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What to eat in Lithuania

The 10 best dishes in Lithuania

Potatoes in endless shapes, dark rye and a pink summer soup.

1

Cepelinai

Eaten all over Lithuania

Zeppelin-shaped potato dumplings stuffed with meat, under bacon and sour cream.

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2

Šaltibarščiai

Best: Everywhere in summer

Shocking pink cold soup of beets and kefir, with hot potatoes on the side.

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3

Kugelis

Eaten all over Lithuania

Grated potato baked with bacon and onion into a dense pudding.

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4

Kibinai

Best: Trakai

Half-moon pastries of mutton and onion, baked by the Karaim community in Trakai.

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5

Šakotis

Eaten all over Lithuania

A spiky tree cake built up on a rotating spit over an open fire.

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6A photo like it

Kepta duona

Eaten all over Lithuania

Rye bread fingers fried and rubbed with garlic, with cheese dip and beer.

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7A photo like it

Vėdarai

Eaten all over Lithuania

Pig intestines stuffed with grated potato and baked.

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8

Juoda duona

Eaten all over Lithuania

Dark, slightly sweet rye with caraway, on every table.

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9

Skilandis

Eaten all over Lithuania

Minced pork cold-smoked in a casing for weeks, sliced paper thin.

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10A photo like it

Žemaičių blynai

Best: Samogitia

Mashed potato pancakes filled with meat and fried.

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Photos: each dish's lead photo on its Wikipedia article (license and author on Wikimedia Commons); "a photo like it" is a food photo of the same kind, not that dish. Cook it opens a recipe in Chef Amazing, or Chef writes one for you. Picked by Chef Amazing, November 2026.