Tbilisi Will Draw You in with These 7 Entrancing Attractions

Eat Khinkali

I’ve saved the best of Tbilisi attractions for last. Khinkali are wonderfully delicious and even if you do nothing in Tbilisi but sit in a restaurant and eat them, you’ll have had a worthwhile trip.

They are round dumplings that are filled with minced meat (usually beef but sometimes pork or lamb) and are pinched closed like a tiny purse. The dumplings are boiled with the meat inside, so that the meat juices fill the dumpling. When you eat it, bite a small hole at first so you can slurp the juices out, then eat the rest.

Don’t eat the pinched nub at the top — it’s traditionally left on the plate so you can keep track of how many you have eaten.