Introduction of restaurant and Master chef

Iizip Korean Restaurant opened in November, 2022. There are 3 Korean chefs. And we have been serving over 200 different kinds of Korean food through our Home meal lunch buffet and we have 57 dishes in a la carte menu for dinner beside the Korean BBQ.

Master chef, Younghwa Sonntag is also CEO, Toimitusjohtaja of this company. She is an acknowledged korean food expert, especially Hanjeongsik (Korean-style full-course meal) which is originated from Royal cuisine in Korea. She ran a fancy Hanjeongsik Restaurant in Korea for 10 years. She moved to Finland after she met Finnish husband, Markus Sonntag, who is CFO(chief financial officer) and investor of company. She also takes care of all kinds of caterings based on customers' free wish. Last month, September, on National Foundation day of Korea held by Korea Embassy in Finland, she was requested to make some food for their dinner banquet. She was one of the chefs preparing that event.

Strength of our restaurant

1. Space and Location
Big space 150 seats indoor, 70 seats terrace in summer season We have been handling many big Company dinners, special celebrations, parties, customers from Event day from Olympic stadium or from Opera. We are located in the heart of finnish culture such as sports and music.

2. Healthy diet
Our most of basic Korean sauces are fermented and gluten free, which is stomach friendly. We serve various korean traditional dishes considering health and harmony of color, texture, temperature and taste. We also sell traditional Fermented Rice wine, Makgeolli.

3. Authenticity
We are the first authentic Korean BBQ restaurant run by Korean owner, chef in Finland. We don't just provide raw material for BBQ grilling. Master Chef consider Harmony and Combination of ingredients in every food on table by artistic culinary point of view. In Korean Cuisine, harmony and combination on dishes and foods are very important.

4. Experience korean food to the fullest extent
We sell huge range of Korean food from street food to Royal cuisine, not only just korean BBQ. Customers can taste diverse Korean soul food which includes Vegetarian and Gluten free diet. Our Vegetarian BBQ is also very popular nowadays.