Dining

Varjola offers pure and traditional Finnish cuisine with locally grown ingredients.

VARJOLA’S BARN RESTAURANT

Barn Restaurant is Varjola’s main building, reception and restaurant.

Barn Restaurant serve high-quality dining and rich countryside breakfast. Breakfast included the price of accommodation. Breakfast is served on weekdays from 7.30 am to 9 am (during common holiday seasons until 10 am), on Saturdays from 8 am to 10 am and Sundays from 9 am to 11 am.

Barn Restaurant is open for groups on request. Inquiries and reservations from the sales service Mon-Fri from 9 am to 4 pm varjola@varjola.com

Barn Menu

Barn Menu is available only as preordered, at least one week before the date. All our food is lactose-free. Please, let us know any special diets in advance.

STARTERS

Varjola’s garlic bread
L, (G), (M)

Jukola’s cheddar and garlic oil

5,40 2 slices

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Crispy rye chips from Manninen’s loaf bread
L, (M), (V)

Choose your mayonnaise: roasted garlic, rosemary-parmesan or tartar

5,20

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Sylvi’s salt-lemon roasted potatoes
L, G, (M), (V)

Choose your mayonnaise: roasted garlic, rosemary-parmesan or tartar

5,40

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Sylvi’s salad

Including salad, cucumber, tomatoes, rucola and currant leaf vinegrette:

Rossi’s cold smoked salmon, egg, marinated red onion and dill cucumber
M, G

Fried Finnish squeaky cheese, red onion jam and caramelised nut assortment
L, G

12,20 / 17,80 small / large

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Rossi’s cold smoked salmon soup
L, (G), (M)

With Manninen’s loaf bread and butter

12,60

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MAIN COURSES

Rossi’s cold smoked salmon soup
L, (G), (M)

With Manninen’s rye loaf bread and butter.

17,90

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Sylvi’s nettle pestopasta with goat cheese
L, (G), (V), (M)

Tagliatelle, nettle pesto and goat cheese

18,90

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Cowboy’s burger
L, (G), (M)

Jyväs-Pakari’s potato brioche, beef patty 150g, Jukola’s Aito cheddar, Varjola’s rhubarb ketchup, roasted garlic mayonnaise, red-onion compote and Myrttinen’s pickled cucumbers. Served with country fries, Varjola’s rhubarb ketchup and pickled coleslaw.

21,90

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Salmon burger
L, (G), (M)

Jyväs-Pakari’s potato brioche, Rossi’s smoked salmon, dill cucumbers, tomatoes, scallion and tartar mayonnaise. Served with country fries, Varjola’s rhubarb ketchup and pickled coleslaw.

21,90

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Gardener’s burger
L, (G), (M)

Jyväs-Pakari’s potato brioche, beetroot, Chévre goat cheese, rosemary-parmesan mayonnaise, red-onion compote and Myrttinen’s pickled cucumbers. Served with country fries, Varjola’s rhubarb ketchup and pickled coleslaw.

21,90

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Fried pike-perch
L, (G), (M)

Fried pike-perch, Sylvi’s salt-lemon potatoes, summer’s vegetables and white wine sauce.

26,90

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Farmer’s caramelised pork
G, M

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ARTESAN PIZZAS

Varjola’s artesan pizzas dough is made in Varjola kitchen.
Pizzas are designed with respect to excellent ingredients of smallholder producers.

* Pohjoisaho ranch, Simuna, Laukaa
*Rossi’s fish, Äijälä, Laukaa
*Lehtola’s Limousin, Puuppola, Jyväskylä (organic farm)
*Valkea Pannu & Poro, Nunnanen, Enontekiö (reindeer meet from Lapland, Finland)

Salmon
L, (G), (M)

Rossi’s cold-smoked salmon with smetana, marinated red onion and dill.

19,50

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Tomato-Finnish squeaky cheese
L, (G), (M), (V)

Tomato, Finnish squeaky cheese and nettle pesto

18,90

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Pork
L, (G), (M)

Pohjoisaho’s air dried pork, tomato, parmesan and rucola

18,90

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Kebab
L, (G), (M)

Lehtola’s Limousin kebab, marinated red onion, garlic mayonnaise and rucola

19,50

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Reindeer meat
L, (G), (M)

Valkea Pannu & Poro’s reindeer meat, marinated red onion and Lankamaa’s lingonberry

19,50

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CHILDREN’S MENU

1. Ham and tomatoes
L, (G)

2. Lehtola’s Limousin kebab, tomatoes and roasted garlic mayonnaise
L, (G)

3. Tomatoes and mozzarella
L, (G)

9,90

All pizzas include tomato sauce and cheese.

Ask vegan or gluten-free.

Children’s cold smoked salmon soup
L, (G)

With Manninen’s rye loaf bread and butter

7,90

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Children’s burger
L, (G)

Beef patty, Jukola’s cheddar, tomatoes and roasted garlic mayonnaise. Served with country fries.

9,20

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Sylvi’s meat balls with cream sauce
L, (G)

Served with country fries or pasta, cucumber and carrot sticks.

9,20

Ask the staff about special diets

(G) = Gluten-free available

(M) = Milkless available

Dine in restaurant or take your food with you – take away is also possible!

We use only Finnish meat and fish on our dishes.

Varjola Menu

Varjola Menu is available only as preordered, at least one week before the date. All our food is lactose-free. Please, let us know your main course choice in advance.

Menu valid 1.10. – 31.12.2024

Chanterelle soup and caramelised onion

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Reindeer roast feed, cranberry sauce, butternut squash-potato casserole, autumn root vegetables
OR
Fried pike-perch, beetroot sauce, duchess potatoes and roasted root vegetables
OR
Beetroot wellington duchess potatoes and herb-cream sauce

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Chocolate fondant, currant leaf sorbet and blackcurrant pannacotta

57,50 € /person

Autumn Buffet

Our rich buffets offer a variety of flavours which are available on request for parties, meetings and all kinds of special occasions.

Menus valid 1.10.2024 – 31.12.2024

Tastes of Central Finland

Baltic herring with juniper berry
Smoked vendace with garlic-yogurt sauce
Thyme-onion pie with cheddar

Rossi’s warm salmon-pasta salad, pea pesto, cooked eggs
Celery-apple salad with hazel peanut
Green salad, roasted paprika, house dressing

Chanterelle salted pork tenderloin with honey sauce
Creamed potatoes
Varjola’s root vegetables
Cooked potatoes

Varjola’s bread selection,
butter and herb spreading
Homemade beer and water

Buttermilk pannacotta, rose hip jelly, toasted oats
Coffee and tea

45 € /person

Minimum group size 10 persons

The Autumn Harvest

Apple sour cream herring
Honey-rawpickled salmon with chanterelle-mustard sauce
Malted bread, jellied onion and air-dried ham

Smoked beetroot, Vilho putty cheese, rucola
Roasted brussels sprout-quinoa salad
Green salad, caramelised seeds, balsamico sauce

Beef brisket and whisky sauce
Salmon with pea pesto
Butternut squash-root vegetable casserole, roasted potatoes
Cooked potatoes

Varjola’s bread selection, butter and herb spreading
Homemade beer, milk and water

Sea-buckthorn berry-white chocolate cheesecake
Coffee and tea

57,20 € /person

Minimum group size 10 persons

Christmas Buffet

Menu valid only November and December

Apple herring
Crowberry baltic herring
Glögi-rawpickled salmon with lingonberry-mustard sauce
Blini waffles with roe, red onion, sour cream

PunaHeidi red blue cheese with currant jam
Green salad and house dressing
Rosolli salad with beetroot cream
Wild mushroom salad

Pohjoisaho Farm’s christmas ham
with house mustard, peas, spicy apple mush
Potato casserole
Carrot casserole
Turnip casserole
Cooked potatoes

Varjola’s bread selection,
butter and herb spreading
Homemade beer and water

Gingersnap-cheesecake
Granny’s date cake
Varjola’s caramel biscuits
Peppermint caramels

Coffee and tea

54,90 € /person

Minimum group size 10 persons