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Ilze & Janis's Food Experiences

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Ilze & Janis

Ilze & Janis

Salaspils, Salaspils Municipality, Latvia

Latvian, English, Russian, German

#We both like to travel and taste local food. Usually we come home with bunch of different spices. Ilze is a lover of design
#contemporary art and classic music. Janis is more in finding technical solutions for difficult technical issues. He makes furniture from wood. We both are dog lovers while we have three dogs at home - Alaska malamute
#Bernese mountain dog.

We are Ilze & Janis who are passionate about welcoming guests in our house and our hammock park in the wood. When we make dinners, all tasks are split - Janis is responsible for meat/fish and desert, Ilze for salads/vegetarian dishes and decorations. As we live in countryside close to the capital city (~30km), most of our food inspirations come from the nature. We use seasonal products and approaches to make our guests to try the best of local cuisine. Our pavilion in the forest is a perfect place where to enjoy tasty food together with the sound of wind, voices of birds and frogs singing. We cook as much for our friends as for guests of our park. And Janis is passionate about making wine from different season berries. More about our work and passions you can read in our webpage http://www.arpuslaika.lv/en/

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Cooking class with excursion to Central Market, preparation of solyanka and baking bread

Solyanka originally comes from Ukraine but during past 50+ years it one of the top soups appreciated by locals. As solyanka is made mainly from meat, ...

Salaspils, Salaspils Municipality, Latvia

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Explore traditions of Latvian smoked food

This program is possible when it's warm weather outside (mainly May - October, sometimes also April). The guests will be welcomed in our park "Beyond...

Salaspils, Salaspils Municipality, Latvia

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Inga Kačevska & Co
Inga Kačevska & Co

Ilze+Jānis always take you to wonderful journey of * tasting fresh and perfectly cooked food, * sipping self-made, extraordinary but delicious wine, * enjoying nicely and attractively decorated environment. The couple has talent to create a perfect atmosphere and to have fascinating people around them. Therefore we love to come back to this place either it is in dark winter evening or sunny summer morning. We always feel welcomed and they share they sincerity with us. We will be rather jealous that there will be a lot of other guests wanting to go for such journey and enjoy these feelings at Ilze’s and Janis’ place, however, we wish that other fellows also experience their hospitality.