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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.

Tripadvisor Travellers choice

Chef’s recom­mended menu

MENU KUKSA

Whitefish tartare

Reindeer sirloin

Birch leaf posset

67€

Wine package 33,50€

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 ja Sonja Määttä

Ala Carte Menu

Starters

  • HOUSE’S BREAD

    6€

    Homemade wild herb bread and spread

  • FLUFFY TWO CHEESE SOUP

    12€ / 16€

    Lingonberry muesli, house’s malt bread

  • FALSE MOREL HOT POT

    14€

    False morels gratinated with Kuusamo cheeses, wild herb bread

  • WHITEFISH TARTARE

    14,50€

    Smoked beetroot, dill mayonnaise, lemon caviar, malt chips, crispy birch leaf

Main courses

  • fried local vendace

    19€

    Mashed potatoes, melted butter and onions with lemon

  • GRILLED LOCAL RAINBOW TROUT

    26€

    Dill potatoes, smoked carrot purée, brown butter hollandaise sauce

  • Traditional lappish sautéed reindeer

    28€

    Mashed potatoes, lingonberries, pickles

  • RIBS

    23,50€

    Pork ribs glazed with smoked beer and juniper twig, roasted potatoes, grilled latin salad, smoky blue cheese mayonnaise

  • REINDEER SIRLOIN

    40€

    Garlic and potato cake, dark game sauce, spruce sprout and lingonberry

  • KUKSA’S REINDEER BURGER

    24€

    Reindeer burger steak 160g, Kuusamo’s XO cheese, pine sprout mayonnaise, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, fries

  • Vegetarian burger

    21€

    Homemade beetroot and lentil steak seasoned with nettle, smoky blue cheese mayonnaise, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, fries

  • CABBAGE AND QUINOA

    22€

    Smoked carrot purée, roasted potatoes, brown butter hollandaise sauce

Children’s Menu

  • Fried vendace

    9,50€

    Mashed potatoes, melted butter and onions with lemon

  • GRILLED RAINBOW TROUT

    13€

    Mashed potatoes, vegetables

  • Sautéed roast reindeer

    14€

    Mashed potatoes, lingonberries, pickles

  • RIBS

    12€

    Fries, mayonnaise

  • Reindeer burger

    12,50€

    Burger of reindeer meat, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, french fries 

    EXTRAS

    Mayonnaise 1€

    Cheese 1€

DESSERTS

  • BIRCH

    13€

    Birch leaf posset, almond crumble

  • BLUEBERRY AND CHOCOLATE

    14€

    Blueberry and chocolate brownie, blueberry ice cream, willowherb flower

  • FINNISH SQUEAKY CHEESE

    13€

    Squeaky cheese poached in cinnamon cream with cloudberry jam

  • Kuksa’s house-made ice creams and sorbets

    4,70€ / scoop
  • Nearly all servings can be prepared lactose free and gluten free. Please inform the waiter any dietary restrictions when ordering.