Chedi in Copenhagen

This year is notable for Estonian restaurants. So far we have only been inviting famous guest chefs here. Now two important return visits have taken place. In the summer Roman Zastserinski from restaurant Ö created a joint menu with Hans Välimäki at Chez Dominique in Helsinki, while Chedi recently treated the demanding audience of the Michelin star restaurant Kiin Kiin in Copenhagen with their dishes.

These images on the wall of Kiin Kiin rarely see a guest chef. Special restaurants do not have to organize showy events to remind the public of their existence. Kiin Kiin is a special restaurant.

Chedi did very well at Kiin Kiin. The dinner was sold out early. The audience interested in the ultramodern Thai food was also curious about the equally modern Chinese food – and they were not disappointed. The chefs of Chedi had prepared their visit well.

These three appetizers were first to answer the main question of the Danes – whether Chedi was worthy of Kiin Kiin. The dishes were served in the correct order. Contentment with the food just kept on growing. The question clearly received a positive answer and raised a serious anticipation for what was yet to come.

Preparing your food in an unfamiliar environment is never an easy task to solve for a restaurant. The uniqueness of the dishes of Chedi is based on a good selection of ingredients and original techniques. But kitchen appliances also have a very important part in the end product, and these are unique at Chedi.

Thus in Copenhagen it was not possible to offer everything delicious that the frequent visitors in Tallinn are used to. But Chedi does not offer unremarkable dishes. And the main point of the visit was to whet the appetite.

The two important main dishes. Will the heightened expectations get a worthy sequel? They did!

The Chilean sea bass is a valuable and rare fish. In order to offer it to the Danes it had to be brought from Tallinn. It was certainly worth the effort because it immediately and unanimously became the favourite dish in the menu.

The showy-looking beef fillet tastes better in Tallinn. It’s about the temperature of cooking the meat that is thanks to the special appliances considerably higher at Chedi’s kitchen at home. But such small nuances were no longer important because the dinner was already a success.

The mission of the dessert – white chocolate mousse – was simply not to ruin everything that had preceded. It didn’t. On the contrary, it was a dignified finishing touch to the delicious dinner.

The visitors from Estonia who know Chedi well were charmed by the selection of wines put together by Kiin Kiin to accompany the dishes of Chedi.

The “competition” ended with a draw! The Danes got to taste a fish that they do not have in Denmark. The Estonians enjoyed wines that we don’t have in Estonia. That is why it is interesting to eat the well-known food of a restaurant of your hometown in another town.

Chedi’s menu at Kiin Kiin can be seen here: