Lithuanian Foods To Try

[@EileenAldis]

*Reminder that this video was filmed before COVID-19 - we are not travelling at this time* 👉Are YOU a sauce person? 🙌

[@ИгорьЛазарев-х3с]

Hi from SPb, уоu have nice content

[@violetakam]

are u still in lithuania?

[@biljanar8966]

I have to go there one day everything looks so delicious

[@vakarejant]

the desert is something that goes with milk. you should have tried these with milk. aaand the amount of kastinys is never too much. you can eat it like yogurt

[@EileenAldis]

@@violetakam Unfortunately not but we want to come back :)

[@rogerdereske5923]

My grandparents were Lithuanian immigrants and l grew up living across the road from them. My grandmother was a fantastic cook and l miss her cooking. l'm almost 80 and shows like this remind me of my childhood. My daughter still makes kugelis for me on occasion! Still my grandma's recipe, handed down now through 4 generations...

[@denisebooth866]

Yes Kugelis. 😊.

[@MinMin-kv3rv]

this is the best presentation of Lithuanian food by foreigh bloggers I've seen. You found a good place for this too :)

[@Dave-le4iq]

I Agree

[@aurimasgirdvila]

That's right, you should represent our food for foreigners 😄

[@EileenAldis]

Wow, thanks so much! That means a lot to hear ❤️

[@JLjl1910]

Etno dvaras is one of the best :)

[@Sharazxxx1]

I neeeeeever seen a person to eat Šakotis (forest cake) with a fork. :) And lazy man(women) cake should be called "sloth". That's more accurate. ;) Anyway, i'm glad you liked it. Have a nice stay and come back.

[@vecislt]

I really hoped it was properly old school made Sakotis :)

[@linazukauskiene1617]

yes

[@linazukauskiene1617]

šakotis shakotis

[@KitKatGirly12]

How do you expect a person to eat tree cake when its covered in chocolate??? 😂😂😂😂

[@SalomejaSaulyte]

​@@vecisltIt wasn't. Šakotis is never covered in chocolate.

[@dziugaslapienis9038]

There's generally a potato quartet: Cepelinai (potato dumplings) Bulviniai blynai (potato pancakes) Vėdarai (potato sausages) Kugelis (potato loaf) You've tried the first two, so if you ever come to Lihtuania again, check the other two out as well (the restaurant you were at serves those dishes and they're great!) You said that cepelinai dough is made from half boiled, half raw potato. I'm pretty sure that this varies region to region, since where I'm from, boiled potatoes in the dough is a no no - only raw(but again, Vilnius might have it different). Believe it or not, the texture and taste gets affected quite a bit. Btw, tinginys (lazy man) or šakotis (tree cake) are usually not served as a part of a meal - they're on the table for guests to help themselves and DEFINITELY not served with nuts, chocolate or anything else traditionally - the restaurant tweaked it a bit (but the desert itself still looked great).

[@algkep]

Agree about the deserts, they are never served like that. To be fair, I don't think we have that many decent deserts. We do have potato stuff though :D

[@BrokenBackMountains]

And Žemaičių blynai. Also, I know they aren't Lithuanian but there was a time when you could get čeburekai at every bus station kiosk :) Oh and varsketukai and virtinukai for lunch at school or maybe balandėliai arba plovas. Again, not Lithuanian but very popular it kaip skanu :)

[@intronominus]

Cepelinai are always raw potato dough...even in Vilnius, except we used chicken in ours to make it healthier. This was a nice video to remind me of all my favorite foods.

[@BrokenBackMountains]

@@intronominus Try putting chili con carne in the cepelinai ;)

[@intronominus]

@@BrokenBackMountains just as long as it's not pork i am good 🙃 but that sounds amazing. 😋

[@rjzapper100]

I am American Lithuanian and was raised on these foods. You did a great job describing the dishes and the various tastes. I could not have done a better job myself....Thank You!!!

[@senseition]

I got so hungry while watching this :D

[@EileenAldis]

I feel the same haha :)

[@monikakavaliunaite8017]

"We eat potatoes with our potatoes" Honestly... True 🤣

[@EileenAldis]

😂❤️

[@darry6120]

I am Lithuanian and I always eat the potatoes at my grandmas

[@judithlindley4135]

Brilliant video! You two are so full of life and laughter, you make people smile and laugh, just what the world needs right now, Thank You x

[@nancyjohnson9247]

So much fun just watching you enjoy so many delicious foods. I had no idea Lithuania was a super power when it comes to culinary dishes. I like the soup in the bread bowl.

[@perskaudu]

as a Lithuanian, i honestly say, cepelinai and the pink soup are the wonders of this world.

[@JonnyJungle77]

My mouth is watering, that looked freaking awesome. I can't wait to make some of these dishes. Our ancestry will always be a bit murky, but I do know I'm 25% Lithuanian.

[@lindalouwagie-neyens4692]

Thank you for posting! It's so much fun to watch you eating the obviously wonderful food! It all looks delicious and makes me want to whip up some potato pancakes right now. Hats off to the Lithuanian moms and grandmas who could make such wonderful dishes from humble, simple ingredients: potatoes, mushrooms, beets, bread, garlic, cream, pork.... Wish I were there with you! I'm glad you had lots to bring home and enjoy the next day. Btw, I'm a soup and sauce person, too!

[@DogbrainIncorporated]

If you do that, don't be too lazy to prepare some circles of minced meat to add inside them. Half-burger thickness was my approach i guess. I personally pre-fry them before adding to the pancakes to play it safe so that no meat is raw in there, plus pre-frying removes the moisture from the meat and it doesn't prevent the potatos to cook around it inside. The circles should initially be larger in diameter compared to planned pancake size because they shrink while being fried. Plus, the pancakes shouldn't be like oreos where meat is visible between the layers of potato. If potato dough doesn't overlap the meat in both sides and stick to each other, you may have problems flipping the pancakes. They are refferred as Kėdainių blynai here, opposed to Žemaičių blynai which are made similarly but boiled potatoes are used instead of grated ones.

[@marijavitkunaite6675]

Hi, Loved your videos and your positive reactions to Your impressions in Vilnius! I am from Kaunas, and my favourite LT dish is Troškinti Kopūstai, which is stew of pickled cabage usually with smoked pork sausages or other pieces of meat in it. And Balandėliai - balls of minced meat mixed with rice wrapped in cabage leaves and stewed with carrots and onions, served with boiled potatoes and sour-cream. Also would recommend Tartar and Jewish cuisine, which is a part of Lithuanian heritage too as these nations lived here since ages: Kibin - pies with meat, vegetables or curd, traditionally with chopped sheep meat or pickled or fresh cabage, and Šimtalapis cake, which is kind of bahlava with thick poppy filling. Of fish dishes, of course, herring is the most popular, especially marinated, and Gefil-de-fish stuffed fish! No fiest goes on without a salad or hundreds of variaties of salads, which we simply call Mišrainė! Hope you come back for your next fiest (in summer ;)!!!

[@gyanlanevsky92]

The world needs videos like this right now! Love your positivity!

[@EileenAldis]

aww thanks so much! That's really lovely to hear ❤️

[@blueeyedbaer]

Native Lithuanian here. I wouldn't say that mushroom soup in a bread pot is a traditional way of eating mushroom soup. That bread pot is a recent invention for using in restaurants and impressing the eaters. We would eat mushroom soup with a slice of bread or bread bits in the soup but not a soup in a bread :) Salmon is a recent addition to potato pancakes. As wild salmon was available in Lithuania it was quite difficult to catch it and that's why it's not a traditional food. We would eat lots of other fish (herring, pike and carp are the most popular ones) but a smoked or cured salmon is not one of them. Also I have no idea why that particular restaurant puts pea sprouts on cepelinai. We sometimes add them to salad but otherwise they are not a common food to eat and definitely not on cepelinai. A tree cake is called šakotis in Lithuanian and that can be translated as a branched-cake because of those spikes. But it's a local variant of German baumkuchen (literally a tree-cake) which is called so because of the rings you see in cross sections of the cake which are formed because the cake is baked in layers on a spit over an open fire. It's usually eaten just with a cup of tea, coffee or milk and without powdered sugar, chocolate sauce or other fancy things. Other tradiltional Lithuanian food that you can try is lašiniai, skilandis, vėdarai, kugelis, karka, virtiniai, varškėčiai and obuolių sūris. Lašiniai is a smoked pork belly, really good with dark rye bread, pickled cucumbers and sliced onion or chives. Skilandis is a type of traditional smoked sausage. Vėdarai is potato sausage made by stuffing potato dough into pig intestines and baking them in an oven (preferably a traditional open fire oven). They're eaten with sour cream and bacon sauce of course. Kugelis is a potato casserole eaten, once again, with sour cream and bacon sauce. Karka is a smoked and baked or boiled and then baked pork knuckle eaten with potato mash/hot potatoes, sauerkraut and horse radish. Virtiniai are different kinds of dumplings with many different types of fillings, can be even sweet ones. Varškėčiai are either boiled curd cheese dough dumplings, which look a lot like gnocchi, or curd cheese dough pancakes. Both are eaten with some sweet sauce or sour cream and sugar. Obuolių sūris is a "cheese" made of apples. It's a dessert and tastes nothing like cheese, just looks like one :)

[@heyimlithuanian1003]

When your a patriot for your own country but dont care to learn it as much. Yep, thats me.

[@igorioko]

nice nice nice answer!

[@Steyr_Aug]

Damn imma need to visit dis restaurant cuz I'm native Lithuanian

[@redacikockaite981]

Kugelis with meat is the best thing ever.😍

[@vejaslaukuose5715]

Puikus aprašymas

[@Ugapiku]

Aaaa yes... a Lithuanian food orgasm syndrome, where you can't believe that basic products can taste so good 😂

[@barbarachandler4430]

My husband and I were there about 5 yrs ago, we loved it! We had very little Lithuanian food though. We were on an economy tour, just the 2 of us with a driver and our English speaking guide. They were with us for 90% of our vacation, with them we had ceppalinai, and I had a mushroom soup, another day we had pink soup and I had the best mushroom turnover. We had a different guide in. Vilnius who brought us to a Chinese restaurant, Warning, do not go to a Chinese food in Lithuania! The next 2 days left we had Indian food, amazing. We did eat Lithuanian breakfasts and loved those, the coffee throughout Lithuania was incredibly good.

[@RottenRonnies]

Oh my goodness. The food there looked incredible. Did I catch the name of the restaurant? I love the decor. It is like being in a cave. Very unique. Awesome vid.

[@crabLT]

It's called Etno Dvaras or Ethnic Manor. A callback to our past with manors and nobility.

[@tadasc8449]

Ironically noble ppl in Manor Houses were eating meat, mostly wild animals, and the peasants were eating potatoes 😁

[@crabLT]

@@tadasc8449 I never said it was accurate 😁

[@algkep]

@Garfield JV salmon and curd is a pretty common side for potato pancakes over here, and tastes very good. Is it a traditional way - of course not. Neither is bacon (to be fair it's first time I've seen it served like that). What is the worst is all the greens over cepelinai - well it's NEVER like that. And you don't take kastinys with cepelinai either. But to be fair, other than those, this actually looked like a pretty decent rep of the traditional meals over here. Lot's of others missed too, though :)

[@sushilover40]

I make saltibarsciai several times a month (the pink soup)! For years I've had gut issues, and this soup has healed me. The bacon sauce is made with traditional smoked pork fat called Lašiniai. (Sounds like lesh-shan-ay). It's a combination of sauteed onions, sour cream and Lašiniai. I have madle Cepelinai before! Not as easy to make as it would seem! My mom & grandparents were 100% Lithuanian. I hope some day to visit the country of my ancestors! Thanks for the great video!!!

[@EileenAldis]

Hi! You're making me hungry haha. That's cool you have Lithuanian roots - I hope you enjoy exploring there someday. Sounds like you already make a lot of the delicious traditional cuisine! ❤️

[@incog99skd11]

My Grandparents left Lithuania in 1909 on a boat to Germany, then on to Edinburgh, Scotland and then to New York. She was pregnant and 16 years old when she got on that last boat. My late Father made all of these fabulous dishes for us when we were kids. It's so fun to see where all these recipes came from!

[@EileenAldis]

Thanks for sharing this family story with me! How nice to have childhood memories enjoying these foods prepared by your dad. Did you have a favourite?

[@incog99skd11]

@@EileenAldis Potato pancakes with apple slices in them. By the way, if you don't have a special machine from Lithuania to grate the potatoes, you need to grate them by hand the old fashioned way one at a time. A food processor does not create the correct texture for the pancake. I can still hear the sound of Dad grating potatoes in the kitchen to this day.

[@EileenAldis]

@@incog99skd11 Thanks for that tip! That must take a while but be well worth it once you're eating the finished product. Do you still make them the way your dad did? Potato pancakes are so cozy and comforting, I think.

[@incog99skd11]

@@EileenAldis We make them the same way and use the same old grater he used in the 1950's. Add salt and pepper, some eggs and flour and apple chunks. Sometimes he used blueberries or bacon pieces.

[@EileenAldis]

@@incog99skd11 I love that you use the same grater. They sound delicious and I'm happy the tradition has been carried on. I still use kitchen items from my grandparents too. Very special.

[@mariusbzeckis]

omg, it was soo fun to watch you guys :D I was so surprised how far you went :D thanks for that big smile and nice words trying our foods.

[@citrinewilde824]

Wow! Everything looks SOOO good! You guys did a good job...that's a lot of food! :D And yes, I am definitely a sauce person too!

[@WuTangChopstick]

Your video review of Lithuanian cuisine is probably the best on KZbin.

[@EileenAldis]

Thank you - we're glad you enjoyed it! We made other videos about Lithuania if you'd like to see them as well - they're here: bit.ly/lithuaniaplaylist :)

[@Karolinute1]

I was in Klaipeda Lirhuania for only 8 hours. No time for the mushroom bread soup! Hopefully I will return. Fabulous presentation. Very informative with a positive vibe!

[@EileenAldis]

Thank you! So happy you enjoyed it :) Hopefully you can get back to Lithuania with more time to try more of the delicious foods!

[@thebebeleinchen]

Love your videos from my beloved Lithuania :))

[@EileenAldis]

Thank you! We absolutely loved visiting and would really like to return and experience more. Which part are you from?

[@thebebeleinchen]

@@EileenAldis Actually I am from Germany, but my husband is Lithuanian, so I have been many times and LOVE it there as well :) Ah and btw, he is from Seduva :)

[@FoodandFootprints]

Would like to try that psychedelic pink colored beet soup! We are huge fans of dill and can imagine it adds such a nice refreshing flavor to it

[@EileenAldis]

I’m sure you’d really enjoy it! I have seriously been dreaming of that soup since. It had such incredible flavour and tang and that PINK! Absolutely loved it ❤️

[@EileenAldis]

@tomiqus Maybe I'll have to give it a try! It's so delicious.

[@viliusvaisvila4510]

I don't know single person that dislikes cold beetroot soup, this soup is really delicious. To bad that at restaurants this soup can be not thick enought.

[@EileenAldis]

@@viliusvaisvila4510 It's super delicious and refreshing ❤️

[@terremoto6621]

Esa sopa es deliciosa. Una obsesión para mi.

[@olgaibeh1124]

Aww this is so beautiful presentation! Thank you so much! You are wonderful guys!

[@EileenAldis]

Hi Olga! Thank you for such a lovely comment! It means a lot to us ❤️

[@igoriskonkovas5678]

Greetings from Lithuania. I`m from Kaunas. I love cepelinai!!! but all lithuanian kitchen it`s amazing :)

[@EileenAldis]

Hello to you in Lithuania! 👋 Yes, your cuisine is deliiiiicious :)

[@edvardnavackas6537]

I’m originally from Lithuania but I live in Ireland for years. Glad to find out that you guys loved the food. Some of the foods believe it or not like Kastinas I don’t think I heard of myself. My girlfriend is Irish but she whent to Lithuania with me and tried most of the food and she seems to like it

[@EileenAldis]

Hey Edvard! We've never been to Ireland but we'd love to. We did indeed love the food in Lithuania and the people were lovely as well. It was a great visit. Glad to hear your girlfriend enjoyed the food as well. Perhaps you guys can both try more on your next visit :)

[@betsyfreeman6637]

Great videos!! I love the back and forth while you're eating the fried bread! Adorable!

[@bluemanchicago9421]

I'm a half lugan from Chicago, and I love Lithuanian food.....especially 'KUGULISS.' not sure I spelled it right, but it is deliciouslyyyyy. my Lithuanian Mom made the BEST Kugeliss in the world, lot's of bacon and sour cream......OMG.

[@JordSkaelve]

Try to visit Lithuanian food restaurants in Chicago "Grand Duke's Restaurant" or "Smilga". Amazing places.

[@juliegoodwin6850]

Wow, that all looked wonderful!!!!!

[@АндрейБорода-б7ы]

В каждом городе где останавливались в Литве искали Этнос Дварас , ну очень вкусно !с женой просто влюбились в литовскую кухню

[@EileenAldis]

Рад слышать, что вы оба любили литовскую кухню :)

[@patrikgaming1101]

Love the positivity im from lituania and this makes me happy 😃

[@EileenAldis]

Hey Patrik! I’m so happy to hear that :) Greetings to you in Lithuania! 👋

[@vytautestonkute4230]

Lithuanians watching this like: 👁👄👁

[@darry6120]

I'm Lithuanian

[@h7opolo]

delightful personality, intriguing, exotic dishes

[@EileenAldis]

Thank you :)

[@onelungg]

usually you eat tree cake with your hands :)

[@Kolapsed20]

Žinou man yi taip nervina

[@happyblade837]

@@Kolapsed20 ji

[@emilijuspoviliunas6009]

@@Kolapsed20 nu tai hi nežino, nes nėra valgiusi

[@Bad_Artist_]

I made two long treks across Lithuania, but that was decades ago when that kind of food was only prepared by little old ladies in their kitchens. Wow, such flavor! Nowadays you are getting a feast for the eyes as well, thanks to younger restauranteurs and their innovative presentations.

[@suzannemorrow9987]

Thank you so much! You are very easy to listen to and to watch. Happy and natural! I’m 50% Lithuanian, here in California. Bucket List destination, my Father’s homeland.

[@tooniemama6959]

Beautiful and delicious food. I am American-Lithuanian and i have so many wonderful childhood memories of these dishes. 🇺🇸 🇱🇹 🇱🇹

[@EileenAldis]

Hello! That's wonderful. We loved visiting Lithuania and made other videos there too. They're here if you're interested to see more of our time there: bit.ly/lithuaniaplaylist :) Do you have a favourite Lithuanian dish from growing up? I'm sure it's hard to pick!

[@SimonCap]

Tree cakes are usually ate with your hands as it's like a birthday cake that a lot of kids eat during their birthdays in Lithuania

[@EileenAldis]

Thanks for sharing that! I didn’t know it was also associated with birthdays 🎉

[@lauramickeviciene9652]

Oh so nice . Im lithuanian and so happy you tried and like our food. This is amazing xx Good luck :)

[@EileenAldis]

Hey Laura! Thank you :) We loved the cuisine and exploring Vilnius, as I'm sure you can tell from our other videos there. Hope we can come back in warmer weather someday too x ❤️

[@UtamagUta]

I'd suggest to try out other Cepelinai next time around! The ones with curd (curd and fresh herbs - magic) filling is my favorite. Also, Balandėliai - much easier on a stomach. Then again, it's a variant of galubcy of all slavic countries, just ours are wrapped in a cabbage leaf. If you feel adventurous while locked down at home, try making not only the lazy man, but the most traditional desert - take a fresh cucumber (short ones, with spikes) and dip it in honey. If Push comes to shove - to sugar. 👌 I was once watching a show of Victorian time cooking (English Heritage youtube channel) - and was appalled by cucumber ice cream never realizing that it was pretty much same thing i used to do at grandma's 😂

[@audingascepulis8302]

Omg guys I was laughing with you that's you like food so much. Because I am Lithuanian is well and big thank you that you came to visit beautiful my home land Lithuania. Please come back again many thanks see you soon. Bye bye.

[@santaabroma3573]

Love this video! Your bubbly personality is so contagious! Once I made Tinginys (Lazyman) here in UK and my housemates absolutely loved it, it was gone so fast! 😅

[@krameris1000]

Greatings from Lithuania ✌️👍

[@EileenAldis]

Hello to you! :)

[@blahLTblah]

Hello! Great video, but some fixes: With cepelinai you received sour cream with bacon cracklings in one cup. It was meant to be mixed together and then poured on cepelinai. Same goes for potato pancakes with bacon. It's what we usually do as it tastes the best (sour cream mixed with bacon cracklings) but it's not for everyone, some like to keep it separate and eat just with sour cream or so. And you missed some of the main traditional dishes. But I believe it's probably too much to try it all in one go... Almost impossible 😂 Anyway great video 👍 keep it up!

[@DDyzee]

Lithuanian myself, but in my humble 18 years (abroad 13 years and counting) I have never tried kastinys.I got to next time visiting home. Loved the positivity and respectful approach. ''When someone is showing or sharing their local foods , they are showing you their culture'' - being respectful was really lovely to see , as often Americans have very exaggerated reactions.

[@EileenAldis]

Thanks for your lovely comment. Hope you're able to try some on your next trip home. Whereabouts do you live now?

[@julijacybulskaja1878]

Thank you for beautiful video!

[@EileenAldis]

Thank you! So happy you enjoyed it ❤️

[@Shoo7er09]

I just love how much she laughs 😁🙌🙌

[@Creato749]

My top 5 best food combo is kvass with cooked bread and with some onions bc it gives the taste of my grandpas foods.

[@kevinwestrom4775]

I so love all of your reactions to the various foods sampled in this video. The wild mushroom soup did look super yummy, along with everything else shown. Yet another revisit to one of your videos. The Lithuanian foods all looked really tasty and can make one hungry for sure.

[@ddq57sm64]

Thank You for sharing this beautiful Lithuanian meal!

[@EileenAldis]

Hey Susan! Happy you enjoyed this feast as much as we did :)

[@ddq57sm64]

@@EileenAldis My Father was born in Skuodas in 1938.. When World War II came upon them, His parents gathered him and his brother and put them into a cart with a draft horse.. They travelled at night for many months and were put into a relocation camp in Germany. They were liberated and flew to the USA.. So proud of our heritage..

[@EileenAldis]

@@ddq57sm64 Wow, what a journey that must have been. Thank you for sharing that part of your story. You must be very proud of their courage and resilience.

[@Svendrys]

Amount of food you get when you visiting your Lithuanian grandmother:

[@EileenAldis]

Lucky!!

[@rugilenorvilaite6726]

Omgggg soooo trueee

[@franktoledo6342]

Bread bowl soap is nice. Good Video on food.

[@EileenAldis]

Hey Frank! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@kohyarnaderi5928]

Another great vid, thanks the food looked great.

[@biomanization]

Was this a scene from When Harry Met Sally in Katz’ Deli. You loved the food so much! Nice! I liked seeing you both so happy!

[@gintarasstolys2374]

Thanks for the good reviews about Lithuania...

[@vytasrauckis6703]

We used to have cepelinai only at church or a special event as it was quite a production to make them (think grating 100 potatoes and squeezing the starch out of them). One thing my family had a lot of was Kugelis. Of course, the sour cream and bacon was a staple side for all potato dishes.

[@EileenAldis]

Thank you for sharing that! I can only imagine how much work it would be to prepare potatoes like that. Definitely a special treat. I love sour cream so Lithuanian cuisine is great for me haha :)

[@rokaszekas7589]

you should try žemaičiu blynai, its pancakes with meet inside, really tasty

[@EileenAldis]

Thanks for the suggestion! I'm missing Lithuanian food 😋

[@ainolcrystal6182]

that looked delicious and reasonably affordable too, which isn't always the case....

[@vickygambardella7174]

You do a great job describing the food.

[@EileenAldis]

Hey Vicky! I appreciate that - thanks :)

[@AurelijaGriksaite]

I’m so happy for u guys ! 😀

[@VytasNeviera]

You need to try apple cheese! Best.Lithuanian.desert.ever.

[@biljanar8966]

Where?

[@WuTangChopstick]

@@biljanar8966 ask for Turgus directions

[@TheKadras]

Aš pirma kart girdžiu apie tokį😁

[@VytasNeviera]

Virginijus Prielgauskis Apie obuolių sūrį nesat girdėjęs? Išbandykite, patiks!

[@TheKadras]

@@VytasNeviera kur rast jį? Aš pats iš žemaitijos kraštų ir neteko girdėti niekada apie tokį

[@biomanization]

When in doubt, put sour cream on it!

[@jumbledorange7894]

Its so cool to react you eat our food.

[@akritenbrink]

Oh wow I was relieved to see the doggy bag because I was really afraid you guys were going to EXPLODE hahahahaaha All the food looked so yummy. Thanks for taking us along.

[@EileenAldis]

Hahaha I think it’s safe to say we would have! 😂😋

[@Vivaleo]

One question: how you guys eat all of this!?! Well, I had to say that now you can call yourself a real lithuanians, because: 1) You eat A LOT! 2) And you liked all of this dishes!! :))

[@markrcca5329]

I love that restaurant! I lived right across the street from it for a while. I ate there 3 times a week, LOL.

[@EileenAldis]

Hey Mark! How convenient for you 😂 What a fantastic and central location to live in as well. Lucky you to eat there so often. Did you have a favourite/go to order?

[@markrcca5329]

@Eileen Aldis it was the didžkukuliai/cepelinai with cottage cheese or the grilled salmon, since I was pescatarian at the time 🙂 it was also very reasonably priced while having an awesome interior and traditional menu which reminded me of my childhood.

[@dirtbaker]

As a Lithuanian,I honestly love those foods still while living in America, I also still get these foods and eat them in America, You can get it from Eastern European food stores.

[@tantronic7760]

I looooveee the bread with cheese and garlics, i love it when my mom makes it

[@tantronic7760]

I love kastynis aswell, i ate some today with potatoes

[@tantronic7760]

Never heard if the mushroom soup, probably cuz i live in the countryside and hate mushrooms

[@tantronic7760]

Beetroot soup is the moat traditional

[@tantronic7760]

Together with Cepelinai

[@auriaska99]

Tinginys is basically just a kind of chocolate sausage with cookies crumbs. It's simple but one of my favorite desserts. While šakotis or shakotis for English speakers (which literal translation is closer to branch/branchy something like that instead of tree cake but i guess it doesn't matter) is usually big and you use hands to break "Branches" off to eat it. Cepelinai vary from place to place, some people use boiled potatoes some raw and others mix two together, and to be fair i prefer raw or at least mixed ones to the boiled potatoes one. Other than what you already ate in the video i would've loved to see you try Vėdarai and kugelis. Both are potato-based dishes but IMHO they are great and were worth ha try.

[@brooksbrown580]

The Lithuanian Food looks good, But...Your Video , Dutch Food is my favorite ! Dutch Food is Amazing, Im a Chef of 25 Years Exp. And the Food we enjoyed in The Netherlands was the best, The Fried Foods, The Kibbling, And OMG ! The Cheese, so good, The Harring, The Fries in a cone, Vla is unreal good, and Dutch Chocolate Milk is Addictive ! But Lith Food looks really good too, Thanks for your great Video's

[@EileenAldis]

Mmmm your comment has truly made me hungry haha! I agree that Dutch food is fantastic. Trying new foods is one of our favourite parts of travelling. That's so cool you're a chef! 😊

[@alazkakumu]

wow..We gonna try these soon..

[@EileenAldis]

Excellent! Bon appetit :)

[@FoodandFootprints]

Soups in a bread bowl are a treat!

[@EileenAldis]

Agreed! Such a fun way to play with your food as an adult 😂

[@gabijadovidaityte5985]

Šakotis need to be eating with hands, not fork, I know cuz I'm lithuanian😂🇱🇹

[@july1087]

XDD genious

[@emilijuspoviliunas6009]

Yep, you gotts buy the whole thing from a local grandma and breaki it with your hands. It is dammnnnn delicious

[@gabijadovidaityte5985]

@@emilijuspoviliunas6009 ikr

[@darry6120]

Irgi

[@MrValgauzole1393]

@@emilijuspoviliunas6009 don't forget milk

[@SkeletonCavalry]

*me, a Lithuanian, gagging of the thought of eating tree cake, the lazy man with nuts and chocolate*

[@williamhevener2215]

So glad you are safe. Great video as always. Nice to see something other then the virus. Hope you picked a great place to quarantine. I am in Puerto Vallarta. I live here. It is a nice place to be

[@EddiePirolli]

You need to go to Nida, a beautiful and charming town. You can buy Amber for a reasonable price and try smoked fish, I particularly loved the smoked eel.

[@FoodandFootprints]

First time ever seeing Lithuanian food!

[@EileenAldis]

We hadn’t seen it either before visiting! 🙌

[@TheKadras]

It's time to come in lithuania 🤗🤗😉

[@TheKadras]

@@EileenAldis i houpe u realy like this🤗 u forgot a few dishes žemaičių blynai and kugelis😅 it's allso Potatoes😅with meat😁

[@MickeyMouse-qh6sw]

Hello, your videos are so good, so lovely and really interesting. We travelled last year from Vilnius via Riga to Tallinn. It is so cool to see your view of everything and to remember everything again. Greetings from Germany ☺️

[@ViajeniBree]

I agree! Because of them, I can't wait to visit Lithuania as well SOON. Well hopefully after the pandemic is gone. 😊

[@aurimasgirdvila]

You are so funny both :) glad to see you were enjoying Lithuania 😄👍

[@EileenAldis]

haha thanks! We loved it :)

[@emilijuspoviliunas6009]

4:45 we don't eat that exactly, we usualy have the mushroom soup with rye bread on the side

[@EileenAldis]

Gotcha. This was a nice way of presenting it in the restaurant :)

[@emilijuspoviliunas6009]

@@EileenAldis glad you anjoyed it :)

[@romasrumiancevas7512]

The deserts you ate you normally eat with your hands

[@EileenAldis]

Oh yeah? That'd make it easier and just as delicious :)

[@СерджиоШилов-н8ь]

Всегда поднимаете настроение!

[@deshpandegargee]

Raspberry ginger tea looked so refreshing ❤️

[@EileenAldis]

It was! Quite delicious ❤️

[@worldwildhearts]

Cool video! We.subscribed :)

[@armidaslepikas5540]

Yes...Lithuanian food is really good.

[@EileenAldis]

Yep!

[@otaviovieira1041]

Great video. 👊

[@EileenAldis]

Hi! Thank you! Trying all this food was quite a feast 😋

[@danielgustas1246]

I Love it, thanks.

[@EileenAldis]

Hey Daniel! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sumanmagar8376]

i enjoyed her laugh 😃😃😃😃

[@Gearupglobe]

My Lithuanian wife advised me this video but I like your smile the most stay blessed

[@EileenAldis]

Thank you - best wishes to you and your wife.

[@kevinwestrom4775]

Reviewing some of your food videos. Gotta love the Lithuanian fried rye bread covered in cheese. That sounds really good. For the cranberry pap, I would have guessed it to taste sweet, instead of an in-the-middle taste as you described it.

[@lisamartick6979]

Hi! Eileen, you have to try Lithuanian Dumplings! MY FAVORITE Lithuanian food!!

[@EileenAldis]

Hey Lisa! Mmm that sounds delicious! Are they different from the cepelinai we tried in this video?

[@lisamartick6979]

@@EileenAldis Yes !They are a lot like Polish Pierogies- Pasta filled with meat or fruits. My grandmother made these all the time. Served with melted butter and sour cream-Yummmyyyy!!!

[@lisamartick6979]

@@EileenAldis Eileen, I want to mention, Lithuanian Pancakes. Just fantastic. They are thin. They taste like crepes and are served with sour cream and jam. You would LOVE them!!!

[@iceysunflower8936]

Ugh this makes my mouth water i havent acc tried some and i would love to

[@robertbagnall619]

All this food makes me remember the good times with my Opa potato pancakes with sour cream homemade pickled cucumbers dark rye bread with cheese

[@wimeatsworld]

Absolutely looked amazing. Quite surprised at the prices for a country we've always been told is so very dirt cheap. Are these comparable to food courts or was this a bit of an upscale restaurant?

[@pavojus]

Eating out in lithuania isnt going to be expensive if you're from the western countries. Prices are a bit higher now since we got the euro, and of course, its the capital, but still i dont see their whole bill costing more than 60 euro ( and that was a lot of food)

[@emilijuspoviliunas6009]

Well yeah, that's one of the more expensive restourant, not your avarage

[@erase24paranormal]

Omg, you're so sweet you two!

[@EileenAldis]

aww thank you! ❤️

[@TheBupolo]

As a Lithuanian-American, I have to say you must have both virtinukai and kugelis. Simple but delicious.

[@rugilenorvilaite6726]

Balandelius😌 THEY ARE AMAZING