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Restaurants in Riga are not distinguished by widest choice of delicious dishes and delicacies. Food here is pretty simple, but it is very nourishing and has its own taste benefits. The menu of each restaurant of national cuisine contains widest choice of soups, either meat and vegetable ones, or sweet. Such ingredients as cereals, potatoes, beans and all kinds of dairy products are widely used in the national cuisine. Riga chefs prepare an excellent dessert made of semolina - they add vanilla cream, cranberry sauce and nuts to the usual porridge. The taste of this dessert is truly magnificent. Regarding meat dishes we also have much to say as local chefs are full of original ideas. Beef, pork and veal are cooked and served in various ways, mainly with barley porridge or vegetables. Finally, home-made sausages, which are usually served with fried potatoes, become more and more popular among tourists. A cold beetroot soup named Auksta Zupa is the most popular first course. Bread soup will be also enjoyed by fans of soups. Of course, we should not forget to mention widest choice of fish casseroles, to which are usually added fillets of cod or herring. Herring is very popular here; in many restaurants the fish is fried on the coals and is served to guests with delicious onion …