Dining & activities
Savor the island's diverse culinary scene, where there's no right or wrong. Bring your own ingredients and cook as you please, from open fire barbecues to smoking fish. Or let us treat you to top-notch local cuisine prepared by skilled chefs. Beyond dining, your main task might be lighting the sauna logs, allowing you to disconnect. Once done, rekindle your connection—with nature and yourself—amidst the island's tranquil surroundings.
Savor the island's diverse culinary scene, where there's no right or wrong. Bring your own ingredients and cook as you please, from open fire barbecues to smoking fish. Or let us treat you to top-notch local cuisine prepared by skilled chefs. Beyond dining, your main task might be lighting the sauna logs, allowing you to disconnect. Once done, rekindle your connection—with nature and yourself—amidst the island's tranquil surroundings.
Our chefs
The food will be prepared by Ellen Järvinen and William Brennan; both trained chefs who met in 2017 at Leiths School of Food and Wine in London. They have experience working in various restaurants in London, Bangkok and Helsinki, both serving and as chefs.In Summer, Ellen and Willian run a restaurant called Källarvinden on the island of Kasnäs, where Ellen’s family has lived for generations. Their idea is to explore ingredients native to the archipelago and use them to make something really special.
Brunch & Lunch basket
Breakfast and lunch will be prepared fresh every morning and delivered to the island for guests to enjoy.
Example basket:
Homemade seasonal juice
Hanged yoghurt with our homemade rhubarb granola and local honey
Fresh sourdough and whipped salted butter
Källarvindens chickenliver pate made with moscatel wine
Three french cheeses with seasonal compot
Our garden salad with locally produced greens and vegetables and foraged herb pesto
Salmon to smoke if you want to do it yourselves
Fresh local berries with cultured whipped cream
Petit fours
Price: 200€/adult/day + drinks
Dinner with the chef
For dinner, the chefs will come to the island and prepare the food and cook with the guests. Guests can participate in creating the experience if desired. Please notify at the latest one month in advance if you are interested in booking a chef.
Example menus:
Menu Nr.1
Oysters with sellery apple granite
Lambtartar from Westakärr estate, wild herbs and salted eggyolk from Nyhem farm
Roasted pike-perch with crispy seakale, confit local heritage tomatoes, Annabella potatoes and fennel cream sauce
S’mores tart with homemade blackcurrant leaf marshmallow grilled over coal
Menu Nr.2
Blini with vendace roe and smoked sourcream Zucchiniflowers filled with homemade ricotta and honey from Kagskäla
Charcoal grilled entrecôte from Westlaxmellangård, Annabella potateos and bearnaise made with wild herbs
Midsummer rose and strawberry sorbet with white chocolate namelaka
Price: 400€/adult/day + drinks
Local ingredients
Ellen & William have developed relationships with a number oflocal suppliers, and source everything they cook as closely as possible. Foraging plays a large role, as well as traditional methods of preservation, such as fermenting and smoking. They want their food to exemplify the summer in the archipelago with clean flavours and high quality ingredients.
Restaurants nearby
Hop on a boat from the island in the Finnish Archipelago and discover local restaurants. The journey is part of the charm, making each dining experience a simple yet delightful adventure across the water. Enjoy fresh, local flavors accessible only by boat, adding a touch of magic to your island stay.
- Källarvinden
- Farmorscafe
- Ullman's Villa
- Rousal Brygghus
- Örö
Your only job here might be to light the logs for the sauna, and to switch off from time. To disconnect from the world. But… When you’re done with that, the island offers plenty of ways to reconnect with the nature – and with yourself:
The beach
Sandy beach is bordered from two sides by dramatic rocks that reflect the shimmering water, also making it calm with most winds. The shallow end is shallow enough for kids to play safely.
Boating & Kayaking
There is a rowing boat with 4hp engine and a kayak for the guests to use freely to go around the nearby canals and islands. For longer boat trips, we can organise a rental boat with a skipper to take you around.
Island hopping
We can organise boat trips around the archipelago. There are countless amazing places around for day trips or even over-night. Better known destinations include Bengtskär (20 min), which is the tallest and the most beautiful lighthouse in the Nordics with an exciting history. Örö (10 min) is an ex-military island, nowadays hosting a guest harbour. It has a restaurant and other services plus an amazing nature. Aspö (60min) is a superbly idyllic little island with a tiny village where you can buy fish fresh from the sea.
Handcrafts
If you feel like doing some handcrafts, the workshop has a wide selection of hand- and power tools and there is a good stock of materials. We can also arrange for someone to help you on building a souvenir for yourself.
Hot tub, sauna & the sea
Heating the the hot tub and and the sauna is enough program for a relaxed day. There’s no limit how many times you can go between a plunge in the sea, enjoying the sauna and chilling in the hot tub. More info on the facilities-section.
