AZG Armenian Daily #104, 08/06/2005
Diaspora
ARMENIAN BARBECUE BECOMES VERY ‘ESTONIAN’
The expert chose the best 31 products during the tasting organized at the
Estonian Agriculture and Trade House on May 25. The Armenian khorovats
(barbecue) was announced the “Product well Accepted in Estonia” prize in the
“Best Product of 2005” nomination.
The Armenian dish appeared in Estonia in May 2000. The initiator of
producing this dish was Pilavsky Meat Factory, established by “Todas” JSC in
1998. One of the owners of the company is Spartak Hakobjanian, an Armenian
entrepreneur.
Before 2000 the factory was producing different summer grills but in 2000,
the market exports of the factory advised to produce new meat dish, i.e.
Armenian khorovats.
Armenian cook Ara Karapetian, great master of khorovats, helped to make this
dish popular with the Estonian consumers. He masters all the ways of making
khorovats.
The demand for khorovats grew for three times for the last few years. The
Estonians lost their hearts to the Armenian dish.
Gagik Saroyan, who sent an e-mail to daily Azg, also informed that from this
year the factory will enlarge the assortment of khorovats.
By Ruzan Poghosian