The breakfast of champions, Estonian style

What can you pick up from a local kohvik on your way to work in Tallinn? From the Reval Cafe on Müüri/vahe tänav ("between the (town) walls") Street in Tallinn's vana linn (old town), you can grab along a glorious kilu/või/leib among other things. On dark rye, that being rukki or must (black) bread with red onion and half a boiled egg (keedu/muna) to boot. Kilud are Baltic sprats and they are commonly marinated in a mixture of black pepper, allspice, cloves, nutmeg, coriander seeds, bay leaves, salt, sugar etc.

The result: vürtsi/kilud or spiced sprats, a famous Estonian delicacy, the king of open-faced sandwiches.