there is a special way of eating it in georgia. you eat it only with your hands, without using a knife or a fork. you bite a little hole in the khinkali, then drink liquid out of it and then start eating. you never eat the tail-ends, but leave it on the plate. georgians usually order at least 30 khinkali. i can eat 4 of them. may be 5, if especially hungry.
we found a great khinkali-place tonight in tbilisi. there they also served home-made wine. first we ordered 12 khinkali and a liter of wine for three of us. then we decided to make a social experiment and ordered
(1) half a liter of wine (this is rediculous in georgia, because normally they order at least 2 liters)
(2) three more khinkali (also rediculous)
the waiter looked strangely at us, however after 15 minutes we got what we had ordered.
then we thought of more social experiments
1) to order 150 mg of wine (a normal amount for wine in Latvia)
2) to eat all the tail-ends of our khinali
3) to order two more khinkali, after we have eaten our three
4) to order two more khinkali, after we have eaten our three, and then ask the waiter to bring us the tail-ends of khinkali from our neighbours' table
...all of this of course was accompanied by a lot of laughing...
5) to give a "present" to the neighbours table - one khinkali on a separate big plate!
we did not do this, however, believe it or not, soon we received a present from the neighbours table - another liter of wine....
3 comments:
o, super. es nezināju, ka galiņu neēd, bet aizdomas bija, jo tas vienmēr ir tāds pusizvārījies mīklas kunkulis. bet to, ka ar rokām, zināju gan, vienkārši nebija gadījušies tik labi hinkaļi, lai tā ēstu. Tartu gruzīņu restorānā gan ir labu labie. kad būšu Tbilisi, gribēšu aiziet uz to vietu!
un kad tu būsi tbilisi? ko? :)
super.. nu man tie tankaļi izskatās dievīgi, es varētu apēst visus 30 ar visiem galiem.... par vīnu smieklīgi:)
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