Dining at Herrankukkaro (Mama's Pocket)
Simple but tasty - just the best of the traditional island fare, prepared by local culinary experts.
Delicacies of the woods and the sea are on offer. Our hostesses will select the lunch menu depending on your choise for dinner. If fish is served for dinner, there will be meat for lunch. Our hostess recommends the following: root vegetable mash with authentic old-fashioned pork stew - not counting the calories, or soup of cured meat, which is unbelievably delicious. If the dinner consists of meat dishes, fish soup à la Rymättylä, served with insular bread is also available.
The island style dinner is the highlight of the evening. It is served on a terrace where lanterns bring the light and waterfront campfires create the magical atmosphere. Dinner can also be served in a cosy indoor environment illuminated by candels.
Herrankukkaro is fully licenced for alcohol serving.
Dining
Island Food Buffet à la Janne Koivuniemi
12-different dishes including
Starters
* green salad
* wild mushrooms
* pickled cucumber
* homemade cheese
* crushed lingonberry puréé
* baked herrings in creamy mustard sauce
Main dish
* honey-steamed root vegetables
* ringed carrots
* baked herrings in creamy mustard sauce
* grilled and baked fish cooked over the campfire
* smoked fish straight from the smokehouse
* boiled potatoes from Rymättylä
* island style bread and butter
Desert
aromatic coffee cooked on the campfire
Buffet of delicacies à la Airismaa
20 different dishes (min 10 persons) including
Starters
* fresh green salad
* wild mushroom salad
* pickled cucumber with vinegar from the island
* homemade cheese
* crushed lingonberry puréé
* raw juniper berry salted whitefish
* herrings in herbal marinade
* Herrankukkaro styled tar flavored herrings
* pieces of smoked fishes
* herring steak in marinade
* eggs
Main dish
* honeyed steamed root vegetables
* cooked carrots
* baked beetroot
* herrings á la Oskari
* variety of fish cooked over the open fire
* smoked fish straight from the smokehouse
* grilled and smoked island-style lamb or casserole made from game meat
* boiled potatoes from Rymättylä
* island style bread and butter
* butter spiced with sea buckthorn
Dessert
Coffee and a seasonal house speciality for dessert
Traditional Feast of Archipelago's King Oscar Kuusihattu
36 different dishes (min 20 persons) including
Aperitif
"Tervaplörö", a local style tar-snaps or the house crowberry liquor
Appetizer
Whitefish and vegetable broth
Starter
* variety of salads
* wild mushrooms
* raw juniper berry salted whitefish
* cold smoked salmon
* smoked salmon medallions
* Archipelago styled caviar
* roe
* onions
* sour cream
* herring steak in marinade
* herrings in spicy marinade
* herrings in tar marinade
* herrings in sea buckthorn marinade
* herrings in mustard marinade
* herrings in juniper berry marinade
* eggs
* raw lingonberry salted whitefish
* homemade cheese
* crushed lingonberry puréé
* boiled potatoes from Rymättylä
* island style bread and butter
* butter spiced with lingonberry
Main dish
* honeyed steamed root vegetables
* ringed carrots
* baked beetroot
* herrings with cream á la Oskari
* fried game meat cooked over the open fire
* variety of fish cooked over the open fire
* smoked fish straight from the smokehouse
* flounder cooked in cream and white wine
Dessert
Seasonal house speciality.
And last but not least
Coffee cooked on the open fire
One for the road
As a departing gift, everyone receives a loaf of the island-style bread to take home.
Evenings
You can enjoy you time indoors, outside by lean-intos, or by the fire. You can ask our sales office for some special programme.
