Estlander - good old Estonian cookery

1. Olde Hansa invites you to Estlander, a new restaurant respecting traditional
Estonian cuisine. Estlander is an eating-house offering thoroughly Estonian
food, where local raw produce are genuine and organic, meals are stewed on
live fire, cordial family of servants and “good old Swedish times” atmosphere
fill the stomachs and souls of Estonians as well as guests from strange lands,
with true bliss. In preparing the feasts, kitchen masters are also using the 17th
century novelty crop – the potato
Estlander lies next to Olde Hansa house, Vanaturu kael 3, Tallinn
Estlander´s halls await guests:
Ground floor: 28 seats (bigger hall) and 16 seats (smaller hall)
1st floor: Diele Hall 88 seats
For additional information and reservations, contact our letter maidens
by phone 6279 024 or reserve@estlanderfood.com

2. To larger parties – more than 4 guests – we offer an eating experience
Estlander´s feast:
ALL THE FAVOURITES OF ESTONIAN FOLK
TO FOOL A BIRD
Alder smoked cottage cheese herring
Sauerkraut salad
Ham
Marinated rufous milkcaps
Black bread
Quail eggs
Jurss - spread made of cannabis seeds
Elk liver delicacy
Cucumbers, Garlic
TO FILL THE STOMACH
The pride of Estlander – pot of four different meats stewed overnight in the
oven
Delicious salmon with beetroot
Oven baked potatoes filled with herbs
Mulgikapsad – sauerkraut dish with pork and groats from Viljandi county
Pumpkin salad
Oven baked carrots with cowberries
Broad beans with cream sauce
GOODIES
Marzipan cake
Water / coffee / tea
Price: 29 EUR / guest

3. TO TEASE THE STOMACH
The tinier the pot, the sweeter the dish
Jurss - spread made of cannabis seeds on black bread 4.80 EUR
Stomach can’t bear a heavy meal
Elk liver delicacy from county of Viljandi 4.20 EUR
Lungs make a dish for a dog, liver makes a dish for an eager man
Estlander’s plate for tasting 8.30 EUR
Alder smoked herring, smoked ham,
rufous milkcaps, sauerkraut salad, black bread
You walk the way you eat, you run the way you drink
Salad made of fish, cheese and vegetables 6.20 EUR
A fish doesn’t know where it’ll be caught,
a maiden doesn’t know where she’ll be taken
Salad made of meat, mushrooms and vegetables 6.20 EUR
Better meat on the platter than broth on the rod
SOMETHING FROM THE SOUP POT
Creamy lobster tail soup 6.70 EUR
Bigger the fish, thicker the broth

4. HEAVIER MEALS
Bear paws and elk lips, otter tail and bream navel are told to be the sweetest meats
SAAREMAA SHEEP LEG with minty wine sauce 21.50 EUR
A sheep doesn’t slay a wolf
THE PRIDE OF ESTLANDER 14.10 EUR
pot of four different meats stewed overnight in the oven
Smaller the pot, easier to catch the meat
The best piece of pork chop in a crispy coating 13.80 EUR
Everything is sweet for the eager even pork and eggs
The most delicious piece of ox meat 23 EUR
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Meat brings close, cabbage drives far away
FROM UNDER THE CLOUD AND VERGE OF THE WATERS
Guinea fowl broiled on a low heat 16,10 EUR
with a creamy sauce
16.10
What good is of two chickens if there’s no rooster to keep them company
Peipsi fish browned in cream 12.50 EUR
with alter smoked cheese sauce
You catch the fish that you fish for
Delicious salmon with beetroot 15,20 EUR
15.20
Fish doesn’t take a bait from a dopey
SWEET ON THE TONGUE, ENJOYABLE TO THE MIND
You can drink the mead sometimes, you can eat the white bread hundred times but
most of the times you have to be without
Sweet roll in a tasty pudding 4.50 EUR
Who eats rye if white bread is in the house

5. Estonian feast goody – a whole oven baked apple 5.20 EUR
Every tree has it’s own apples
Marzipan cake 4.80 EUR
Maret comes with a bag of cakes, Jakob brings a hard crust

6. WINE, BEER AND OTHER DRINKS
Wine energizes a man, beer gives him strength
White Wines
50cl 100cl
Grüner Veltliner, Allram Strasser, 17 EUR 33 EUR
Kamptal, Austria
16cl 75cl
Riesling, Johann Brunner, 4.10 EUR 19 EUR
Rheinhessen, Germany
Chardonnay “Mill Cellars”, 5.20 EUR 23 EUR
Hardy’s, Australia
Sauvignon Blanc, Regional Collection, 7 EUR 31 EUR
Nobilo, Marlborough, New Zealand
Red wines
16cl 50cl 100cl
Chianti Campetto, DOCG, 4.10 EUR 12.60 EUR 25 EUR
Toskaana, Italy
16cl 75cl
Valpolicella Ripasso, Campolieti, 7.30 EUR 33 EUR
Luigi Righetti, Friuli, Italy
Cabernet Syrah Grand Noir, 5.20 EUR 23 EUR
France
2005, Reserva, Marques de Càceres, 49 EUR
Rioja, Spain
8cl
2003, Põltsamaa Tõmmu, 4.50 EUR
Estonia
Sparkling wines
75cl
Reserva Oro Brut, Cavas Hill, 23 EUR
Spain
Reserva Oro Semi-Seco, Cavas Hill, 23 EUR
Spain

7. Beers
Wine says: "Spend some time!" beer says: "Stay for awhile!"
50cl
Estlander’s ginger beer 4.90 EUR
Saku Originaal 3.90 EUR
Saku Tume 3.90 EUR
Ciders 75cl
Bellot Cidre De Cru Du Pays Brut 13 EUR
HARD DRINKS
If you sense some stomach problems, find the medicine from spirits
4cl 200cl
SCHNAPPSES
Estlander’s apple schnapps 3.50 EUR 17 EUR
Juniper vodka 3.50 EUR 17 EUR
Sea-buckthorn liqueur 3.50 EUR 17 EUR
VODKA Viru Valge 3.50 EUR
GIN Bombay Sapphire Gin 4.50 EUR
WHISKEY Ardbeg 10YO 8 EUR
COGNAC Larsen VSOP 5 EUR
RUM Bacardi Black 4 EUR
CALVADOS Papidoux VSOP 4 EUR
BRANDY Vecchia Romagna 4 EUR
LIQUEURS
Vana Tallinn 3.50 EUR
Vana Tallinn Cream 3.50 EUR
Jägermeister 4.50 EUR

8. HOT DRINKS
Coffee refreshes, tea diverts
“Makes your body warm” drink 4.50 EUR
Gingery coffee drink, a bonnet on top 5 EUR
Coffee 2 EUR
Tea 2 EUR
MILD DRINKS
If you need a drink even water can taste like honey
30cl
Kama-drink with ginger 4 EUR
Apple juice 1.60 EUR
Orange juice 1.60 EUR
Blackcurrant juice 1.60 EUR
Kvass 2.50 EUR
Springwater 1.60 EUR
Vichy-water 1.60 EUR

9. WHAT ESTLANDER MEANS, WHEN HE SAYS...
... leiba võtma /to take bread/ - to eat
... leiba luusse laskma /to let bread go into your bones/ - to lay around after lunch
... ega see leiba küsi /it doesn’t ask for bread/ - it gives no trouble, it doesn’t bother
... läheb nagu leiba /runs out like bread/ – to spend much on something
... panevad leivad ühte kappi /they put breads in to same cabinet/ - they will get
married
... suud seks tegema /to grease your mouth with smth/ – to eat or drink a little; to
taste
... pühi suu puhtaks /wipe your mouth/ – you missed it out
... viib keele alla /makes you to swallow your tongue/ – tastes deliciously
... pudruveski /porridge mill/ – talkative person
... piimajõed ja pudrumäed /rivers of milk and hills of porridge/ – prosperity,
bountifulness, welfare
... puder ja kapsad /porridge and cabbages/ – big mess
... ei liha ega kala /neither flesh nor fish/ – not one or the other
... vana kala /an old fish/ – experienced person
... Kanade päralt! / For hen’s sake! – Damn it!
... mul on temaga kana kitkuda /I have to pluck a chicken with him/ – I have a
quarrel with him; we are at loggerheads
... nagu munavalus kana /like a chicken in an egg laying mood/ - restless
... nüüd keetsid supi kokku /you cooked a soup now/ – you caused unpleasantness
... nagu kuum kartul suus /like a hot potato in the mouth/ – can’t say even a word;
speechless