Lithuanian Food | 15 Dishes to Try in Vilnius & Kaunas | Americans Try Lithuanian Food

We hope you’re hungry! Today we’re tasting 15 different Lithuanian foods and drinks - lots of cabbage, plenty of potatoes, and a few surprises as well!
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00:00 Intro
01:08 Cold Beet Soup
02:08 Fried Bread with Cheese
03:20 Gira (Kvass)
04:13 Meat Filled Potato Dumplings
05:20 Chocolate Salami
06:41 Pickled Cabbage Soup
07:52 Kastinys
08:38 Kugelis
09:22 Apple “Cheese”
10:35 Beer
11:39 Mushroom Soup
12:21 Herring with Boiled Potatoes
12:52 Stuffed Cabbage
13:56 Mead
14:21 Sakotis
16:03 Sneak Peek
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Episode 7 | August 9, 2021
Vilnius, Lithuania & Kaunas, Lithuania
💩 "There’s a slight chance that beets could turn your poop pink...don’t ask me how I know that." -Jana
💨 “I don’t usually like cabbage ‘cuz it makes me gassy.” -Brett
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SUMMARY:
🍽️ Come and taste Lithuanian food with us!
➡️ In this episode we visit Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania to taste the top 15 dishes - hand picked by the Lithuanian people and the Lithuanian tourism board. If you like European food, you won’t be disappointed by these traditional foods!
1 🍴 SALTIBARSCIAI (cold beetroot soup) -It’s interesting...especially what’s floating inside of the bowl! Annnnd there’s a small chance it may make your pink poop! ...don’t ask us how we know ;)
2 🍴 FRIED BREAD WITH CHEESE - This goes really well with a cold beer!
3 🍴 GIRA (kvass) - “A superior refreshment on a hot summer day”
4 🍴 CEPELINAI (meat-filled potato dumplings) - Cue the drama! Watch this to see a bad breakup.
5 🍴 TINGINYS (uncooked cocoa cookie bar) - Also known as Chocolate Salami (in Italian). Plenty of chocolate, but no meat.
6 🍴 PICKLED CABBAGE SOUP - One of the best cabbage dishes we have ever tasted!
7 🍴 KASTINYS (sour cream butter) - We already like butter, but adding herbs makes it even more delicious! Plus, who doesn’t like potatoes with butter?
8 🍴 KUGELIS (potato pie/casserole) - If you like potatoes and if you like pie, then you’re destined to enjoy this Lithuanian dish.
9 🍴 APPLE “CHEESE” - Looking for unique charcuterie board ideas? This is the perfect addition! Looks gross but tastes amazing.
10 🍴 BEER - Need we say more?
11 🍴 MUSHROOM SOUP - Soup in a bread bowl. Yum. Enough said!
12 🍴 HERRING WITH POTATOES - This is probably common in all of the Baltic states. And the only Lithuanian food that Jana didn’t eat. Watch to find out why…
13 🍴 BALANDELIAI (stuffed cabbage) - “Who said I don’t like cabbage?!?” - Brett
14 🍴 MEAD - The only item on our list that we could not find ANYWHERE! (To the Lithuanian people who follow us on KZbin, can you tell us more about this?)
15 🍴 SAKOTIS (tree cake) - 1. It’s cake. 2. Cake ingredients include 100+ eggs. 3. Shaped like a tree. 4. Delicious!
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[@andriusjovaisa6756]

we love you.lithuania

[@IAmLempa]

These kinds of videos of people visiting our country and trying the traditional food makes me really smile and always makes my day 😊😊😊

[@AplinsintheAlps]

We're so glad we could make your day ;)

[@gamer_d]

My to

[@tomassneideris4997]

as a lithuanian i feel so special seeing something like this visiting the country! not much of the people from england knows this! ☺

[@AplinsintheAlps]

You're right, not many people know about Lithuania but we really enjoyed your country and its food!

[@astasurblyte8370]

you are right. not many people know about it but I do because my grandparents live in Vilnius, Lithuania. 💛💚❤

[@johnnymartinjohansen]

Tomas, I'll be driving from Northern Norway to Vilnius in about 2 weeks from now. If you have suggestions for dishes to try, not mentioned in the video, do please tell :)

[@milestakiguchi1264]

Awesome blossom,

[@raisinahillsrealtorgurgaon]

Honest Efforts ❤ Love From India 🇮🇳

[@tooniemama6959]

Lithuania is such a beautiful country. I am American-Lithuanian and I have so many fond memories of my Mother preparing these dishes. Lithuanian food is so delicious & comforting. 🇺🇸🇱🇹

[@AplinsintheAlps]

I love that you have memories of your mother cooking this amazing food! So special. Thanks for sharing!

[@suevialania]

i enjoyed the pink soup when i was in Vilnius! ! Greetings from Portugal💚💚❤❤

[@okmickey232]

My wife is Lithuanian, so i have come to love most of these dishes. I never eat cabbage (boiled) in England, but really enjoy it in Lithuania. It's a great country.

[@l.st.6445]

Pink soup and cepelinai is the best food for me !

[@kigggggg]

My partner is Lithuanian so iv had to pleasure to try alot of these! Lithuanian cuisine is delicous.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

We agree!

[@BoobieDealer]

About that Mead thing, maybe nobody understood this, but you can easily buy in every market in alcohol section :D We call it - Midus.

[@ltucubing5451]

I'm Lithuanian and I was surprised you guys didn't like cepelinai or how you say it meat filled potato dumplings because I've only met one person who doesn't like cepelins or meat filled potato dumplings. Great video by the way!!!

[@AplinsintheAlps]

You’re so kind, thank you 😊 We were surprised too! But we would be happy to taste them again in another restaurant and see if we like them better!

[@Harold_Young_Sim_Pilot]

jo jo why didnt they like cepelinai?

[@dovisdambrauskas6840]

I am 🇱🇹Lithuanian

[@Mrs_Cloud_]

Idk why i saw them but im in the vid woooo

[@kazysvenckus6916]

tai bliat tie cepelinai be padazo be spirgu, cepelinai be padazo ar spirgu ne cepelinai

[@MrGreatplum]

You guys did well with the stay in the castle and that wonderful food. I’m not sure about the wading through the mud though 😂 I’ve stayed in a castle once - the youth hostel in Nuremberg is part of the castle there 😀

[@Beny123]

It was such a delight watching you two trying out all the good food Lithuania provides.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Aww thank you 😊We had a blast eating our way through Lithuania!

[@vilmantasbalasevicius3065]

yo like the cepelinai you need the sause

[@universalstudioseurope3756]

I am form Lithuania everything is good food 🍲👍👍👍🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹

[@AplinsintheAlps]

We totally agree, nothing was horrible and we would eat most of it again!

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Especially the fried bread with cheese 😋🤩

[@rita3206]

@@AplinsintheAlps 😋

[@nojusbacinskas8950]

@@AplinsintheAlps i want to go back there nowwww❤❤❤🇱🇹

[@AplinsintheAlps]

The fried bread with cheese is calling, you should answer and go visit Lithuania 😁

[@alphadog3384]

The cold soup is borscht good with sour cream mixed in.

[@coolsink1002]

I am Lithuanian and I love when people try our food. For me I love the cold beet soup and tree cake!👌👌

[@zaiCIKasSSJ4]

Lithuania dishes are good because they are simple and at the same time unique.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

That’s a great way to describe them!!

[@hmm2674]

thank you for visiting ma country

[@AplinsintheAlps]

We enjoyed it! :)

[@arturasmiliauskas9725]

Yuo super.

[@arturasandriusaitis8832]

Amazing film about my country and our Lithuanian food! Thank you and good luck for you!

[@AplinsintheAlps]

We’re so glad you enjoyed our video and that you think it’s a good view of your country! We really enjoyed our visit 😊

[@michellesmith6636]

sutinku :)

[@eitvydaslaurinaviciuss659]

Of course its good that other country people going to visit our country. I like most of the food you ate there but i would recommend next time try to get some advise where to eat that food coz what i seen you just went to any place to get it try.

[@MrGreatplum]

All the comments about cepelinai being better at home reminds me of Cornish pasties here in the UK. You’ve not tried those until they’ve been made by a native Cornish person! That food all looks great! Would love to visit Lithuania!

[@user-sy8kt9mg8t]

Im Lithuania i like šakotis🤤🤤🤤😍😍😍

[@astasurblyte8370]

I have been to Lithuania many, many times because my grandparents live in Vilnius, Lithuania.💛💚❤

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Oh wow, they come from such a beautiful and vibrant city (with lots of great food too)!

[@gowithzy]

Wow! Greetings from Lithuania!!! Balandeliai, kugelis and sakotis are my favourite!!!

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Hi! 🙋‍♀️ 🙋‍♂️ Those are all yummy, especially the sakotis! We were curious if there is there a special time of year or holiday when most people eat sakotis?

[@wooshbait6023]

@@AplinsintheAlps Christmas, birthdays, other holidays and sometimes guest gatherings

[@AplinsintheAlps]

So it sounds like you can eat this a few times a year…or more! 😋😁

[@vytautassulcas6494]

@@AplinsintheAlps real good Shakotis (backed on wood fire) is too expensive for daily meal. The version uve tasted is for tourists mostly

[@krameris1000]

Greetings from Biržai 🇱🇹

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Hello! Thanks for watching!!

[@AlexWhite987]

So pity you didn't get mead. It's called midus in Lithuanian. And it is one of the oldest known local alcohol. Stakliskiu brand is the most famous, if you still want to check it out 😉

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Thanks for that tip!

[@TheLivy]

The way she said šakotis is soo funny (im not hating)

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Can you tell that we don't speak Lithuanian?!? 🤣🤣

[@REGameFly]

Congrats on taking all of those meals!

[@AplinsintheAlps]

It was a delicious tour 🙂

[@cerebrumexcrement]

i dont even know where lithuania is on the map so i appreciate this for broadening my horizons.

[@Halfdanr_H]

My girlfriend is Lithuanian, living in the UK. From me she learned to drink milk in tea, British sausages, Yorkshire puddings and gravy. She still thinks baked beans are disgusting 😂 I like it when she cooks Lithuanian food. The salads taste good, the cooked meats are very tasty and I enjoy the dill on mashed potatoes.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

That's one of the things we love most about traveling - tasting the local foods! And we agree, the dill is delicious!

[@lucatoni4509]

british food is not health at all

[@lietuvaitelietuvos3650]

I live in England for 16 years aa I'm married to a British man. Lithuanian food is is what I dream of all the time !!

[@mangoesandfun]

Your videos are always so informative and fun to watch!

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Thank you! We’re so happy to share our fun attitudes and helpful tips with you 😊

[@vytasrauckis6703]

The Sakotis is a traditional cake at Lithuanian weddings.

[@ernestkhamilovgigachad8082]

Hey, thanks for visiting my country i appreciate it.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

You live in a beautiful country, and we really enjoyed being there! 😊

[@ernestkhamilovgigachad8082]

Thank you !

[@ernestasslickus1878]

im happy to see that people like our country when it was bin 7 years but the dumpling in my opinion is one of the best dishis in lithuania

[@gitakolomejec2909]

Yea am not gonna lie its pretty good

[@hokkaido111]

Thank you for sharing the video. Soup with beets looks delicious.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Thank you for watching! It was tasty!

[@bjreed6088]

😂❤🎉 Thanks! I'm 1/4 Lithuanian and now know why I like many of the foods reviewed in this video.

[@xspichki8982]

Glad this came up on youtube suggestions, you guys energy made my morning

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Awww you're so nice and we're happy to bring you some joy! Thanks for watching!

[@katherineleamy3453]

That was so interesting. Well done. Loved the scenery as well as the food.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Thank you Katherine! We wanted to show a bit of the cities in addition to just the food 😊

[@AplinsintheAlps]

You are so kind! Thank you for watching and encouraging us!!! 😊

[@vilmantasbalasevicius3065]

the sause is there for a REASON

[@SuperKingbunny]

this was great, got a list of foods to try for my trip!

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Fantastic! We hope you get to try them all - and enjoy them too! 😊Where will you be going on your trip?

[@SuperKingbunny]

@@AplinsintheAlps to the capital Vilnius 😀 thanks for replying

[@remigijusnorkunas2433]

vedarai - best food in LT =] to my opinion

[@SlovenianGirlAbroad]

I shouldn’t be watching this before my lunch. 🥺🤣😂

[@AplinsintheAlps]

🤣Making you even more hungry? 😉

[@SlovenianGirlAbroad]

@@AplinsintheAlps Yup. 😂🤣

[@susanmeyer7783]

My adopted grandma and my adopted great grandma were lithawanien my great grandma gave me lots of hugs my grandma she cook everything HOMEMADE she feed me as much as I want and dessert I love them I miss them

[@AplinsintheAlps]

That sounds like a great family with yummy food and traditions!!

[@angelicastefanovc9476]

Hello guys, Welcome to Lithuania. I wouldn’t eat zeppelins either, since you ate it. You definitely have to eat it with the sauce that was offered to you. It was a mistake. It completely changes the taste.Try the sauce another time and you will be very surprised how the taste has changed.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

We always try the food plain first, and then with the sauce. It still wasn’t our favorite, but not bad either!

[@michellesmith6636]

all the foods amazing..rich in texture.... yum yum yum!

[@AplinsintheAlps]

You're right, the Lithuanian food had such unique textures! Have you tried any of these foods before?

[@michellesmith6636]

@@AplinsintheAlps of course i am lithuanian.. its my dishes

[@AplinsintheAlps]

That’s wonderful! You’re lucky to have such tasty food 😋

[@michellesmith6636]

@@AplinsintheAlps you can eat it too!

[@Toastmaster286]

fried bread with cheese makes me want to marry it

[@andriustamasauskas]

vėdarai would be one of the thing you missed to try

[@nerrychannel8930]

I love Brett, I like your comments on the food. I am Ameican, so I know how food taste like...

[@AplinsintheAlps]

We're glad you find him funny and entertaining:)

[@laife5363]

Fun fact: translating the name tinginys actually means a lazy person, because it is easy to make at home. ( At my home we make it with some chocolate and "gaidelis" cookies) Another fun fact: the Saka part of the word sakotis actually translates to branch.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Jana loves fun facts, so these translations are fascinating! We hope other viewers read the comments to learn this too. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise :)

[@VincentZebraitis]

As an American of Lithuanian descent (pursuing my LT dual citizenship), the Cepelinia that they had was missing the key elements in their taste test... Spirguciai (bacon bits and bacon grease) and sour cream (which for Lithuanians is more of a side-seasoning around any potato dish rather than a dairy food). Although they were served on the side of the plate that they were served, they just ate the cepelinas ... well... 😁raw! The bacon bits and grease should have been applied liberally in a very unhealthy way (of course). THAT is what makes the difference! It is a common food of the people and should be eaten that way. Anthony Bourdain would have approved.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Thanks for the tip. We always taste the food by itself first to get the “raw” flavor. Then we add the toppings or sauce and taste again. We want the whole food experience, of course!

[@VincentZebraitis]

@@AplinsintheAlps - Hmmm... I look forward to your future riveting detailed review of "Hot Dog in Bun". 😝

[@rolandasstrikauskis998]

Good job 👏

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Thank you 😊

[@SvajuneAntonovaite]

that was so beautiful and brett almost sounds like lithuanian i am sooooooooo happy to see you guys trying our food much love from Lithuania

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Wow, Brett must be a good actor if his Lithuanian sounds good, hah!

[@SvajuneAntonovaite]

@@AplinsintheAlps haha oooooooor he have some lithuanian blood wich he doesn't know :)

[@AplinsintheAlps]

He would love to discover he has Lithuanian blood!! But maybe if he eats enough Sakotis it will happen naturally ;)

[@SvajuneAntonovaite]

@@AplinsintheAlps hope so :)

[@pauliusramanauskas6616]

The meat and cabbage is called Pigeons

[@ruthb7335]

You should come back to Lithuania and taste Skruzdėlynas🥰

[@oldweng]

The Lithuania red color sausage had been introduced and manufactured to a city in China since 1909 by a merchant, it becomes one of the very popular local sausage.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

So Lithuanian food is even popular in China? How interesting!

[@augustasnecajevas71]

I am from Vilnius, Lithuania

[@AplinsintheAlps]

You live in a beautiful country!

[@lkovalinait]

In Vilnius, Gedimino pr., they have a special bar JUST for mead. It's called "Girta Bitė" aka "Drunk Bee". They have a wide variety of options from flavor to strenght

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Someone else commented about Drunk Bee. We've added it to our Google Map so we can remember it next time we visit Lithuania! Thanks for the tip! 😊

[@victorkazlas297]

you have missed one - vedarai, or like we explain for englishmans - shit out-potato-in. :)

[@emilija9997]

I never meet my dad and he is in lithaunia. and i speack lithaunia like labas tu ne you

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Very cool! How fun that you are Lithuanian and speak Lithuanian too! 😊

[@virginijavenclovaite5376]

I am from Lithuania and I really like these foods from Lithuania

[@AplinsintheAlps]

They are delicious 😋

[@ruicalvet8625]

😉👍

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Thanks! 😊

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

14:04 Mead? Ye, for sure in alcohol stores, just look for "Midus" :D

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Ah we didn’t know it was called midus. Thank you for the tip!

[@BrokenBackMountains]

You didn't add the grietine and spurgai to your cepelinai. That wee bowl next to it... Also cepelinai is great winter food.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

We got the list of these foods straight from the Lithuanian Tourism website! These are what the Lithuanian people said were the most popular items :)

[@BrokenBackMountains]

@@AplinsintheAlps The cepelinai came with a little bowl. That had cream (grietine) and bacon bits (spurgai). You put them over the top of your cepelinai. Totally different experience and flavour.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

We'll definitely have to try that next time!

[@Agneskitchen]

As I'm lithuanian, it was so much fun to watch you 😍😅 can't believe you didn't like cepelinai 😭😅

[@lordmikethegreat]

Yeah, mead, (or midus or midaus in Lithuanian) isn't that popular, really, but there is another honey liqueur drink called Krupnikas which is the bomb! Try it next time you are there!

[@virginijusurbelis5704]

Hey I'm Lithuanian my name is Victoria in Lithuanian it's Viktorija so we really like potatoes I'm 11 years old and I know how to make every single of Lithuanian dishes you have tried and in our past we were eating black bread and our nobility were eating white bread but it wasn't coming from French it was from almost 80 years ago living family who started it all

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Hello Victorian, thanks for watching our video about Lithuanian food! The history of black and white bread is so interesting. You sound like a great chef if you can cook these dishes, yummy! 😊

[@KodiBrehdon]

Like from LT :)

[@kristinam5965]

Try spurgas (it's something like doughnuts, just with cottage cheese) next time, they are very nice, and it is a place in Kaunas Spurgine, which sells them more than 30 years.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

We will definitely add it to our list for our next visit. Thanks for the suggestion 😊

[@Laurynas_LTU]

The next time you visit Lithuania, if you want to try something discusting sounding, try vėdarai. That's pig's intestines cleaned, stuffed with mashed potato with onion and baked in the oven. The final result is a baked potato "sausage" with a crispy outer layer (the pig's intestine).

[@AplinsintheAlps]

A few other viewers have mentioned that, and it sounds pretty delicious and worth trying :) Thanks for the recommendation!

[@user-rizzy62]

I’ve been to Lithuania and enjoyed all of the food, including the delicious vedarai. To me it was a similar taste of the kugilie. The sakotis was to die for………

[@UtamagUta]

Unique and enjoyable video :) Hopefully your trip was as enjoyable :)

[@AplinsintheAlps]

We're so glad you enjoyed our video! Thank you, we had a great trip to Lithuania! Have you been there before?

[@hmm2674]

my grandpas picles are the BEST

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Yum!

[@universalstudioseurope3756]

Good food sakotis is one of my favorite cake like you are the best youtuber in all if world and lithuania 🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹

[@AplinsintheAlps]

You’re so kind 😊 We LOVED the sakotis! In fact when we carried it out of the bakery, a little boy around 5 years old went “Ooohhhh!!!!” 😂

[@itsugne0204]

I'm Lithuanian so, I'm really glad to be watching this video! Btw you should try making cepelinai at home!

[@AplinsintheAlps]

So glad you found our video! 😁 Oooo that’s a great idea to try them at home! Do you have a recipe that you can recommend?

[@MsGwwen]

Going to Lithuania for my wedding next week. Super excited to eat Cepelinai! 🤤 And all the deserts from this video + sūreliai! 🤤

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Wow, what a beautiful place to get married! Congratulations!!

[@modisp]

Mmm sūreliai... Solid choice.

[@konstantinasnavardauskas4495]

Very fun review, loved it!

[@AplinsintheAlps]

You’re so kind, thank you so much! 😊It was so much fun to try everything, and then to share it with our awesome KZbin friends!

[@boyinpyjamas]

Great energy guys! i want some Sakotis now :D

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Thanks! And we do too, yum yum!

[@adriennehart7453]

That cheese bread… yum!

[@AplinsintheAlps]

It was amazing! I think I’m going to try and make it at home sometime, so we can share with you!

[@UtamagUta]

@@AplinsintheAlps Secret ingredient is rye bread :) Pick the one that's most delicious on by itesel (it does make a difference!). Slice it to peaces, fry on a pan with oil (no need of deep oil frying) and THEN *rub with garlic*. We do not eat that with fatty sauce or cheese that often. Also white curd cheese is sad for not being included in that list as it's most unique and traditional of them all 😥 P.S. word @cheese@ means a method of making a product- squeezing. it does not mean an ingredient it was made of.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Yummy, thanks for the recipe! We can definitely find homemade rye bread in our home town, but I’m not sure we can find the same kind of cheese because cheese is very different in America than in Europe! I’ll let you know how it goes when we make this 😊

[@UtamagUta]

@@AplinsintheAlps we don't add cheese on daily basis. Just bread and garlic :) Just bake it longer than a toast. Bread should feel crisp and firm - like a potato chip

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Yummmmy. I seriously can’t wait to try this!!

[@ruslarusla3320]

you have to pour the souce on the cepelinai

[@AplinsintheAlps]

We tried it both ways to see which flavor we liked best 😊

[@chealysm]

I love it tysm for trying or countryside food! ❤❤❤❤❤🇱🇹

[@AplinsintheAlps]

So glad you love it! We always enjoy trying the local food 😁 What’s your favorite Lithuanian food?

[@chealysm]

My favorite food is the tree cake!

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Ours too! It’s so delicious! 🥰

[@arizonad8012]

When I first tried cold beet soup I was in haven :)

[@AplinsintheAlps]

It is pretty delicious 😋

[@Joan-ot9nf]

Oh my, I'm craving kugelis now 😭 great video guys

[@Bianca-sw5id]

Lithuanian is so fascinating. . .

[@AplinsintheAlps]

It is a beautiful country and we really enjoyed our time there!

[@Bianca-sw5id]

@@AplinsintheAlps so great to know 🙂

[@gerdpapenburg7050]

13:30 - in Germany we call these Kohlrouladen

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Yum! We’re in Germany right now so maybe we have to find those 👍

[@noif2496]

Dude dont forget it comes from Lithiania :D

[@blueeyedbaer]

@@noif2496 No, it's a dish from Eastern Europe/Balkan. Turks have it, Romanians have it, Bulgarians have it, Croatians have it, Ukrainians have it, Polish have it. It's not an original Lithuanian dish, it's a regional one.

[@noif2496]

@@blueeyedbaer dont take it so close im just playing :)

[@piotrliman9464]

Sakotis is known in Poland as Sękacz and is popular in northern east part of country

[@AplinsintheAlps]

We would eat this anywhere we can find it!!

[@blueeyedbaer]

"Etno dvaras" is not the best place to eat cepelinai. I don't know what they do, but they always spoil cepelinai there. They also add pea shoots which is totally unnecessary and not traditional. I also haven't seen if you've eaten cepelinai with the sauce, you must eat it with the sauce, it's an integral part of the dish. It's better not to dip pieces of cepelinai into the sauce but to pour the sauce over cepelinai. The same with kugelis, you just pour the sauce over. Mead is not a popular drink in cafes, restaurants or bars but you can get it at almost every shop where they sell alcohol.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Wow thank you for your amazing tips! Especially about how to pour the sauces and eat things - we always wonder if there is a certain way to eat something for it to taste the best. A few other comments mentioned buying mead in the store but we had no idea. Guess we will have to return to eat cepelinai the proper way and to enjoy a glass of mead! 👍😁

[@blueeyedbaer]

@@AplinsintheAlps Next time try cepelinai at Šnekutis in Užupis district of Vilnius. It's a cool place with local beer and some Lithuanian dishes. Senoji trobelė is a Lithuanian traditional restaurant in Naujamiestis district of Vilnius. They have lots of different dishes and cepelinai is better there than at Etno dvaras. If you have a chance, try baked/pan reheated cepelinai, it changes the taste completely. Ertlio namas is also a Lithuanian restaurant with a twist of fine dining. A bit expensive but really good.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Oh my goodness I’m saving all of these places on our map for next time! Thank you so so so much!!!

[@ugnikalnis]

@@AplinsintheAlps Lokys at oldtown also is a great place for traditional food.

[@angelstuff7608]

Ask some lithuanian grandparents to make you some and they will be epic

[@karolissukys8454]

Loved the video! Kugelis and balandėliai are the best dishes in Lithuania indeed 😄

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Thank you so much! They were so tasty!! 😊

[@Mrs_Cloud_]

Im lithuanain and u guys are in my town

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Very cool!! Which town do you live in?

[@YUM3K0_11]

as a lithuanian i want to tell from 5 years kids can drink kvass

[@AplinsintheAlps]

That's so interesting! Do many kids like kvass?

[@tinka7a]

Cepelinai is good , what are u on about ?

[@ievastrolyte1057]

You also need to try simtalapis

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Okay! We like tasting new foods! What is it? 🙃

[@ievastrolyte1057]

@@AplinsintheAlps it’s super tasty and sweet. It’s a 100 leaf cake with either curd cheese or poppy seeds inside sprinkled with icing sugar. It’s so nice if you have a huge sweet tooth.

[@AplinsintheAlps]

Yum! Brett definitely has a sweet tooth so he would love that! Okay, adding it to our list for our next trip to Lithuania, thank you!

[@vytautassulcas6494]

@@AplinsintheAlps Actualy its a Caraims traditional food along with Kibinai (survived only in Lithuania according to Unesco) you should try as well. Grand Duke Vytautas brought Caraims from Crimea to his castle Trakai 25kms away from Vilnius. Must to visit location.

[@LedCepelin]

how are Lithuanians not fat after eating this much bread? If you check the nutrient info you will find that we do not put that much sugar in bread. Without the sugar, there is no reason to believe bread is bad for you :) especially rye bread, which is traditional. I knew the fried bread is a banger, but I was surprised you guys liked kvass, I thought it to be an acquired taste, most foreigners hate it(in my experience). Nice to see you guys had a good time in my city... but now I want some kugelis (I put forest mushroom and cream sauce on top)

[@AplinsintheAlps]

How interesting about the bread! We like the nutty flavor of bread, but the garlic rye bread is hard to beat! 😍 And yes the kvass was absolutely delicious! I’m sure homemade kvass has different flavors, so we’d like to try more variety next time. And yum, save some kugelis with mushroom cream sauce for us! 😉

[@Shimanas527]

Everyone i know loves it

[@vytautassulcas6494]

dont call Gira a kvass

[@ViktorijaKo]

What a great video! Thank you!

[@AplinsintheAlps]

You’re so welcome! Glad you enjoyed seeing these Lithuanian foods! 😊

[@Lithuanian_guy1]

We arent fat because in summer and the other one i forgot name we go to hikes travel and explorr and in winter we just sit there and eat...

[@cookwithshabanatahir6458]

Wow beautiful view Masha Allah

[@sujarumas]

What a lovely pair. Best of luck to you!

[@AplinsintheAlps]

You are so kind 😊Thank you so much!!!

[@W1th3rkl4r4]

Tree cake my faw snack i always got in my bday not a bday caKe but tree cake ^^

[@AplinsintheAlps]

A tree cake instead of a birthday cake is a fantastic idea! Maybe we will ask for that next year instead :)