Vilionė: Klaipėda – a good food festival

Already this Saturday, April 6, Klaipėda shopping center “Akropolis” will invite you to a new event – the Good Food Festival dedicated to gastronomy. At the end of March, this festival was held in the “Acropolis” of Šiauliai, and a week later than in Klaipėda, visitors will be waiting in the capital as well.

“We have been cooperating with Akropolis for many years, we organize several annual events here. We have noticed that many visitors to the center are interested in food, food culture, and are looking for something to diversify their table. So the idea came up – why not organize an event dedicated to food and drinks?” Ventė Viteikaitė, the founder and manager of the events agency “Gera živė” told about the idea of ​​the festival.

Visitors will be surprised by the assortment – at the event they will find confectionery, meat and dairy products, seafood, spices and condiments, quality coffee, tea, cocoa, kombucha and other soft drinks, examples of culinary heritage, exotic products, vegetarian and vegan products, healthy food, supplements, gourmet mushrooms, small kitchen appliances, dishes, tools. Tastings will be held at the festival – it will be possible to taste various innovations for free.

Almost half a dozen participants from Lithuania and abroad will take part in the event. Manufacturers and farms from neighboring countries – Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Ukraine – will present their products. However, there will also be several stands with food from further afield – Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Asian countries. “We wanted to present world cuisine as widely as possible. We will have quite a few exotics. However, we did not forget the traditions either – we invited participants from different corners of Lithuania who cherish the old ways of preparing food in our country – meat products, cheese producers, bakeries. They are always highly valued at the fair. In addition, there will be those who, inspired by old traditions, started to create something new”, said the organizer.

Healthy people will find suitable products at the event, as well as people following various diets, such as vegetarian, ayurvedic, keto, paleo, there will be products without sugar, gluten, etc., as well as various nutritional supplements. According to the organizer, society is becoming more aware, more and more people care about what they put in their mouths. “There are many people who want to participate. When making the selection, we pay the most attention to the quality and naturalness of the food. We do not accept low-quality products, in which the taste is extracted with the help of monosodium glutamate, the weight is increased by adding cellulose, and the ingredients include a long list of synthetic additives: we stand for real food”, emphasized V. Viteikaitė.

Both large, well-known companies and small, one-person, family or friends businesses will have stands at the event. “This festival is a great opportunity to present news, and for startups to appear in public, try out their products, get feedback and advice,” the interviewer explained.

At the festival, it will be possible to find various gourmet things, products that are popular in the world, but still little known in Lithuania, and food innovations. “It will be possible to purchase shakočia fried from buckwheat flour, bread with cornflower blossoms, jam from pine cones, freeze-dried ice cream, coffee with mushrooms, sour drinks that are rapidly becoming popular in Lithuania, and other interesting things,” promised the organizer. According to her, even the biggest food lovers will be surprised. In addition, it is worth coming to the event because the manufacturers themselves or their direct representatives will sell there, so many things will be available at a discount.

In addition to food and beverages, the fair will also feature small household appliances, various kitchen utensils, and recipe books. “This is a great opportunity to buy products, kitchen equipment, learn new things, and chat,” V. Viteikaitė is convinced.

The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free entry. More information: Facebook

Photos from the organizers’ archive

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