Dear Gourmand!
You are holding the forth issue of our annual magazine in which
we tried to represent the most complete range of the Estonian
restaurants.
There are 100 restaurants in this issue! Obviously, there are much
more places in Estonia, where you could stop to have fine dinner and
have rest, but we have decided to stop namely on this figure. The
most important is the psychological aspect
of this figure, as well as the technical
aspect. More restaurants make the magazine hard to read and even
harder to carry.
It is highly important to focus Your attention on the fact that this
magazine does not represent the rating of the restaurants. These are
just the restaurants that we highly recommend to visit in
2013. All of the restaurants are very
different. Some of them even do not represent
restaurants in its classic sense. Our wonderful jury,
represented by journalists, businessmen,
restaurateurs, cooks and active visitors, as well as
experts of restaurants culture and I have considered these
restaurants really worth visiting.
This year we are presenting “100 restaurants of Estonia” together
with the famous Georgian brand “Gideli” that produces great Georgian
wine, brandy and other drinks. It might seem strange the fact
that the Georgian Company is presenting
Estonian restaurants, however we consider it to
be a positive sign. It is the sign that on the other side
things seem to be more objective. It is
the sign that the cooperation and friendship between our countries
resulted in practical matters - Georgian wines can be bought
on Estonian market and tasted in our restaurants. I would express my sincere
thanks to Mamuka Merabishvili for getting
me acquainted with Georgian wines and his
help in publishing the magazine. It is my great pleasure to share
the information about Georgian wines on
our pages. We are very happy to continue
our long-standing cooperation with SPI
Group Company, which represents such world known brands as Grants
and Stolichnaya, Glenfiddich and Riga
Balzams as well as other drinks. I would
be very glad to express my appreciation to the director of SPI Group
Company Estonian Department – Alexei
Filippov for the information provided.
This year we have also prepared a pleasant surprise for our numerous
subscribers – 100 recipes of the Estonian National Cuisine.
The comprehensive collection of national
recipes was never presented by anyone, moreover
in four languages. I would take the chance to notice that
these recipes are not created for
professional restaurateurs. The collection is created for amateur
that would like to try cooking at home. All the recipes were
presented to us by our readers, cooks of
restaurants, journalists, as well as the jury of our
magazine. Special gratitude is addressed to Dmitri Demyanov –
the famous restaurateur and the owner of
Gloria and Egoist Restaurants - for providing
the most of the recipes and the help in publishing the
magazine.
Thank You, dear Gourmands of different countries, for being with us,
helping with your letters and advice creating an even more
and more interesting magazine for many
years!
Enjoy visiting Estonian restaurants and Bon Appétit!
Chief Editor
Igor Burlakov
