Rondeel

Occasionally, a menu item at a restaurant raises eyebrows or sparks questions. But this is probably the first occasion we know of where the restaurant itself appends a question mark behind some entries on the food card. Precisely that is the custom at the Rondeel, situated at the ancient, massive limestone castle of Narva. Okroshka? Kharcho? It is as if the Narva castle restaurant had resolved to defend Estonian cuisine against foreign influences; to stand up for the local traditions of mustard-roasted pork, roast Narva river lamprey or smoked meat with pearl barley. Theirs is a counterattack. We will serve kharcho. But we will not serve it like you do. (The kharcho at the Rondeel has a sour flavor generally not found in this dish.) Narva is a city that differs from the rest of Estonia. And its food and drink are different aswell. Exotic, even, if you will. Have the lamprey. Quaff a foaming draught of local beer. You will know exactly what this special city tastes like...