Kaļķu Vārti
Latvian / modern European restaurant in Vecrīga (Old Town)
Address: Jauniela 20, Riga, Latvia
Phone: +371 67 224 576
Hours: Monday - Sunday: 12:00 - 23:30
Prices: €7–€38 · €€ · Median item: €26.50 · 32/32 with a published price
Latvian / modern European restaurant
Starters
- Mussels in white wine sauce — 14 €shallots, parsley, cilantro, garlic butter baguette toasts
- Herb-fried tiger prawns — 15 €tomato bread, basil pesto
- Herb-cured, salted trout rolls — 16 €parsnip purée, apple gel, yogurt-dill sauce
- Beef tartare — 17 €truffle cheese aioli, potato crisps, toasted brioche
- Romaine lettuce salad with tiger prawns — 15 €hard cheese croutons
- Wine platter — 28 €cheese, meat and fish selection, fruits, Kalamata olives, cheese biscuits
- Duck foie gras — 18 €brioche bread crouton, calvados marinated apples, prune sauce
- Panko-crusted aubergine slice — 10 €aubergine-bean purée, colourful cherry tomato-cilantro salad
- Colourful tomato salad — 13 €burrata cheese foam, basil oil
- Romaine lettuce salad with glazed chicken fillet — 12 €hard cheese croutons
Soups
- Seafood broth soup — 14 €buckwheat noodles, vegetables, dill oil
- Duck broth soup — 12 €duck breast, vegetables, sun-dried tomatoes
- Cream of mushroom soup — 10 €pine nuts, oyster mushrooms, parsley oil
- Avocado-coconut milk gazpacho — 10 €tomato salsa
Main courses
- Wild salmon fillet — 28 €dill-wine sauce
- Sea bass fillet — 29 €lemon-caper butter sauce, cauliflower purée, potato medallion, ponzu cherry tomatoes, fennel salad
- Argentinian beef ribeye steak — 38 €peppercorn sauce
- New Zealand milk-fed lamb rump steak — 29 €mint sauce
- Beef cheeks — 30 €red wine sauce, potatoes au gratin, baby carrots, green peas, shallots
- Duck breast — 25 €cherry sauce
- Corn-fed chicken — 22 €grain mustard sauce, sweet potato purée, green beans, mushroom-barley croquette, savoy cabbage pesto
- Beef burger — 20 €Cheddar cheese, cucumber marmalade, homemade pommes frites with dill-garlic mayonnaise dressing
- Potato gnocchi — 20 €sautéed spinach, oyster mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, cheese foam sauce
- Udon noodles in miso-tofu sauce with vegetables and smoked tofu — 18 €
- Udon noodles in miso-tofu sauce with tiger prawns — 22 €
- Octopus tentacle — 28 €marinated-roasted potatoes, broccoli, chorizo crumbs, romesco sauce
Desserts
- Pistachio and chocolate lava cake — 9 €vanilla ice-cream, cherry sauce
- Crème brûlée — 9 €fresh berries, mint
- Passion fruit mousse — 9 €dark chocolate, coconut ice cream, orange-passion fruit sauce
- Avocado panna cotta — 9 €mango sorbet
- Almond-egg white sponge cake — 9 €condensed milk mousse, lime-basil ice cream
- Kaļķu vārti assorted ice-cream and sorbets — 7 €