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.
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-houseRAINBOW TROUT TARTAR
16€Dill creme, rainbow trout roe, crispy birch leaf,
pickled golden beetsELK 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 hollandaiseSAUTÉED REINDEER
30€Mashed potato, lingonberries, pickled cucumber
REINDEER SIRLOIN
41€Pine sprout flavoured arctic potato cake, roasted parsnip,
spruce-crowberry jam, dark game sauceLAMB SHANK FROM SEA LAPLAND BRAISED OVERNIGHT
36€Garlic potato purée, roasted beets, juniper branch oil,
dark game sauceKUKSA’S ELK BURGER
24€Pulled elk simmered in smoked beer sauce, pine sprout
mayonnaise, crunchy XO-cheese, red cabbage pickle, salad,
tomato, country style friesVegetarian burger
22€Juniper flavoured swede jam, deep fried Lappish squeaky cheese,
mayonnaise, salad, pickled cucumber, country style friesPORCINI 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 friesAdd-ons
Mayonnaise 2€
Cheese 1€
DESSERTS
CLOUDBERRY
15€Crispy roasted almond and oat, cloudberry ice cream,
liquorice meringueSPRUCE
14€Spruce sprout crème brûle
CHOCOLATE
15€Chocolate marquise, white chocolate mousse, blackcurrant,
willowherb flowerCHEESE PLATTER
14€Spruce-crowberry jam, barley crackers
SELECTION OF ICE CREAMS AND SORBETS MADE IN-HOUSE
5€ / scoopPlease 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.
We are part of the Määttä family business