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Lina, a reader of the tv3.lt portal, said that her lunch in Vilnius Old Town cost about 7 euros.
“Normally the soup costs about 2 euros and the second course another 4 or 5 euros. If I have a drink, the price can go up to 10 euros or even exceed this limit ”, said the woman.
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Daily lunch for 3.5 euros
However, while traveling in Lithuania during the holidays, the reader noticed that lunch prices in other cities are lower in other cities.
According to Lina, when visiting ordinary cafes, dining rooms and restaurants, she lost more than 5 euros for lunch.
“We started our trip with friends in the town of Žagarė, Joniškis district. We came to have lunch at the café “Švedlaukis”. Daily lunch here costs 3.5 euros. We could opt for sour soup or cold borscht, although choosing them increased the price of the meal by 0.5 euros. So a total of 4 euros has already been planted.
And the choice of the second course was even greater, we were able to order schnitzel, goulash, zeppelins with meat, Samogitian pancakes or fried ricotta.
So, in Žagarė, lunch costs 3.5 euros per person, ”said the woman.
Then he traveled to Joniškis.
“This city is bigger than Žagarė, we expected higher prices. Here, however, lunch costs a little more than 4 euros per person. We had lunch at Happy People’s Canteen. There was no separate lunch menu for the day, all the dishes were for lunch, in this canteen sour soup was 0.9 euros and cold borscht 1.5 euros.
And there were even 15 offers for the second course, we got to choose from pancakes, zeppelins, steaks, etc. Here the soup and the beef steak cost 4.4 euros per person ”, said Lina.
It continued to Joniškėlis in the Pasvalys district.
“Here the locals recommended us to have lunch at” Sigutė dumpling. “When we went to the cafeteria, we were able to choose both the usual lunch, which consists of soup and a main course, and dumplings. We chose them because this place is famous for that. .
The meatballs with curd, blueberries, meat, salmon cost 3.5 euros here and the homemade kvass another 0.7 euros. In total, lunch costs 4.2 euros per person, ”said Lina.
Lunch in the restaurant is also cheaper.
Another stop on a woman’s trip to Lithuania was Pasvalys.
“For lunch, we visited the PKC cafeteria, which is located right next to the Pasvalys Cultural Center. In the cafe, the grated vegetable soup with celery costs 1 euro, the cold borscht – 2.5 euros. There were 2 dishes for the Lunch of the day: blood vein for 3.2 euros and minced pork with mashed potatoes for 3.6.
The daily lunch costs 4.2 euros per person ”, Lina commented on the prices.
The woman went on to say that she was going on vacation to Biržai.
“In this city we visited again the canteen of the same name” Cantina “Vytauto str. Here again we were welcomed by a rich menu. The cold borscht costs 0.7 euros, the beet soup – 0.6 euros. For the second course we could choose Between Samogitian pancakes, zeppelins, various steaks, cottage cheese, pancakes.
One person’s daily lunch, which consisted of cold beets, Samogitian pancakes and juice, cost 3.20 euros, ”Lina said.
He continued with Rokiškis.
“Here we visit the restaurant” Pupelė “. We were welcomed again by a rich lunch menu of the day. We could choose cucumber (1 euro), Mexican soup (2.50 euros) or cold beets (2.8 euros). second course: zeppelins (3.50 euros), beef tongue with horseradish sauce (5 euros), salmon fillet with pesto sauce (6 euros), pork chop (4.20 euros), fried chicken thighs ( 4.20 euros), zucchini and curd cake (4.20 euros).
In this restaurant, lunch – soup and a second course cost 5.20 euros, “said the woman.
He said that his vacation in this city was over.
“It would have been interesting to extend the trip and compare the daily lunch prices in other Lithuanian cities as well. And in the cities we visited we ate not only cheap, but delicious,” Lina said.
Low prices due to shade?
Gediminas Balnis, director of Amber Food and vice president of the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Lithuania, stated that the prices of meals in restaurants and cafes are determined by several aspects: the rental prices of the premises, salaries and the cost of raw foods. materials.
“Even in smaller cities, lunch can be cheaper because of the shade. There, employees are paid in the shade. After all, utilities or food cost the same everywhere.
However, prices in catering establishments are increasing as many foods become more expensive. Raw materials from China in packaging, such as ginger, are increasingly expensive. Still, price growth has a limit, the situation will stabilize. Consumption will fall, then prices will start to change. It also depends on what kind of harvest in Lithuania awaits in autumn, if it is good, price growth will also stabilize ”, predicted G. Balnis.
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