In a bonus post today, I thought you might enjoy seeing some of the Georgian food we've been enjoying here.
I've noticed a lot of the restaurants end with 'house" in their name. For example, "Bread House" or "Cheese House." Of course the recent outlier and deviant being our visit to, "Khachapuri Hut." Way to stand out and be different!
On Wednesday, James had to go to the opening of an exhibit at the Moon Museum where he spoke and gave some lovely TV interviews. Yes, the Georgians do love their native son. His head grows daily with the praise lavished on his language skills.
More importantly, after the exhibit we went to eat. At...wait for it... Khinkali House. It is suppose to be one of the best makers of, yes, Khinkali.
What you ask is Khinkali? Basically it's like a Chinese dumpling, but NEVER, I repeat, never, say that to a Georgian. It is their pride and joy. And in their minds they (like the Greeks) are actually a much older civilization than the Chinese and their silly dumplings. But, you get the idea.
They fill the Khinkali with meat, or cheese, or mushrooms, maybe some potatoes. They are quite delicious. You have to hold on to it with the knobby end, bite a hole in the khinkali, and slurp out the juice (messy) and then eat the rest, but not the knob. You leave the knob on your plate so everyone can count how many you ate. For a couple of the kinds here, we were given either sour cream or butter to slather on the khinkali. Butter makes everything better you know.
In addition we had the ubiquitous Khachapurri, and a dish of basically, mushrooms cooked in a clay pot with some kind of sauce and drenched in cheese. I'm not even a huge mushroom person, but these are DELISH. One of my favorite things in Georgia.
And that's your little dose of Georgian Food 101 for the week. Wish you were here to eat with us. We plan to roll our way out of the country in a couple of years...umm, umm, good.
I also thought this menu item was interesting. No, not the "chicken meal "chkmeruli", which I actually think is not "meal" like the grain, but a chicken meal. No, I like the "Chickens inside on grill" option. I just don't think you could be much more specific, and I find it important to know if they are being cooked on an inside or outside grill. It makes all the difference.
I've noticed a lot of the restaurants end with 'house" in their name. For example, "Bread House" or "Cheese House." Of course the recent outlier and deviant being our visit to, "Khachapuri Hut." Way to stand out and be different!
On Wednesday, James had to go to the opening of an exhibit at the Moon Museum where he spoke and gave some lovely TV interviews. Yes, the Georgians do love their native son. His head grows daily with the praise lavished on his language skills.
More importantly, after the exhibit we went to eat. At...wait for it... Khinkali House. It is suppose to be one of the best makers of, yes, Khinkali.
What you ask is Khinkali? Basically it's like a Chinese dumpling, but NEVER, I repeat, never, say that to a Georgian. It is their pride and joy. And in their minds they (like the Greeks) are actually a much older civilization than the Chinese and their silly dumplings. But, you get the idea.
And that's your little dose of Georgian Food 101 for the week. Wish you were here to eat with us. We plan to roll our way out of the country in a couple of years...umm, umm, good.
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