Tasting tour “The cousine of Grand Dutchy of Lithuania”

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Tasting tour “The cousine of the Grand Dutchy of Lithuania”

Minimum group size – 12 people. Maximum – 40 people.

Price: 45 euros per person. The price includes the tour and the tasting.

You will get a 1-hour tour around Kaunas Old Town. Afterward, you will have a 1.5-hour tasting in the restaurant “Antis rūsy” (Rotušės a. 1, Kaunas) while listening to the stories about the cuisine of 13th-18th century Lithuania.

The tasting “The ousine of the Grand Dutchy of Lithuania” showcases the food and drinks of Lithuanian rulers, noblemen, city dwellers, and peasants.

This tasting is experiential – you will eat without the cutlery and wipe your hands on a tablecloth…

During the tour, you will hear a lot of interesting facts about the old Kaunas. To name a few:

Kaunas Castle is one of the oldest masonry defensive castles. It is believed that grand dukes of the Grand Dutchy of Lithuania used to stay here.

In the middle ages, Kaunas was famous for its trade and crafts. It was the only Hanseatic city in Lithuania!

Kaunas was also a city of entertainment – in 1570, 188 out of 416 houses paid the tavern tax!

In the restaurant “Antis rūsy”, the dishes for this tasting, specifically made according to the old recipes, are the following:

• Homemade kvass
• Homemade bread, butter with seasoning, and cottage cheese-greens sprea
• Beer soup with crayfish tails
• Pork meatloaf with roasted potatoes, braised cabbage, and special horseradish-almond sauce
• During the private tour, the second hot course is chicken with rye bread crust
• Gingerbread with tea

If any of the participants are vegetarians, inform us DURING THE BOOKING of the tour. We offer historical vegetarian lasagna for them.

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