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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

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.