Georgian cuisine is not one of the lightest and simplest: cheese, butter and eggs can be found in every dish, and your dietician cannot be happy about that. Among the most characteristic dishes there is khachapuri with its different variants: Adjaruli, which is shaped like a ship and filled with cheese, butter and raw eggs, or Imeruli, which is more like a savoury cake filled with cheese. I dare you not to order one of these at every meal in Georgia! Then there's khinkali, huge dumplings with various possible fillings: Meat, mushrooms, potatoes and cheese (of course). Tradition says that you eat them with the small part while you eat the rest. Do not worry, you will not be expelled immediately if you use a knife and fork. It is also interesting to see how many different ways the meat is prepared: It can be cooked on an iron bar or grilled directly over the fire. It is then wrapped in bread and roasted with vegetables and spices. The strangest sweet I had was Churchkela, which is a line of walnuts dipped in wine. The result is a jelly snack that was used by the soldiers as a fast snack during the battles.