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No. 89 in the world · November 2026

Pelmeni XL

Old Town · Riga, Latvia

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The one to order

Pelmeni with sour cream and dill, weighed by the bowl

The line to expect: No line, just a busy counter.

The self-serve pelmeni hall in Riga's old town: choose, weigh, pay. A backpacker legend.

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Pelmeni with sour cream and dill

Pelmeni with sour cream and dill

1 hr 15 min · About 80 small, 4 people. Small, thin-skinned meat dumplings from the north, made by the hundred and kept frozen for winter. Boiled in stock, then eaten with butter, sour cream and dill.

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