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The most popular dishes in the Bauska region draw gourmets from as far as 100 kilometers away. When it comes to a good meal, we have only one motto: “As good as home!” Here, alongside home-style restaurants, our own honey and cheese, local producers, and tastings, there are also places where a meal can become the highlight of the day. Who knows - maybe today you’ll have lunch with the president…

To ensure that every resident and visitor to our region feels at home during Latvia’s National Holiday Week and that meals become the highlight of the day - “Patriotic Gourmet Week” will take place from November 9 to 22, during which traditional Latvian holiday dishes will be served.

Seven food service providers will participate in the event: the restaurants - “Mežs Kungs,” “Tornis,” and “Harvest House”; the café “Sofi Cafe”; the restaurant at the “Miķelis” recreation complex; the restaurant at the ‘Rožmalas’ recreation complex; and the café “Viestarti.”

For more information, photos, etc., check out Facebook event article.

Check out the menus:

Restaurant “Mežs Kungs”
Location: Zaļā iela 1, Bauska

• Appetizer: Stuffed potato with herb-flavored cottage cheese cream and marinated Baltic Sea herring – 6.50 EUR
• Soup: Forest mushroom soup with smoked ribs – 10.00 EUR
• Main course: Roasted venison with venison broth sauce, potatoes braised in their skins, herb-flavored cottage cheese cream, and marinated wild mushrooms – 18.00 EUR
• Dessert: Traditional festive rye bread assortment – 6.00 EUR
Choose any three courses, set price: 30.00 EUR

Working hours:
Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat - 11:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Wed, Sun - 11:30 a.m.–10:00 p.m.

Restaurant “Tornis”
Location: Rīgas iela 30, Bauska

• Appetizer: Gray pea purée with smoked meat and pickled onions, served with toasted rye bread – 7.00 EUR
• Main Course: Slow-cooked pork breast with barley in a sweet cream sauce, braised cabbage, caramelized baby carrots, and chanterelle sauce – 16.00 EUR
• Dessert: Medainis—a layered honey cake made with local wildflower honey—7.00 EUR
Set price – 27.00 EUR

Working hours:
Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Wed, Sat 11:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Sat 11:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.

Restaurant “Harvest House”
Location: Rūpniecības iela 22, Bauska

• Soup: Sauerkraut soup, served with bread and hemp butter – 7.80 EUR
• Appetizer: Salad of locally sourced salted mushrooms with hard-boiled quail eggs and onions – 7.80 EUR
• Sushi: Authentic Latvian sushi—with sprat and quail egg—10.60 EUR
• Main Course: Breaded gray pea balls, served with crispy bacon, caramelized onions, and cream – 12.60 EUR
• Main Course: Smoky blood sausage served with pearl barley in a sweet cream sauce, lingonberry sauce, and braised cabbage – 12.60 EUR
• Main Course: Classic, hearty buckwheat porridge with smoked meat – 7.80 EUR
• Dessert: Oven-roasted pumpkin with honey glaze, served with chopped nuts and ice cream – 7.80 EUR
• Hot drinks: quince or cranberry - 6.00 EUR

Working hours:
Mon – Closed
Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 12:00–20:00
Sat, Sun 12:00–21:00

Cafe “Sofi Cafe”
Location: Zaļā iela 25, Bauska

• Main Course: Slow-cooked pork chop with lingonberry-chili sauce, served with creamy mashed potatoes – 13.00 EUR
• Dessert: Apple strudel with vanilla sauce and a scoop of ice cream – 6.00 EUR
• Drink: Sea buckthorn hot drink – 5.50 EUR
Set price – 20.00 EUR

Working hours:
Mon–Fri 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Sat, Sun 12:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.

“Miķelis” Recreation Complex restaurant
Location: Uzvara, Gailīšu pag., Bauskas nov.

• Appetizer: Beet tartare, lightly smoked sour cream, mackerel fried in butter, a crispy piece of rye bread – 8.00 EUR
• Main Course: Slow-cooked pork tenderloin, pancetta, porcini mushroom and Parmesan polenta, red wine sauce – 12.00 EUR
• Dessert: Pear and almond tart, cottage cheese ice cream – 6.00 EUR
Set price – 21.00 EUR

Working hours:
Mon, Sun: Closed
Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat: 12:00–20:00
Closed on November 9, 15, 16, and 22!

“Rožmalas” Recreation Complex restaurant
Location: Nameju iela 2, Ceraukste

• Soup: Cream pumpkin soup with bacon and Parmesan crisps – 6.00 EUR
• Main Course: Duck leg with bean purée and a sauce made with grilled apples and red wine – 14.00 EUR
• Dessert: Buberts with berry sauce – 5.00 EUR
Set price – 25.00 EUR

Working hours:
Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri – closed
Wed 11:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Sat 9:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Sun 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Changes to working hours: Nov. 18 (open: 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. for the restaurant menu, 4:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. for the festive late brunch)

Café “Viestarti”
Location: Rīgas iela 56, Iecava

• Appetizer: Rye bread appetizer with sprats and beet cream (4 pieces) – 5.00 EUR
• Soup: Cream of wild mushroom soup with pan-fried pork belly – 6.00 EUR
• Main Course: Pork rolls with root vegetables and mustard-honey sauce – 14.00 EUR
• Dessert: Carrot cream with cranberry sauce – 5.00 EUR
• Hot Beverages: Sea buckthorn drink with honey, quince/apple tea with cinnamon, hot blackcurrant/cranberry drink – 4.00 EUR

Working hours: Every day from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.