RESTAURANT
RUKAN KUKSA

OPEN DAILY 14-21

Rukan Kuksa is High Class Restaurant, serving wild food in Ruka Tourist center

Our Meals are representation of traditional as well as modern dishes prepared from the local and wild ingredients.

Book Table

Chef’s recommended menu

MENU KUKSA

Rainbow trout tartar

Reindeer sirloin, pine sprout
and dark game sauce

Spruce sprout crème brûle

69 €

Wine package 32 €

Cheese course 11€

We have collected our favourites from the season’s dishes as our recommendations for you. We are inspired by the gorgeous nature of Kuusamo and are very proud to use these pure ingredients in our kitchen.

Enjoy the flavours!
Chefs de cuisine
Laura and Sonja Määttä

Ala Carte Menu

Starters

HOME MADE BREAD
7€
Wild herb bread and barley crackers baked in-house
SMOKED JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE SOUP
13€
Juniper branch oil, malt bread baked in-house
FUNNEL CHANTERELLE PAN
14€
Funnel chanterelles gratinated with cheeses from Kuusamo,
wild herb bread baked in-house
RAINBOW TROUT TARTAR
16€
Dill creme, rainbow trout roe, crispy birch leaf,
pickled golden beets
ELK CARPACCIO
16€
Spruce mayonnaise, pickled chantarelle, bread crumb
with XO-cheese, lingonberries

Main courses

fried vendace
21€
Mashed potato, lemony butter with onions
LOCAL WHITEFISH
32€
Nettle-spelt risotto, roasted beets,
porcini hollandaise
SAUTÉED REINDEER
30€
Mashed potato, lingonberries, pickled cucumber
REINDEER SIRLOIN
41€
Pine sprout flavoured arctic potato cake, roasted parsnip,
spruce-crowberry jam, dark game sauce
LAMB SHANK FROM SEA LAPLAND BRAISED OVERNIGHT
36€
Garlic potato purée, roasted beets, juniper branch oil,
dark game sauce
KUKSA’S ELK BURGER
24€
Pulled elk simmered in smoked beer sauce, pine sprout
mayonnaise, crunchy XO-cheese, red cabbage pickle, salad,
tomato, country style fries
Vegetarian burger
22€
Juniper flavoured swede jam, deep fried Lappish squeaky cheese,
mayonnaise, salad, pickled cucumber, country style fries
PORCINI CROQUETTES
25€
Nettle-spelt risotto, porcini croquettes, roasted beets,
porcini hollandaise

Children’s Menu

Fried vendace
12€
Mashed potato, lemony butter with onions
LOCAL WHITEFISH
13€
Breaded whitefish, mayonnaise, country style fries
Sautéed reindeer
14€
Mashed potato, lingonberries, pickled cucumber
Reindeer burger
13€
Reindeer mince patty, ketchup, salad, tomato,
country style fries
Add-ons
Mayonnaise 2€
Cheese 1€

DESSERTS

CLOUDBERRY
15€
Crispy roasted almond and oat, cloudberry ice cream,
liquorice meringue
SPRUCE
14€
Spruce sprout crème brûle
CHOCOLATE
15€
Chocolate marquise, white chocolate mousse, blackcurrant,
willowherb flower
CHEESE PLATTER
14€
Spruce-crowberry jam, barley crackers
SELECTION OF ICE CREAMS AND SORBETS MADE IN-HOUSE
5€ / scoop
Please ask Your waiter for the available flavours
Nearly all servings can be prepared lactose free and gluten free. Please inform the waiter any dietary restrictions when ordering.