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RESTAURANT
RUKAN KUKSA

Restaurant is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 1pm to 9pm.

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.

Chef’s recom­mended menu

Pine tip cured rainbow trout

Reindeer sirloin with dark game sauce

Birch posset

72 €

Wine package 31 €

The pure nature of the North, local high-quality ingredients,
and wild herbs have inspired the flavors of our menu.
Whether you join this journey of taste on your own or
together with friends and family, our wish is to create a truly
unique experience for you. For us, wild food is more than
just food – it is a way to honor nature and its gifts. This year,
Rukan Kuksa proudly celebrates its 10-year anniversary,
and we are grateful to share this milestone with our guests.

With heartfelt passion,


Chefs de cuisine
Laura and Sonja Määttä

À la Carte Menu

Starters

  • HOUSE BREAD

    7€

    Housemade wild herb bread and spread

  • Smoky jerusalem artichoke soup

    14€

    Conifer oil, seed crispbread

  • Wild mushroom pan

    14€

    Bolete mushrooms gratinated with Kuusamo cheeses,
    house wild herb bread

  • Pine tip cured rainbow trout

    16€

    Lemon mayonnaise, fennel, pickled spruce shoots, crispy malt bread

Main courses

  • fried vendace

    24€

    Mashed potato, lemony butter with onions

  • Catch of the day

    33€

    Fresh catch of the day with the season’s best accompaniments

  • SAUTÉED REINDEER

    33€

    Mashed potatoes, lingonberry, pickles

  • Ribs

    27€

    Juniper-glazed pork ribs, roasted potatoes, lingonberry garlic mayonnaise, broccolini

  • REINDEER SIRLOIN 150g

    43€

    Nettle potato purée, grilled carrots, rich game sauce

  • KUKSA’S REINDEER BURGER

    26€

    160g reindeer patty, spruce-shoot cheddar, spruce mayonnaise, pickled red onion, lettuce, tomato, pickles, rustic fries

  • Veggie burger

    22€

    Housemade juniper-seasoned lentil-vegetable patty, lingonberry garlic mayonnaise, pickled red onion, lettuce, tomato, pickles, rustic fries

  • Cabbage & quinoa

    23€

    Roasted cabbage with quinoa filling, nettle potato purée, grilled carrots, hollandaise sauce, lingonberries

  • Goat cheese salad

    20€

    Lettuce, pickled red onion, semi-dried tomato, spruce shoots, strawberries, birch leaf balsamic, broccolini, wild herb croutons

Children’s Menu

  • Fried vendace

    12€

    Mashed potato, lemony butter with onions

  • Catch of the day

    14€

    Mashed potatoes, vegetables

  • Sautéed reindeer

    15€

    Mashed potatoes, lingonberries, pickles

  • Ribs

    14€

    Rustic fries, lingonberry-garlic mayonnaise

  • REINDEER BURGER

    14€

    Reindeer patty, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, rustic fries

    Add-ons
    Mayonnaise 2€
    Cheese 2€

DESSERTS

  • Birch

    14€

    Lemon posset infused with birch leaves, roasted white chocolate, blueberries

  • Chocolate

    15€

    Milk chocolate ganache, spruce ice cream, fresh berries

  • Rhubarb

    14€

    Almond cake, rhubarb-meadowsweet jam, vanilla ice cream, fresh berries

  • KUKSA’S OWN ICE CREAMS AND SORBETS

    6€ / scoop

    Please ask Your waiter for the available flavors