Typical Estonian dishes are pork with sauerkraut and roast potatoes, Baltic herring, broth with dumplings and meatballs, beetroot salad, jellied veal, cottage cheese, blood pudding and salads smothered in sour cream.

Other foods worth trying are spice-salted sprats, pork, beef, native wild berries and mushrooms, and all bread, including the sour, long-lasting rye bread.

Be careful when ordering lamb, as often it will be mutton. Local sausages and hams are often heavily smoked. Dairy produce is usually excellent but Estonian cheeses can be very mild.

As well as the usual peanuts and crisps, the quintessential Estonian bar snack has to be soolaoad, or salted beans. Dried, salted fish, complete with eyes, fins and tails, are also served at many local bars.