Lie Mi Töölö — Restaurant in Helsinki sub-region

What a great discovery this place was!!

Walking along that strip on a Saturday afternoon, we found all 3 restaurants that we were aiming for closed. So we decided to duck in and shut our stomachs up with some Vietnamese food. We didn't expect anything of it as we didn't have Vietnamese in mind... and we were so pleased with this place!!

The staff are incredibly nice and the place is decorated very tastefully: minimalistic yet colorful, with little fun details like a bicycle hanging of a wall.

We ordered pork summer rolls (big, delicious) and Vietnamese noodles with chicken (one of us) and shrimp (the other). All of it was very nice and the portions were so big we ended up taking the leftovers home for the day after. It still tasted great!

Beer is quite expensive (as is everywhere in Finland) but I give it caring points for having a delicious gluten-free IPA and accessible toilets. Also, eco points for having reusable chopsticks! Free tap water...

Mind that this review comes from a fellow Asian who knows well how to cook Asian food and a big fan of Asian dishes whenever eating outside (which happens in rare occasions).

But yeah, the best Vietnamese restaurant in Helsinki (and I dare say that I've tried most). At first I was pretty skeptical because it was quite dark and had a distinctive pubby vibe. But upon receiving my meal, I was amazed by how HUGE my portion was. Usually when portions are huge, then the taste is spared (the more bites you take, the staler it gets), but this is the complete opposite. Very tasty down to my last bite (though I only managed to eat half of the portion and take away the rest, there was just too much).

But yeah will come again, if only it was closeby. Completely a strawberry on top of...

Went here for brunch on Sunday and was pretty disappointed. It seems like they try to stretch their ingredients and increase their margins by making sure the dumplings and samosas have very little filling and are mostly dough. The rest of the items are mostly cheap carbs i.e. potatoes, tuna pasta, etc. The plates and cutlery are also cheap plastic which also makes for a rather unsatisfactory experience. The taste of the food is alright and it's certainly cheaper than most brunch places. If you're looking for a change of pace in terms of flavor for brunch and to pay less than this place is ok. Dessert of fruit, mudcake and pannacotta was ok. If you're looking for "authentic" vietnamese food there are better places in Helsinki that are closer to...