Ma ke alahaka o waena o Scandinavia a me'Estelika Hema,ʻo ka'enekeneʻo Bostic o Latvia he wahiʻaiʻoluʻolu ia e hoʻopiʻiʻia ana e nā'āina e pili ana, akā, ua hanaʻia e nā loina ikaika a me nā mea maoli. E manaʻo i ka hoʻopuniʻana o ka hearty a me ka hoʻolimalimaʻana i nā mea pili i ka nohoʻana ma nāʻaoʻao o nā kīʻaha o borscht ma luna o nā menus ma Riga. Aʻo ke kūlanakauhale ka home kūʻai nui ma'Elepa, kahi i kūkuluʻia ma nā papa hana Zeppelinʻelima. ʻOiaiʻo kaʻai Latvian kekahi o nā kumu kiʻekiʻe loa e kipa aku i ke kūlanakauhale nui-eia nā piha 8 he hikiʻole iāʻoe ke haʻalele iā Riga me ka wahoʻole.
01 o 08
ʻO Pickles a me Sauerkraut
Ma Riga's epic Central Market e loaʻa iā Zeppelin hangar holoʻokoʻa me nā hale kūʻai e kūʻai ana i nā hua a me nā huaʻai a me kahi koho nui o pickles. Hiki i nā mea paʻa waiwai ke kōkua iāʻoe iho i ka puʻu o ka sauerkraut crunchy aʻikeʻoe i nāʻano pilahi a pau me nā kāloti, nā'ōmato, keleka, nā halore, nā pīniʻeleʻele, ka'alapalū a me nā kukama kūlana i hoʻonaniʻia me nāʻano mea kanu a me nā meaʻala. ʻO ka sauerkraut he paʻalina Latvian a me nā hiʻohiʻona i loko o nā kīʻahaʻaoʻao, nā puʻupuʻu a me nā hulu.
02 o 08
ʻO Rye Bread Pudding
ʻO kahi ala nui e hoʻopau ai i kaʻaina i Latvia ma ke komoʻana i ka maile zupa (ka putea rai), kahi meaʻai maikaʻi i hanaʻia mai ka meaʻono mīni, nā'ōpiʻa, ka'amamona, nā huawaina, nā pula, nā huapona a me nā kulu i hamoʻia. Ua hoʻomaloʻoʻia kaʻeleʻeleʻele pouli i loko o ka umu ma mua o ka kohuaʻiaʻana e hāʻawi ana i ka pudding i kahiʻanoʻeleʻele a me ka hōʻoluʻolu.
03 o 08
ʻO Gray Peas
ʻO kēia'āina hauʻoli a me ka puʻuwai paʻakikī e hoʻohana nui ia i ka Kalikimaka e like me ka hoʻomaopopoʻana o ka poʻe Latvia i kaʻaiʻana i nā pīmai e loaʻa ai ka luʻuluʻu a me ke kālā akā eʻikeʻoe i ka Gray Peas ma nā mīkina ma Riga. Hoʻohanaʻia e like me ka'āpanaʻaoʻao a iʻole kahiʻahaʻaina pahūʻana a hanaʻia mai me ka pua maeʻa (e like me ka chickpeas) i kāluaʻia me nāʻala a me ka puaʻa momona. Eʻeli i loko o kahi kīla ma kekahi o nā hale Lido o ke kūlanakauhale, he laina Latvian kahiko iʻikeʻia no kaʻahaʻaina maikaʻi a me ka maikaʻi o kaʻohana.
04 o 08
Ka Poʻo Pōpī Māmā
Ua'ōleloʻia ua hoʻopau ka Latvian toharite i ka 50kg o ka palaoa rye i kēlā me kēia makahiki a ua'ōlelo ke kuʻuna inā inā ua hāʻule waleʻia ka berena, pono e huki kokeʻia a honi. ʻO Rupjmaize (kaʻeleʻele rye) he pāʻalu nui ia i lawelaweʻia e like me ke kākoʻo i ka nui o nā meaʻai ma kaʻaoʻao o ka waiū. Hoʻokomo pinepineʻia nā lālā o ka'ati rye e like me nā papa kīhāpai e hoʻonaniʻia ai me ka paila pua.
05 o 08
ʻO Balsam Noʻonoʻo
ʻOiaiʻaʻole kēia he pālahalaha,ʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke haʻalele iā Riga me ka pāpāʻoleʻana i ka pana o ka spirit national o Latvia. Ua'ōleloʻo ia e kōkua i ka hōʻonaʻana,ʻo Black Balsam he liqueur liʻiliʻi i hoʻohuiʻia me ka vodka i hanaʻia me nāʻano mea kanu likeʻole me ka pepa, ka puaʻa, ka pua linden, ka huaʻiki a me ka bilberry. Ua kapaʻia kēiaʻano kupaianaha i mua o ka hoʻoponoponoʻana iā Catherine i ka nui o ka maʻi o ka maʻi i ka manawa i hoʻolālāʻo ia i Riga a me Latvia e mau ana i nā waiwai ola kino i kēia mau lā. ʻO kaʻawaʻawa a me ka momona a me kekahi mea o ka mea i loaʻa ai aʻo ka meaʻai e like me ka mea i hūnā ponoʻia. No kahi hōʻailonaʻoi aku i hiki ke palaka i kēia'āpana pīhoihoi, e ho'āʻo e hui pūʻia i ka minu ma Balzam Bars.
06 o 08
ʻO Rasol
ʻO kēia huapalaa pālahā nuiʻo ia he mauʻano ia o ka meaʻai a me ka iʻa (ʻo ia hoʻi ka herring), nā hua liʻiliʻi i hoʻolapalapaʻia a me nā huaʻai, i paʻa pūʻia me ka mayonnaise a me kaʻaila kawa. Ua like loa ia me kahi hua Lila Olivier (i hanaʻia ma ke kau o ka makahiki 1800 e ke aliʻi ma ka hale kaulana Hermitage ma Moscou) akā eʻikeʻoe i nāʻano likeʻole i hanaʻia ma kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale. Hiki paha iāʻoe keʻike i nā meaʻai e like me kaʻaila apala, ka pipi, kaʻaila a me ka dill.
07 o 08
Pelmeni Dumplings
ʻOiaiʻaʻole lākou i ulu mai i Latvia, uaʻaiʻia pelmeni ma Riga a he mea nui ka ho'āʻoʻana. ʻO ke keʻa i waena o Polish pierogi a me Italian tortellini, ua hanaʻia kēia mau puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi me ka palaoa hūʻole i hoʻopihaʻia me ka mea i'āmauʻia, nā mea kanu a me ka baʻa. Hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia i loko o ka meaʻala aiʻole i'ōniuʻia a hele pinepine mai me ka dollop o ka kirimalu. ʻO ke poʻo i ka Pelmenu Sturitis, he wahi hānai holoʻokoʻa ma ke Central Market no kahi kīʻaha o ka hoʻopiʻiʻana i nā kumukūʻai no 3 Euro. ʻO Pelmeni XL ka launaʻana i ka pelinei a hiki i ka 4am ma ka Pōʻalima a me ke Pōʻalima no ka pōʻana o ka pō.
08 o 08
Kaomi
ʻO ka pono o ka hanaʻana i nā huakaʻi ma kaʻaoʻao Latvian aʻo kaʻenehana kekahi o nā punahele i kaulana loa o ka'āina. Ua like ka nui o ka puaa i ka palahalaha, a'ōlaʻiʻia i loko o ka meaʻai. Hoʻohana mauʻia me kahi puʻupuʻuʻalani ma luna a me kekahi mauʻualaʻuala ma kaʻaoʻao.