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Foodinriga proudly presents the ultimate guide to foreign grocery stores in Riga! Read the article I wish someone else would have written when I first moved here.

THE FOODINRIGA GUIDE TO GROCERY STORES I regularly receive emails from people telling me how they've had to give up their favorite style of cooking after moving to Rīga because they just can't find the proper ingredients here. I feel your pain, believe me. Upon arrival in Rīga, with all the naive elation so telling of a newcomer, I went…

The owls are not what they seem. Use this handy little phrase book to decipher the lingustic abuse committed by restaurants.

http://www.foodinriga.com/reviews/phrasebook

Autumn has already come to Sweden, but that just provides a great excuse for staying indoors writing reviews. Like this one, for example.

http://www.foodinriga.com/reviews/streetfrieskitchen

STREET FRIES KITCHEN Some favorable online reviews and ravishing hunger on my way from the airport led me to Street Fries Kitchen in Old Town. Just outside Galerija Centrs, this is a small burger/fries joint with a rather successful interior design. The white tiles covering large surfaces and the big industrial lamps he...

The first Vietnamese entry into the Riga food scene is a very timid and cautious one - check out this fresh review of Tavs Banh Mi!

http://www.foodinriga.com/reviews/tavsbanhmi

TAVS BANH MI When Riga finally gets its first Vietnamese food place, it's in the shape of a small fast food joint, aimed solely at people who want a quick bite in the middle of a busy working day. Despite this, I'm still glad that it's here. As the name suggests, Tavs Banh Mi focuses partly on the famous Vietnam...

Hell hath no fury for a rubber chicken scorched - I'm almost sad for having to write such a nasty review. Almost.

http://www.foodinriga.com/reviews/thaispicefusion

THAI SPICE FUSION You know how a masterful chef can turn any dish into a love letter, the tender touch of curious fingers, a loving whisper in your ear? What Thai Spice Fusion is doing to Thai cuisine is sodomizing it in a public restroom, accompanied by loud grunts and the sound of Nazareth's ”Love Hurts” through cr...

”Send me a link.” - on the importance for restaurants of online presence.

RE: ONLINE PRESENCE ”Send me a link.” Show of hands – how many of you haven't gotten this
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