For me, reindeer. It's quite expensive here in southern Finland but the taste is great. Also wild cranberries are very tasty. Good to hear that You liked it :)
As a Finn I would say reindeer. I love _poronkäristys_ (sauteed reindeer). If I had seen some smoked salmon, it would've been harder decision. I could eat smoked salmon every day. But all those foods you enjoyed at Nili Restaurant looked so yummy!
the dessert...wow that looked astounding... but ten I ate fresh mule deer tenderloin this evening with a juniper spruce red wine sauce.... we harvested mule deer yesterday.....liver and tongue tomorrow....mmmm.....living life well in the Montana Rockies....love you two sharing your world ...thanks
The reindeer head in the city layout is intentional. After the second world war the burnt Rovaniemi had to be rebuilt and it was designed by the finnish architect Alvar Aalto to resemble a reindeer head.
You are adorable and your travel vlog is awesome. 😊 That dessert you have enjoyed so much is so crazily simple and easy to prepare. Cheap too. Cranberries are everywhere and butterscotch sauce is whisked together in couple of minutes. 😎
That was the best food face every, Marc!! I love that you described yourself as getting emotional about it!!! LOL!! Very cool that the town was laid out in the shape of a reindeer, too.
Stumbled across your channel while looking for vlogs from Palawan, where I’ll be traveling soon, and whaddayaknow! Now you’re in my old home town Rovaniemi 🙃
Seeing food excites me and I adore trying new foods in each new location I check out, it is great to see you guys are so open to trying to things too! All your dishes looked superb and you describe them so eloquently! Fantastic end to the day relaxing in the jacuzzi, I would love this place.
I love Finnish licorice when added to a sweet. Before you leave Finland you must buy a Karl Fazer chocolate bar with licorice . My absolute favourite!!
Wow! your room was in a hostel? It looks like a trendy hotel room! That museum looked like the logging museum in Portland. I've been to that one. It's kind of cool to see how some of that stuff works That food looks super yummy. It's in such a cute little restaurant too!
I really love watching the food videos in your series. Everything always looks & sounds so amazing to taste. They're always my favorite part of your travels everywhere you go.
Hey Kevin! Seeing now that I missed replying to your comment here before! Sorry! We love our food videos too but editing can't be done on an empty stomach.... ;)
That dessert looked delicious! They way you described it, I'd really like to eat that. Great way to end such an evening in a hot tub. Little jealous here!
Very wonderful that you guys enjoyed Rovaniemi. I've been there many times and about 6 years ago I took my American husband to meet my family in Tornio. We took day trip to Rovaniemi to see the Santa Claus. It was fantastic trip. I haven't been in that restaurant but I love reindeer very much and we got some dried reindeer meat which is fantastic. My only question is : Was that really cranberries ? since the Lingoberries is the berry that is pretty much always used in Finland and specially used with all reindeer dishes. Anyways enjoy Finland 👍💗🇫🇮
I don't think I have ever seen apartment balconies totally enclosed in glass like that before--makes sense though. Your room seems nice--are the beds really hard like all European mattresses seem to be? The reindeer dinner looks so tasty. That dessert is so different from anything I have ever seen before; would I like it if I do not like black licorice?
Your smiles and happiness is contagious ☺️ did you like the raindeer meat? When I was a child I was often made to eat it so as a adult it is not my favorite, and Im vegetarian these days :)
Marc's eyebrows on the eye mask 😉. I'm glad you weren't let down at the restaurant .. very different menu 🦌 You have to like black licorice for that dessert. I'm all about the jacuzzi! Cheers 🥂 Enjoy! 💕
You haven't been in Lapland if you don't try traditional reindeer stew. I am a Finn and one of the best stews i have had in Rovaniemi at Arctic City Hotel restaurant (Monte Rosa is name if I remember right). I VERY STRONGLY suggest that you go to try that if you're still there.
It looks like you're enjoying my hometown there😄😄 City plan was made in 1945 by designer Alvar Aalto and it's made to look like reindeer👌😌 Nili has the best atmosphere if you're trying to find "lappish" feel in rovaniemi, and good food also😙
A delicious meal that is also healthy a rare combination. The cranberries are particularly good for the kidneys. The smiling gave the place a real feel good factor.
Have you tasted wood grouse, black grouse and hazel grouse? I have tasted those and they was super delicious! Do you know why I tasted those birds? Because I live in Finland
Oh yeah, gotta love the reindeer meat. Especially the stew, made by my grandma of course. :D They have loooots of reindeers, and I remember from my childhood, that we always had reindeer for dinner whenever I visited there. :) Some of them just hung around in their yard and some of them even chased me around the house. :D
@@EileenAldis Yeah there were always some young ones around. 🙂 I just got a kick out of it running away from them. They would just poke me with their tiny horns. 😄
Roveniami looking for santa? I'm really following close your vlog this time. I've planned on going to the santa village, taking the raindeer sledge and catching some Aurora. Oh, crossing the Arctic circle line! But to stay in the glass igloo i think a bit expensive. Isn't it?
That's great! Santa and crossing the line will make an appearance in a video very soon... ! There are a lot of places that offer the glass igloos so it may not be as expensive as you think (also depends on the time of year) :)
That's wonderful! Have you visited Finland? We loved it and extended our stay. We made a lot of other videos there if you'd like to see more: bit.ly/finlandplaylist :)
The people in there are basically waking up every morning just hoping they can be of some assistance to a tourist. Yes, we like to give a good impression.
I have a similar 2:22 balcony with moveble glass panels, it makes the Finnish balcony season longer. Wow the dinner looks really good! Reindeer is the only red meat I eat, it's the most ethic meat you can find, Rudolphs are running free most of the year. Sometimes reindeer become a pet, this handsome boy thinks he's a dog: th-cam.com/video/VNZaR0z-kOs/w-d-xo.html
AWWW that reindeer is so cute! Thanks for sharing that video! The glass panels are a great idea. As a Canadian, I can definitely relate to wanting to extend the season haha :)
@@EileenAldis Actually no. I live in southern Finland, but those glass covered balconies are quite common here too. I think that they install them in new buildings while they are built. Aftermarket installation costs something like 1000-3000€.
@@Keinapappa Wow, that's not cheap but it must be worth it! Whereabouts in southern Finland? We took the train from Rovaniemi down to Helsinki. I miss Finland and could really go for some salmon soup right now haha. We made lots of videos if you're interested by the way: bit.ly/finlandplaylist. :)
So I can assume you are big Finland fans.....check out their biggest export item: a band called Nightwish. They are HUGE all around the world and their music is is just something you would never expect to be so enormous ( check out Ghost Love Score). Specially with the the Dutch front singer Floor Jansen it has exploded into a frenzy. Thank you for this amazing video.
Originally the area where Rovaniemi is was part of Peräpohjola, the northernmost part of Pohjanmaa. Nowadays what's officially considered Lapland consists of both original Lapland and Peräpohjola. However, many feel that only original Lapland is the real Lapland.
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I'd love to know: which of the foods we ate looked MOST delicious to you?
For me, reindeer. It's quite expensive here in southern Finland but the taste is great. Also wild cranberries are very tasty. Good to hear that You liked it :)
@@arilaine6113 I loved how many cranberries were included in the meal :)
As a Finn I would say reindeer. I love _poronkäristys_ (sauteed reindeer). If I had seen some smoked salmon, it would've been harder decision. I could eat smoked salmon every day. But all those foods you enjoyed at Nili Restaurant looked so yummy!
the dessert...wow that looked astounding... but ten I ate fresh mule deer tenderloin this evening with a juniper spruce red wine sauce.... we harvested mule deer yesterday.....liver and tongue tomorrow....mmmm.....living life well in the Montana Rockies....love you two sharing your world ...thanks
the soup and dessert
The reindeer head in the city layout is intentional. After the second world war the burnt Rovaniemi had to be rebuilt and it was designed by the finnish architect Alvar Aalto to resemble a reindeer head.
I knew Rovaniemi had been terribly burned and rebuilt but didn't realize Alvar Aalto was involved - wow! It's such a great idea for the city :)
I love how positive with good spirit and open minded you guys were. That's the best way to experience a new country and their food culture. 👍💙
What a lovely couple you two are! It's great fun to follow your travels in my home country. Love from Mikkeli, Finland!
You are such a fun and lovely couple! ❤️ And Lapland is so serene and beautiful.
Love you both! You seem like such a nice people. Overly so even. Perfect
Wow that food looked incredible! Thanks for sharing with us, this has shot up on our list of places to visit!! :)
So cool that the city is laid out like a reindeer! That dessert is making me emotional haha! Great video =)
hahah he clearly realllly liked it ;)
You are adorable and your travel vlog is awesome. 😊
That dessert you have enjoyed so much is so crazily simple and easy to prepare. Cheap too. Cranberries are everywhere and butterscotch sauce is whisked together in couple of minutes. 😎
That was the best food face every, Marc!! I love that you described yourself as getting emotional about it!!! LOL!! Very cool that the town was laid out in the shape of a reindeer, too.
Stumbled across your channel while looking for vlogs from Palawan, where I’ll be traveling soon, and whaddayaknow! Now you’re in my old home town Rovaniemi 🙃
What a great day. Everything you kids did and ate today was amazing. I really want some of that dessert now. Mmmmmm.
Seeing food excites me and I adore trying new foods in each new location I check out, it is great to see you guys are so open to trying to things too! All your dishes looked superb and you describe them so eloquently! Fantastic end to the day relaxing in the jacuzzi, I would love this place.
I love Finnish licorice when added to a sweet. Before you leave Finland you must buy a Karl Fazer chocolate bar with licorice . My absolute favourite!!
mmm yes, it's so good that way! And we're obsessed with Fazer anything basically haha. The Salmiakki bar (and ice cream ones too) are fantastic 😋
Wow! your room was in a hostel? It looks like a trendy hotel room!
That museum looked like the logging museum in Portland. I've been to that one. It's kind of cool to see how some of that stuff works
That food looks super yummy. It's in such a cute little restaurant too!
I really love watching the food videos in your series. Everything always looks & sounds so amazing to taste. They're always my favorite part of your travels everywhere you go.
Hey Kevin! Seeing now that I missed replying to your comment here before! Sorry! We love our food videos too but editing can't be done on an empty stomach.... ;)
I love how much you enjoy food! Lovely video. Thanks!
That dessert looked delicious! They way you described it, I'd really like to eat that. Great way to end such an evening in a hot tub. Little jealous here!
Very wonderful that you guys enjoyed Rovaniemi. I've been there many times and about 6 years ago I took my American husband to meet my family in Tornio. We took day trip to Rovaniemi to see the Santa Claus. It was fantastic trip. I haven't been in that restaurant but I love reindeer very much and we got some dried reindeer meat which is fantastic. My only question is : Was that really cranberries ? since the Lingoberries is the berry that is pretty much always used in Finland and specially used with all reindeer dishes. Anyways enjoy Finland 👍💗🇫🇮
That dessert definitely works best with cranberries.
I was more wondering about the reindeer main dish. Reindeer as far as I know is always served with lingonberries.
From start to the end loved watching you you gays are amazing ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️Much love from Helsinki finland
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it :) We love Finland ❤️
Trying local food is one of our favorite ways to explore any new place. Looks like you found some awesome choices! Dessert is always my favorite part!
Absolutely! Such a great way to get to know a new place in a delicious way :)
You two are my favorite travel channel! All the fun, food, laughter and travel..I want to be you!!!#
Hey Jennifer! Thank you so much! That makes us really happy and we're so grateful for your support! ❤️
I don't think I have ever seen apartment balconies totally enclosed in glass like that before--makes sense though. Your room seems nice--are the beds really hard like all European mattresses seem to be? The reindeer dinner looks so tasty. That dessert is so different from anything I have ever seen before; would I like it if I do not like black licorice?
What a sweet couple! I am happily subscribed :) Re your question - the vodka cranberry drink!!!
Just saw your comment now! Thanks so much! ❤️We miss Finnish food (and chocolate/candy!) ;)
The hostel where you stay is one of the best I have been. I was in the 8 person room and everything was so clean and cosy
That’s great! I agree - it’s a fantastic place ❤️
Your smiles and happiness is contagious ☺️ did you like the raindeer meat? When I was a child I was often made to eat it so as a adult it is not my favorite, and Im vegetarian these days :)
Marc's eyebrows on the eye mask 😉.
I'm glad you weren't let down at the restaurant .. very different menu 🦌
You have to like black licorice for that dessert. I'm all about the jacuzzi! Cheers 🥂 Enjoy! 💕
haha yes the eye mask has freaked me out once or twice ;) The wonderful meal and hot tub was a really great way to spend an evening!
Omg that salmon looks sooooo delicious! 😍😋
It was ridiculous paired with all those other fixings - my other favourite part of the meal (other than dessert!) 💖
Love how you laugh! 😊
Aww thanks ❤️
Lovely video! All booked to go to Finland middle July...hope CoronaVirus let me :(
Thank you! Yes, I hope you're able to go and enjoy your trip still ❤️
You haven't been in Lapland if you don't try traditional reindeer stew. I am a Finn and one of the best stews i have had in Rovaniemi at Arctic City Hotel restaurant (Monte Rosa is name if I remember right). I VERY STRONGLY suggest that you go to try that if you're still there.
Hey Janne! Thanks for the tip! That's great to know for future reference :) We definitely noticed how popular reindeer-based dishes are in Lapland.
I think he means sauteed reindeer, not stew? Reindeer stew is not that popular or traditional.
It looks like you're enjoying my hometown there😄😄 City plan was made in 1945 by designer Alvar Aalto and it's made to look like reindeer👌😌 Nili has the best atmosphere if you're trying to find "lappish" feel in rovaniemi, and good food also😙
You have an awesome hometown! I didn't realize Aalto was involved in the city plan - thanks for sharing that! And, yes, we LOVED Nili :)
Alvar AALTO is Great ! He Did Alot of other stuff - than just HOUSES ! Many Tourists come to Finland - to see His Work !
A delicious meal that is also healthy a rare combination. The cranberries are particularly good for the kidneys. The smiling gave the place a real feel good factor.
True - healthy and delicious :)
Those balcony classes fold, so summer you can open them and in winter they can be closed
Enclosed balconies are not for keeping warmth in, but for keeping snow out.
I'm from Finland❤ Merry Cristmas!
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you! 😊
Ho Ho Ho - We say When It Gets REAL COLD !
I don't know if the sweetness of that cranberry dessert can match the sweetness of this entire video :) That goes for others too :)
what a lovely way of putting that, Scott! This dessert was insane and I wish I could just press a button and order more anytime haha :P
Have you tasted wood grouse, black grouse and hazel grouse? I have tasted those and they was super delicious!
Do you know why I tasted those birds? Because I live in Finland
Now imagine that jacuzzi with some northern lights.
Awesome video
Glad you enjoyed it!
Oh yeah, gotta love the reindeer meat. Especially the stew, made by my grandma of course. :D They have loooots of reindeers, and I remember from my childhood, that we always had reindeer for dinner whenever I visited there. :) Some of them just hung around in their yard and some of them even chased me around the house. :D
Some chased you around the house?! haha that must've been really fun or really scary as a kid ;)
@@EileenAldis Yeah there were always some young ones around. 🙂 I just got a kick out of it running away from them. They would just poke me with their tiny horns. 😄
omg that sounds so cute ❤️
Roveniami looking for santa? I'm really following close your vlog this time. I've planned on going to the santa village, taking the raindeer sledge and catching some Aurora. Oh, crossing the Arctic circle line! But to stay in the glass igloo i think a bit expensive. Isn't it?
That's great! Santa and crossing the line will make an appearance in a video very soon... ! There are a lot of places that offer the glass igloos so it may not be as expensive as you think (also depends on the time of year) :)
That Hot caramel and frozen berries used to be quite common dessert at military when i served 1997.
Damn, I joined late, all we had was milk pudding and berry soup :)=
No way, you like licorice? So happy for you!
We love it!
More reindeer than people in Finland! That is an awesome fact! I vote for the dessert that made Marc emotional. Mind you it all looked delicious.
In Lapland, not in whole Finland.
haha it was a fantastic day topped off by an amazing meal!
The Hostel cafe koti is my dads sisters hostel
Really?! That's amazing! Please tell her we absolutely loved staying there and I still miss the breakfasts...especially the porridge! ❤️
I think what you drank was Napue gin, voted as the best gin in the world in 2018.
Nothing New for us finns but it's Lovely to see your reactions!
Glad you enjoy it! We love Finland and made a lot of videos there: bit.ly/finlandplaylist Which part are you from?
Very good video.
Thank you!
Finland is my heritage ( I guess my day dreams )
That's wonderful! Have you visited Finland? We loved it and extended our stay. We made a lot of other videos there if you'd like to see more: bit.ly/finlandplaylist :)
The people in there are basically waking up every morning just hoping they can be of some assistance to a tourist. Yes, we like to give a good impression.
i lv the way u giggle po🥰🥰🥰🥰
Are you sure it's cranberry. can be lingonberry. a little smaller than cranberry and less acidic.
In that drink? Defenetly cranberry.
I am sure its lingonberry. They are abundant in Finland, not cranberry!
Nice video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Agree, you can eat whatever crap if you have good tasty sauce
La situación parece que se está normalizado por acá. Me gustan sus historias
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Weird seeing a video about my hometown ._.
You should come to inari kultahovi
Stay tuned for Inari :)
Trying Finnish Food In Lapland with mr. Spock
Is Marc Mr. Spock in this scenario? 🤔
@@EileenAldis Indeed :D
I have a similar 2:22 balcony with moveble glass panels, it makes the Finnish balcony season longer. Wow the dinner looks really good! Reindeer is the only red meat I eat, it's the most ethic meat you can find, Rudolphs are running free most of the year. Sometimes reindeer become a pet, this handsome boy thinks he's a dog: th-cam.com/video/VNZaR0z-kOs/w-d-xo.html
AWWW that reindeer is so cute! Thanks for sharing that video! The glass panels are a great idea. As a Canadian, I can definitely relate to wanting to extend the season haha :)
Those glasses in balconies can be folded aside if you want.
That would be great for warmer weather :) Do you live in Rovaniemi?
@@EileenAldis Actually no. I live in southern Finland, but those glass covered balconies are quite common here too. I think that they install them in new buildings while they are built. Aftermarket installation costs something like 1000-3000€.
@@Keinapappa Wow, that's not cheap but it must be worth it! Whereabouts in southern Finland? We took the train from Rovaniemi down to Helsinki. I miss Finland and could really go for some salmon soup right now haha. We made lots of videos if you're interested by the way: bit.ly/finlandplaylist. :)
Hola Eileen como está?
Should have guessed that the restaurant is filled with tourists xD
It is a pretty darn good restaurant, no wonder it is filled with tourists!
I like potetomuuse and rean dear meat and puoluka food its best
So I can assume you are big Finland fans.....check out their biggest export item: a band called Nightwish.
They are HUGE all around the world and their music is is just something you would never expect to be so enormous ( check out Ghost Love Score).
Specially with the the Dutch front singer Floor Jansen it has exploded into a frenzy.
Thank you for this amazing video.
Biggest export item? Lmao.
1:23 Bobbie the Builder
When are you two going to tie the knot 👰🤵🏻
😂
Tell Marc I need to talk to him lol 😆
Why there is Russian food in thumbnail and the video is about finnish food?
I think food is Finnish if it's made in Finland even though original recipe can be from other country.
Food culture is not following state borders. And many of so called russian foods are familiar through whole Nordic.
Rovaniemi is not Lapland
Rovaniemi is the capital of Lapland :)
Originally the area where Rovaniemi is was part of Peräpohjola, the northernmost part of Pohjanmaa. Nowadays what's officially considered Lapland consists of both original Lapland and Peräpohjola. However, many feel that only original Lapland is the real Lapland.
and where did do get this idea ?