Come and eat at Marttinen!

Environmental matters are close to the heart of the Marttinen youth centre. We always use Finnish ingredients when possible. The meat and dairy products we use are Finnish. At Marttinen, we do not use overfished fish species; instead, we use the pike perch and perch from local waters, which we make into pike cutlets, for example. We place great emphasis on using seasonal vegetables.

Luomuravintola.fi organic restaurant programme

The kitchen is part of the www.luomuravintola.fi organic restaurant programme, with two stars out of three. This means we always use at least eight significant ingredients in organic form. In addition, we use other organic products whenever we can. Armi, a cook in the Marttinen kitchen, is also an organic farmer. She provides us with fresh salads and herbs in the summer and raspberries for the winter.

Ingredients from nearby

Other ingredients include Joutsenjärvi strawberries, eggs, flour (wheat, rye and potato flour), porridge flakes, muesli, lactose-free milk buttermilk, coffee, tea, cocoa and a lot of spices. That means we can offer fresh sandwiches, homemade buns and coffee, breakfast porridge and raspberry and strawberry fruit drinks. Other local food includes forest mushrooms and lingonberries.

Organic and local food in festive menus

From the menu for functions, you can choose the Pappila (Vicarage) organic and local food table, which also includes wonderful local ingredients. In 2018, the Marttinen youth centre is involved in a project in which public kitchens link up with local food producers to increase and diversify the use of local products. 

Fair Trade products such as tea, cocoa and bananas complete the responsible Marttinen operations.