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Georgian Food and Markets

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Georgians sure know how to cook and make use of fresh milk, herbs, walnuts, and spices. We've been eating our way around Georgia and have become fans of lobio, khingkale, and khajapuri - just to mention a few.

We visited food markets in Tbilisi, Telavi, Akhaltsikhe and Zugdidi.


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Georgian Food
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A Georgian Feast of Khingkale

Lena introduced us to Khingkale (meat filled dumplings) on our second day in Tbilisi and taught us how to dust them with pepper and eat them with our hands (without spilling the juices).FYI, 25 dumplings were more than enough for the 3 of us!Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Our Favorite - Lobio!!

A popular restaurant outside of Mtskheta served up ceramic mugs full of our favorite Georgian bean dish - lobio. Here, it's complemented by mchadi (cornmeal bread that weighs as much as a brick).Like all Georgian feasts, this was only one of the numerous courses; we could barely move afterwards.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Oozing Khajapuri

Khajapuri, the ubiquitous signature Georgian cheese-stuffed bread oozes gooey goodness. A common site on the Georgian table - breakfast, lunch and dinner. Very addictive.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

A Vegetable Break

A vibrant nosh assembled from two lovely and inexpensive stalls just off Kostava street. Lobiani (bean-stuff khajapuri bread), badrijan (roasted eggplant with walnut paste), pkhali (spinach, walnuts, and garlic), and a tomato aubergine rattatouille.As Tbilisi summer heats up, retreat to a shady garden and serve with an ice cold Natakhtari beer. We did.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Khajapuri, Please!

You never go hungry in Tbilisi since a khajapuri stand lurks around just about every corner serving it fresh from the oven. This stand had the requisite cheese-filled variety, but also included some tasty mushroom and rice/tarragon filled varieties as well. Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Tonis Puri, To Go

Tonis Puri (Georgian bread) folds up quite nicely. It's delicious too.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Tomatoes on Fire

These tomatoes looked almost too good to be true.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Bundles of Joy

This friendly woman held court over beautiful piles of dried fruits at the Tbilisi main market.She allowed us to sample a handful of just about everything - apricots, raisins, and prunes to name a few. Audrey's not a fan of raisins, but even she liked the ones here.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Cookies Anyone?

Not quite sure what this guy was selling, but he insisted that Dan take his photo. Then he waved and walked away.It takes all kinds to make Tbilisi (and its main market) tick!Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Spice Up Your Life

Some hot, some not...at the Tbilisi main market.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Gotcha!

Actually, that's the name of the guy on the left (pronounced GO-cha). He really was gigantic...and friends with the skinny cheese vendor.When he saw us, the two unsuspecting Americans, he tried to physically pull us away to consume large amounts of wine. With the help of the other vendors, we managed to escape his overly hospitable clutches and save our already inflamed livers for a few more hours. Dan still has nightmares about Gotcha drinking him under a table in a parallel universe.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

"I Love You!!"

Those were the only words of English this vendor knew, so each time we would walk, that's what she'd shout.We'll take it.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Making Ajika

This woman ground fresh garlic with dried peppers to make Adjika, a spicy Indian pickle-like paste - while the women in the background watched and wondered.Try adjika with fresh cucumbers and veggies. Very tasty.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Dried Flowers and Herbs

A magical bowl of dried flowers, herbs and garlic used to create savory and liver-cleansing teas and dressings.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Bardijan Nigzit

Roasted strips of eggplant filled with a ground walnut and garlic filling. Delicious!This particular batch crafted by the capable hands of Lali in Kisiskhevi.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Making Khingkale

When Lali sensed our enthusiasm for Georgian food, she agreed to make khingkale (meat filled dumplings) from scratch with us. Once the meat filling is made, it's all about the fill, turn, tuck and twist.Depending on whom you talk to, khingkale tops require 21 or 37 turns. But who's counting??Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.  

Khingkale Dream

The result of Lali's lessons with us on how to fill, twist and tuck khingkale. After a few twists, some turns, a wing and a prayer, they are dropped into a pot of salted, boiling water in order to cook the meat inside. If assembled correctly, all the juices stay in the dumpling just long enough to dribble down somone's shirt on the first bite. The trick: eat khingkale with your hands, while keeping the hot juices inside the dumpling as you eat. Not to be missed when in Georgia.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Wine Tasting at Tsinandali

There is an option to taste wines from the Tsinandali winery for 5 Lari/person ($3). We tried three varieties. Unfortunately, none were particularly outstanding.When the tasting room host tried to sell us a bottle, she explained that the bottled wine would be much better than what we had tasted. Tasting bottles slowly oxidize in the fridge through a trickle of tourist traffic.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.  

Spice Attack

Bags of fragrant spice mixtures at the Telavi main market.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Georgia.  

Piles of Taste

One of the things we really love about Georgian cuisine is its use of fresh herbs, in cooking and also as palate cleansers.Flat parsley, purple basil, tarragon, cilantro, and dill figure prominently.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.  

Lada Full of Tomatoes

Trunks filled with vegetables at the Telavi main market in Kakheti.These tomatoes were so sweet you could eat them like fruit. As amazing as these are, we're told that they are nothing compared to the tomatoes that come in August/September.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.  

A Smile from the Telavi Garden

A friendly vegetable vendor shoots us a smile at the Telavi main market.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.  

Unenthusiastic Vendors

These women catch a few winks while chicken vending.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.  

Keeping the Vampires Away

Piles of fresh garlic at Telavi's food market.Read more about Georgian Food and our visit to Kakheti.