Georgia Eating

Eating

The cuisine of Georgia is justly famous throughout the region (visitors to Moscow will have noticed the amount of Georgian restaurants). The two "national" dishes are "khachapuri" (A cheese filled bread, it more resembles cheese pie) and khinkali (minced, spiced meat in a dumpling, served in enormous quantities). A traditional Georgian feast, or "supra" is a sight to behold. Wine Definitely try out Georgian wine. Unfortunately, you are not allowed to export home-bottled wine, which is often the best kind. Georgian wines are actually quite famous. It may be true that they are little known in the West, but this definitely does not include some 280 million people, roughly the population of former USSR where Georgian wines used to be a welcomed drink at any dining table. The import of Georgian wine, as well as Georgian mineral waters, to Russia has been suspended by the Russian government, because of the political tension between the two counties. Beer Georgia has a number of beers, the most common brands are Kazbegi, Aluda, Bavariis Herzogi, Bitburger, Argo, Khevsuruli, Tushuri, etc. Outside of Tblisi it is very difficult to find anything other than Kazbegi. Mineral Waters Georgian mineral waters have an exceptional taste and very different from French and Italian waters. Famous Georgian mineral waters include: Nabeglavi and Borjomi. Lagidze Waters (Soft Drink) Mitrofan Lagidze is a surname of a very famous Georgian businessman of the 19th century who produced very popular soft drinks in Georgia. Nowadays these waters are called “the Lagidze Waters.” Lagidze soft drinks are made only with natural fruit components, without any chemical, artificial sugars or other additives.