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RESTAURANT
RUKAN KUKSA

We are open from Tuesday to Saturday, 14 – 21, welcome!

Rukan Kuksa is high quality à la carte Restaurant, serving wild food in Ruka town center

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

Tripadvisor Travellers choice

Chef’s recom­mended menu

White fish tartar

Reindeer sirloin

Spruce posset

69 €

Wine package 31 €

We have collected our favorites 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

À la Carte Menu

Starters

  • HOME MADE BREAD

    7€

    Wild herb bread

  • SMOKED JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE SOUP

    14€

    Nettle oil and nettle cracker

  • FALSE MOREL PAN

    14€

    False morels gratinated with cheeses from Kuusamo,
    wild herb bread baked in-house

  • WHITEFISH TARTAR

    16€

    Smoked carrot, lemon mayonnaise, crispy birch leaf

Main courses

  • fried vendace

    22€

    Mashed potato, lemony butter with onions

  • GRILLED LOCAL RAINBOW TROUT

    29€

    Dill potatoes, parsnip purée, spruce flavored hollandaise sauce

  • SAUTÉED REINDEER

    31€

    Mashed potato, lingonberries, pickled cucumber

  • RIBS

    27€

    Pork ribs glazed with smoky beer, XO – cheese fries, grilled baby gem salad, spruce sprout mayonnaise

  • REINDEER SIRLOIN 150gr

    41€

    Crossed potatoes, broccolini, dark game sauce, juniper flavored red currant jam

  • KUKSA’S REINDEER BURGER

    25€

    Reindeer burger steak 160g, Kuusamo smoky cheese, lingonberry mayonnaise, onion compote, lettuce, tomato, country fries

  • Vegetarian burger

    22€

    Beetroot compote, goat cheese, spruce sprout mayonnaise, lettuce, pickle, country fries

  • CABBAGE AND QUINOA

    25€

    House made cabbage rolls, crossed potatoes, parsnip purée, lingonberries, spruce flavored hollandaise sauce

Children’s Menu

  • Fried vendace

    12€

    Mashed potato, lemony butter with onions

  • grilled rainbow trout

    14€

    Mashed potatoes, vegetables

  • Sautéed reindeer

    15€

    Mashed potato, lingonberries, pickled cucumber

  • RIBS

    14€

    Country fries, mayonnaise

  • CHILDREN’S BURGER

    13€

    Reindeer burger steak, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, country fries

    Add-ons
    Mayonnaise 1€
    Cheese 1€

DESSERTS

  • SPRUCE

    13€

    Spruce flavored lemon posset, liquorice meringue, fresh blueberries

  • RASPBERRY AND CHOCOLATE

    14,50€

    Chocolate marquise, toasted white chocolate, fresh raspberries and fireweed flower

  • RHUBARB AND ALMOND

    14€

    Almond cake, rhubarb ice cream, meadowsweet caramel and fresh berries

  • SELECTION OF ICE CREAMS AND SORBETS MADE IN-HOUSE

    5€ / scoop

    Please ask Your waiter for the available flavours