were courteous, friendly, smiling and were able to describe the food nicely also. But... whilst I was served a vegan tasting menu, no-one could tell me if any of the wines were vegan to have with it. There was a mad dash I guess Internet search and eventual "I think this one is ok", but I would hope in future the place, especially now it has a star, can employ a decent sommelier. I was taken here as a present, so won't lookup or comment on the cost or whether this might be worth the money spent.
Pros: Well cooked food, Cheery staff, Location
Cons: Uninspiring, Unknowledgeable staff (drinks)
Guest
SCos
Points +109
Fine Dining - Edit
Farang's Vegan tasting menu is expensive but worth it. If you just want to have something good, do not book a table here. But for special occasions and if you are willing to try the fireworks of flavours, go and try the tasting menu.
Read morePros: Delicious, Atmosphere, Vegan friendly
Cons: Expensive, Usually fully booked, Non-vegan restaurant
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symbiosis
Points +433
Vegan tasting menu was perfect - Edit
I went to Farang for my birthday and had the Vegetarian tasters menu. Entire menu wasn't only vegetarian but Vegan. Of course as pr most restaurants and menus, the menu must be ordered for the whole table. All of the following are vegan CHA PLU LEAF WITH TEMPEH, WOK FRIED CARROT AND CHESTNUTS (it's a main dish, and was my favorite, I want to go back and have it all to myself, the flavours were amazing!), HOLA HOLA- a dessert, MORNING GLORY, CRISPY FRIED SALT & PEPPER TOFU, GREEN CURRY ASPARAGUS . And of course say that you're vegan so the chefs can take extra care when preparing it. Friends have said that Farang is the best value for its quality, and I appreaciate that its the only real high end restaurant in helsinki that caters to vegetarians
Read morePros: Excellent food, Good value for a high end restaiurant, excellent service
Cons: Very busy on saturdays, must make reservations, could have more vegetarian options
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Poundie
Points +14681
Not for vegetarians - Edit
This is a trendy, very expensive restaurant, hard to find, with very few options for vegetarians. Add 5 cows if you are not a vegetarian. I trust the one or two items on the menu was good--but was so unbelievably expensive that I was reluctant to order such pricey food from a non-vegetarian restaurant.
Read morePros: might be good for meat eaters, might be good for millionaires
Cons: expensive, not geared for vegetarians
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