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Lunch served 10.30 am - 2 pm

Starter

Salad of the Day

Main Course

Braised Pork with Honey-Bacon Sauce
and Grilled Potatoes

Dessert

Berry Salad with Caramel Sauce

Bread and Butter, Water

15 €

À la Carte starting from 14.00

Starters

Sillanpää´s Mushroom Soup
Season’s Mushroom Soup with Bread

Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888–1964) was one of the most famous Finnish writers and so far the only Finnish writer who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. One of his famous novels August (1941) is connected to Poet’s Way. The novel is also adapted to film by well known Finnish director Matti Kassila (1956).

Löfgren´s Plate
Cold Smoked Salmon, Smoked Reindeer Mousse, Mustard Baltic Herring, Smoked Pork, Crayfish and Dill Potatoes

10,50 €

Elk Hunter’s Salad
Cold Smoked Reindeer, Salad andLappish Bread with Cloudberries

11,50 €

The name Poet’s Way is inspired by a journey made by Finnish national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg and Finnish writer Zacharias Topelius a hundred years ago. Runeberg’s (1804-1877) known collection of poem’s Elk Hunters (1832) was inspired on his hunting trips in Kuru and Virrat.

Main Courses

Skipper´s Salmon
Roasted Salmon with Crayfish-Tomato Stew and Dill Potatoes

18,80 €

Zacharias’ Cabbage Rolls
Vegetarian Cabbage Rolls with Tomato & Ginger sauce and Boiled Potatoes

15,00 €

Finland’s national author Zacharias Topelius (1818-1898) followed in his mentor’s Runeberg’s food steps both figuratively and concretely. Topelius was one of the earliest Finnish authors and the first publisher of Finnish historical roman in 1850. His best-known series of novels is The Field Surgeon's Stories (1859–67) about Finnish history.

Poet´s Pan
Escalope with Fried Sausages, Egg and Mashed Potatoes

19,80 €

s/s Tarjanne Beef Steak
Beef Steak with Pepper Sauce and Bacon Potato Cake

27,80 €

s/s Pohjola Pork
Roasted Pork with Honey & Bacon sauce and Grilled Potatoes

16,80 €

Steamship Cooperative Tarjanne bought its former competitor steamship Pohjola in 1932 when freight incomes dropped because of increase of car/highway traffic and tourists were needed for a new source of income. Pohjola sailed on a same route along Tarjanne until year 1975.

Desserts

Herraskoski Berry Cocktail
Selection of Berries and Caramel Sauce

6,50 €

Jäminki Ice Cream
Ice Cream and Caramel Sauce

7,00 €

IImpi Marjatta´s Cheesecake
Raspberry Cheesecake

8,00 €

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931) was one of Finland’s most well known painters. S/s Tarjanne’s upper deck’s restaurant was renewed in 1916 according to Gallen-Kallela’s design. Impi Marjatta (1891-1895) was Akseli and Mary Gallen-Kallela’s beloved firstborn who unfortunately didn’t get to live at his father’s single-handedly designed Kalela wilderness studio and home in Ruovesi which was completed in late autumn 1895.

A la Carte portions -50% for Children (4-11 years)

Children’s Menu
(4-11 years)

Captain Ossi’s Special
Oven Baked Sausage with Mashed Potatoes

Decker´s Meatballs
Meatballs with Mashed Potatoes

Murole Strawberry Girl’s Dream
Ice Cream

There was a time when the Murole canal cashier was angry at the small girls who came to sell wild strawberries to the passing ships. When the passengers all gathered to the side of the ship where the girls were, the ship lost its balance on the canal.