Lent started today and will last until April 15. You won’t have to sit on bread and water for the next 40 days because restaurants have already prepared traditional special menus for those who follow their rules and refuse meat, fish and dairy products.
Moreover, fasting weeks are one of the favorite periods of all vegetarians, vegans and just healthy people who are accustomed to experimenting with their diet throughout the year.
The Fashion Vibes knows where to try the most unusual varieties of Lenten dishes in Moscow restaurants.
Save addresses so you don’t lose them later. And don’t worry if you can’t try everything. Seven weeks – seven restaurants.
Grace Bistro
If you are not ready to change yourself and your habits while choosing an aesthetic meal service even in Oruç, try Grace Bistro’s special menu.
According to the patriarchs’ characteristics, the obligatory green salad – zucchini, asparagus, cucumber, broccoli, mixed greens and baked avocado with mustard dressing on flower honey with wine vinegar, ‘Ramiro peppers – walnuts and salsa verde and cauliflower with broccoli.
And the main thing you should try on the menu is the gluten-free muffins with orange juice, pumpkin, prunes, and coconut flakes.
Address: St. Spiridonovka, 25/20 building 1
DESK. TSUM
Without animal protein, gluten, lactose and even refined sugar – an article in the “Green Menu” BURO. TSUM can be held not just for ideological reasons, but just for detox on the eve of spring.
Twenty-three dishes and four desserts is one of the largest Lenten menus in Moscow. And the most diverse. From veggie hummus and falafel to artichoke and spinach spaghetti cacho e peppe and cauliflower risotto with truffle sauce. From vegetable ramen and sweet potato curry to mushroom buckwheat and vegan dumplings.
Address: St. Petrovka, 2 (TSUM, 5th floor)
Levantine
Tomato marmalade, apple chutney, coriander sauce, four kinds of cabbage on a plate and Antonovka sorbet – the Levantine restaurant offers a balanced Lenten menu.
first course – young asparagus salad with parsnip, sweet potato and broccoli, with chicory, sunflower sprouts and coriander and Gamadari dressing. The soup on the lentil menu is celery cream with pickled apples, chili peppers and fat-free sour cream. For a hot meal of four types of cabbage: broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and bok choy, steamed Ramiro peppers stuffed with thick spicy kimchi sauce and couscous and tomato marmalade.
Address: Novinsky Avenue 8, Lotte Plaza, 7th floor
Greeks
Greeks have more olive oil on their lentil menu than butter, and the Greek accent is closely intertwined with Turkish and Mediterranean influences.
Traditions do not change, now the Greeks will bring muhammara with walnuts, sun-dried tomatoes and Spanish olives, potatoes with thyme, pickled olives with sage, lemon zest and linden, falafel with vegetable salsa and baked eggplant with tahini, tomatoes and nuts. . The famous Greek salad will compete for a while with a large green salad with grapes, zucchini and cucumbers.
Address: Neglinnaya st., 15
MODUS
The new menu in the Modus restaurant turned out to be not only lean, but also healthy – in such bright dishes as spring there are a lot of vitamins, and the rich colors and elegant presentation please the eye and cheer up.
The main question remains only what to choose: a rustic salad with homemade butter and sunflower seeds, a tomato salad with red onions and herbs, or pan-Asian appetizers –
avocado and bean green salad or Thai baked eggplant with crispy onions.
Address: 1st Lane Truzhnikov, 6
MO friends bar&dining
To start your lentil lunch or dinner, you can try Middle Eastern-inspired dishes: tabouleh salad with couscous sauce, pomegranate sauce and crispy eggplant or hummus, fresh vegetable salad with pea bread, and for fans of Asian cuisine – marinated tomato in kimchi sauce.
The main course is fritto misto with sweet and sour sauce consisting of zucchini, zucchini and avocado, Thai lean soup with oyster mushrooms, hot baked eggplant with chickpeas and spinach, and grilled broccoli steak with quinoa and wasabi sauce as a side dish.
Address: St. Petrovsky lines, 1
lumicino
The lentil treat is free of meat, poultry, fish, and other forbidden foods, but colors, flavors, textures, and spices abound. Chef Timur Ismailov, for example, emphasized “eternal culinary values” as an appetizer, carpaccio: zucchini with artichoke cream and citrus sauce, and marinated fennel with tangerines and olives, served with cereal chips. No calories – pure benefit.
Address: Bolshaya Nikitskaya, 58
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