Watermelon season is in full swing. That is why the chefs of Moscow enterprises use it wherever possible: in appetizers, soups, desserts and drinks. Let’s talk about the most interesting options.
hedonist
The chef of the restaurant with original Georgian cuisine, David Chelidze, prepared not one, but several dishes with the largest fruit at once, and some of them are unusual. For example, scalloped ceviche with watermelon and jonjoli, as well as squid, satsivi with watermelon and Abkhaz lemon, were “recorded” in cold appetizers. Among the hot ones are the watermelon and shrimp skewers. We do not even know which one is better to choose – everything is curious!
Address: Pokrovsky Boulevard, 8, building 1
The Left Bank Pub
The seasonal menu of the tavern, valid until the end of September, offers its guests four dishes with the most refreshing fruit of summer. You can have a light salad – two types of watermelon (yellow and red), with cucumber cheese, a green blend and a refreshing mint-lime dressing. Or another salad that perfectly combines sweet and salty – it includes lightly salted zucchini, fresh watermelon and raspberries, as well as ricotta. Fans of Asian cuisine will love the tempura watermelon with pistachio and sweet pepper on a bamboo leaf. For seafood lovers, a salad with fried watermelon, tiger shrimp, thin slices of cucumber, pine nuts and mango-passion fruit sauce is suitable.
Address: st. Maroseyka, 9
“Daily Bread”
Having looked at any establishment of the network, take a refreshing lemonade based on watermelon and honey with fragrant mint – it perfectly quenches thirst and replenishes minerals lost in the heat. Or freshly cut watermelon cubes served with the same mint. In the meantime, you can take this ideal wellness dessert with you in a suitable glass for a snack at the office, on the beach or in the park. You’ll also find the watermelon salad with brynza on the menu: This sweet-salty combination is balanced with cherry tomatoes, Kalamata olives, basil leaves, and coriander.
And finally, there’s another reason to come here for an aperitif: they now offer a prosecco-based aperol with watermelon and raspberry. Patio, sunset, Aperol – the key to a successful evening!
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of Gayane
The seasonal menu of the Armenian family restaurant includes watermelon caprese with chanakh cheese and thyme for appetizer, strawberry watermelon pulp jelly and juicy watermelon lemonade for dessert. To complete the summer mood, it’s best to try it on a patio, hidden in the yard, buried in greenery. The watermelon campaign is valid until the end of August. You have one week to do this!
Address: 2. Smolensky lane, ¼
Assunta Madre
Have you ever eaten raw tuna and watermelon? Not? Then urgently go to the Italian fish restaurant Assunta Madre – here they cook tuna with watermelon: slices of watermelon are added to pieces of raw fish, supplemented with jelly from it, teriyaki tomato sauce and kimchi.
Address: st. Povarskaya, 52/55, p.2
Drinks@Dinners
The hit of the summer menu is fried watermelon with Adyghe cheese (by the way, have you noticed how popular frying watermelon is this season?). It is prepared as follows: mulberry slices are fried to lightly caramelized, covered with slices of fried Adyghe cheese, covered with a cap of fresh herbs, sprinkled with pumpkin seeds and flavored with a mixture of olive oil, Worcestershire sauce and balsamic. vinegar with rosemary and thyme. No wonder the dish is a hit – it sounds the bomb!
Address: Pyatnitskaya street, 46, p. a
Saperavi Cafe
There are two positions in the cafe that you should try.
The first is a watermelon salad with spicy and slightly sour cashew sauce flavored with Kakhetian oil, fresh and fragrant tarragon, Imereti cheese and pine nuts.
The second – and perhaps the main – is watermelon cake with ice cream. This is a real breakthrough: Watermelon pulp is dipped in powdered sugar, sprinkled with crushed walnuts to make it look like cake, and served with ice cream and meadow honey. What a great alternative to cooking!
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Sartoria Lamberti
Here you will find watermelons in the soups section. This is a tomato gazpacho with watermelon: berry is added with an abundance of traditional vegetables – celery, bell pepper, red onion, tomato, cucumber and fennel. Homemade cheese balances this variety and is accompanied by olive and chili pepper grissini.
Address: st. Tverskaya, 3
800°C Contemporary Steak
The restaurant decided that it would be best to add the classic watermelon salad to the menu, but it made the taste a little unusual. This is how the “Watermelon / Feta / Pecan” dish was born: Products with three different textures make the taste more interesting.
Address: B. Patriarchy Lane, 6, building 1
Barrel
And now another watermelon hit among the desserts. This is a cranberry mousse with raspberry sauce and lemon mint, topped with acid herb leaves and finished with juicy watermelon cubes. So light it’s almost weightless!
Address: st. 1905, 2
Source: People Talk
