Trying Traditional Lithuanian Foods for the First Time! 

Some of my favorites: dark rye bread ("juoda duona"), dumplings ("koldūnai"), cabbage rolls ("balandėliai"), pancakes ("blyneliai" without fillings or "lietiniai" with fillings), flat potato dish ("kugelis") if you are not sick of potatoes yet. From sweets, any buns with poppy seeds, Lithuanian doughnuts with fillings ("spurgos", if you go back to Kaunas, try at the oldest place, Spurgine on the main promenade, Laisvės al. 84), similar to German Baumkuchen and found at every wedding ("šakotis"), you can get a small one to try from any bakery. In summer Lithuanian beer is excellent or kvass ("gira") if non alcoholic. Skanaus!

Lithuanians traveling the world or living and working abroad say that they miss Lithuanian black bread the most. Indeed, black rye bread is one of the best Lithuanian products and many types can be discovered. Some bakers bake tastier, others less, but worth a taste. And now in Lithuania, the tradition of baking black rye bread at home is revived. Delicious when baked in a clay oven. And if there is still a homemade GIRA on the table, then hhmm ...

I’m curious about the bread scene. I remember a Lithuanian bakery in New England that had an amazing light rye without a lot of seeds. Ive never found anything like it. Really enjoying your videos.

You should try our Cabbage Rolls. Or potato pancakes :)

I love your videos! I love how well put they are and your perspective on Lithuania is super interesting to see. Kudos!

What a wonderful experience! I am American-Lithuanian and I have so many fond memories of my Mother preparing these delicious recipes. Lithuanian food is so comforting.

Have you become a fan of buckwheat? As far as I know, buckwheat is eaten in LT as much as it is eaten in Russia or Ukraine. A nice breakfast: buckwheat smothered in butter.

As you like curd cheese so much, you gotta try traditional old school Lithuanian cake "Draugystė" (Friendship Cake) - it's fantastic, you're gonna LOVE IT! It's a curd cheese cake. As for everything, you wanna find a good quality bakery to buy it, but you'll love the cake! Cheers!

Watching from Australia. I miss lithuanian food, my favourite is potato pancakes. You should try it.

varskes suris ,varskes surelis , obuoliu suris , kastinys , ceburekas

Doesn’t look like diet food but it does look yummy. Seems like filled pastry dough is popular…and who doesn’t like pastry? Although it’s one of the most fattening things on the planet! It’s also looking like Lithuania is even less expensive than Mexico. Let me know when you start craving Mexican food and if you find any places that serve it. I’d be surprised if you find anything even vaguely authentic, but you never know! Enjoyed the video. Thank you for taking one for the team LOL!

Hope you get a chance to take some guided food or non-food tours. Really enjoyed the ones you shared from Baja.

Surprisingly kepta duona or fried bread as you called it is something that foreigners either absolutely love or absolutely hate, really no in between

I’m moving to Mexico September. I’ve watched your videos. Wish you were still there.

You need to try the beer. You were in Biržų Duona. Try Biržų alus (or Rinkuskiai)

I grew up on a lot of this food in Chicago. Most of it to me is winter food and can be a bit heavy in the summer. We call it our "soul food".

By any chance have you tried Cheese Džiugas House (Sūrio Džiugas Namai)? It's just down the street from the Gates of Dawn. It's really good. They make baked goods with a cheese that tastes a little like parmesan. It's very interesting.

That was an experience! I am looking forward to watch another one of your videos.

Try sweet cake called ''Šimtalapis'' (100 leafs).

You're eating good! I must admit, I don't really know what cheese curd is?

I understand they make excellent Pigs Ear...

Good looks so good. Thanks for doing this video. Would love to hear Lithuanian spoken…..is there a way for us to hear that in your videos? Glad you’re having fun!

Hi guys! You came to 100% pure no chemical shit country, why .. all natural in front of you, please,

Iš you žant to try real Kibinai (Kibinlar in original Karaim/Tatar) you should go to Trakai and try it at Kiubete Kibinai restaurant. The real ones are with lamb meet and must have some broth inside.

try honey using a slice of fresh cucumber

Hi Laura i think you was looking for "spurga" thats lithuanian name ;)

Would be worth watching if you told us the prices

Hello, can you please help me with how to get a tourist visa to Lithuania if you don’t mind

I am Norwegian and English may I ask yours how do you like Lithuania over Mexico

Kugelis!

That cheese curd is called "varškė" in Lithuanian. It's traditionally popular here. It's a pillar of Lithuanian nutrition. It's like Lithuanian version of ricotta, only made from naturally fermented milk aka Sour Milk ("rūgpienis" in Lithuanian). It is also healthier for the gut than ricotta. Evdn some lactose intolerant people can eat it. (Ricotta is made from fresh unfermented milk; we call it sweet milk (saldus pienas) aka just regular milk. Varškė is also more similar to traditional Indian paneer. In Canada they call it pressed cottage cheese, others call it farm cheese, and, of course, curd cheese. It's the same "varškė". The fatter - the better 🤤🤤🤤👍 P. S. Those curd dumplings you ate the other day (wonderful name for them, btw, - I could never come up with a name in English for it) are super easy to make. You can boil or pan fry them. Depending on what you add to the base pastry - you may get any flavor sweet or savory dish. With different sauces you may come up with even more interesting things😉👌

Šaltibarščiai is the best! Probably the only food that i eat too much when its in the fridge, i just eat and eat and eat till im totaly full and cant eat no more :D

You need to come back because you have not tasted the best dishes in Lithuania

I l9ve that you love our food

She butchered kepta duona so hard xD

I couldn't eat like that....well, maybe a day of it, but that's it! Looks so delicious!

Have you tried "sūrelis"? It's a candy / dessert... Basically cheese curds wrapped in chocolate and may come with some sort of filling in the middle like jam, poppy seeds, condensed milk, jelly... "Magija" is the best brand in my opinion

2:30 Kibinas (masculine singular form). So, you are right.

Awwww i hope i get to go this year ❤❤❤

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Hi haw r you the best food

Confession: I like to pause on some of your facial expressions they’re silly 🙃 but great video on the food there...looks d’lish! 😋

since you like potatoes and also liked that curd cheese (varškė) I'd recommend you to try "bulviniai blynai su varškės padažu" - potato pancakes with curd cheese sauce/dip (I personally like it thicker so its texture is more of a dip than sauce). Of course as most Lithuanian potato dishes those pancakes also go very well with traditional bacon sauce or soured cream or with both at once (my preference cause soured cream nicely balances the pork fat) ... but my favorite combination is those pancakes with plenty of curd cheese dip. Besides that way your meal not only consists of plenty of carbs and fat but also contains a good amount of protein :) Another very popular combination - potato pancakes with curd cheese sauce and salmon

moment of silence for those who never tasted "Cepelinai"

You know, Laura, I thought I might lose interest because you were no longer in Mexico, where we have wintered for the past 12-15 years, but I have become intrigued in your new travels. Best wishes and still watching!

We are meat eaters. Try kotketai & soup barkščiai, I myself like Chinese cuisine more then our national. If you eat only in modern restaurants, you'll get new stuff,not national dishes. All those small caffes gives already foreign stuff to eat. I don't like it. We usually make our own food at home, not walk to a restaurant. Expensive. Try sweet dish varškėčiai if you like curd & berries. Try šašlykas - a meat roasted on a bond fire. Then koldūnai, kukuliai, šaltiena, pasukos - milk drink, kastinys, vėdarai is really good. Try onions with bread & lašiniai and drink like vodka, wiskey or beer, or just without alcohol. Try silkė, a fish. Try fried cepelinai. Try sweet obuolių pyragas cake. Try guliašas. *nice Lithuania cuisine is near Palanga called *HBH Juozo alus* . You should visit this place. See online their site. Great food & place to see, good beer, food.

You are amazing i like your videos very much :) thanks

Try Vedarai :D

Get Kibinai in Kaunas ''Prezo'' kepyklele 101 - the best

Christ....you are still cute as hell

+5 kG ;-)

Love you

Fun.... doing the gracing. Enjoy!

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u prefer Lithuania over MX?

I am a fan of your channel, I dont know why you left Mexico for a European country.

Tacos.

I wouldn't eat any of that meat filled crap GIMME FISH TACOS !

You should drink “kevyra “ maybe you’ll like it