Lithuanian Cuisine

Lithuania is definitely worth a visit: destinations with well-developed tourist facilities, including hotels, holiday apartments and holiday homes—such as Klaipeda, Neringa and Druskininkaj—offer excellent conditions for a successful holiday in Lithuania. Investment is also currently being made in Lithuania’s tourist infrastructure (as we reported). But alongside the many other attractions visitors can enjoy during a holiday in Lithuania, the country’s cuisine is also well worth a closer look.

Local specialities: Lithuanian cuisine

Fish dishes feature particularly prominently on the menus of restaurants and hotels in Lithuania, especially in the Curonian Spit region. The area has an abundance of freshwater and saltwater fish, including crucian carp, a fish most people here know only by name. Fish such as zander, considered a delicacy in our part of the world, are a familiar everyday food in many regions of Lithuania. Delicate fish soups, hearty fish cakes and fish fillets baked in batter are testament to the creativity and variety of Lithuanian cuisine. As with matjes, fish in Lithuania is often eaten raw or lightly marinated, since it is always very fresh. Typical Lithuanian specialities to try on a holiday in Lithuania include other treats such as Zeppelinai (also called Cepelinai; potato dumplings filled with pork), Marinuota perpli (pickled herring), Zuvies frikadeles (pike fish cakes with bacon) and Sterkas tesloje (zander in batter). Along with the many fish dishes, Lithuania also has a wide variety of potato and meat dishes.

Anyone who samples Lithuanian cuisine while staying in hotels and holiday homes in Lithuania is almost certain to return home from their holiday convinced that Lithuania is well worth a visit for its food, too.