Since 2014, World Zeppelin Day has been celebrated every first Sunday of February. Its initiator is JAV resident emigrant from Lithuania Jonas Vaičiūnas. On this day, everyone is encouraged to cook and enjoy zeppelins with their families.
Zeppelins appeared in Lithuania around the turn of the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries, probably in Žemaitia, where they came from German Lithuania Minor. Later, zeppelins became a common dish in other parts of Lithuania as well.
Zeppelins can be made from boiled or raw, grated potatoes and meat, cottage cheese or mushroom filling.
Although the origin of zeppelin is a matter of debate, Lithuanians all over the world associate dižkukulia with the national Lithuanian cuisine.
The dish got its name because of the resemblance to the airship built by Ferdinand Zeppelin in 1900. Now they are almost no longer used, but until the XNUMXth century. In the XNUMXs, it served as a vehicle for communications, reconnaissance, and the search for mines and submarines.
MadeinVilnius.lt presents where you can find zeppelins in Vilnius on this day.
Zeppelin Day in Vilnius
Restaurant-bistro Mykolos 4 (Address: St. Mykolos 4)
Invitation: "Although we present ourselves as a restaurant of Vilnius gastronomic cuisine, we still receive many guests asking about zeppelins. Therefore, we are happy to cook zeppelins on that one day a year and invite guests to taste mouth-watering zeppelins and combine them with their favorite sparkling drinks.
However, this zeppelin day will be a bit different than last year, it is the last Michaelmas 4 restaurant workday.
So we invite all our beloved guests to reserve tables or order zeppelins for takeaway and meet for the last time, exchange smiles and have a wonderful time together."
Old Hut (Address: Naugarduko st. 36)
Invitation: "Come to us and let's celebrate together!" And to make it even more fun, live accordion music will light up the atmosphere from 14 p.m. When ordering or picking up in a restaurant 4 servings and more - we serve 1L of homemade giro!"
Agota's grove (Šeškinė st. 59a)
Invitation: "On February 4th - Sunday - in Agotas Grytis, we are celebrating the world Zeppelin Day."
chat (Address: St. Mikalojus st. 15)
Invitation: "Zeppelin Day!" February 4 from 13 p.m. Traditional zeppelins with meat filling zeppelins with cottage cheese filling zeppelins with mushroom filling"
Pocket Cafe (Address: Pylimo str. 27 / Vingriau st. 14)
Invitation: "International Zeppelin Day is celebrated!" We invite you to taste"
