Fasten your seatbelts, sit back, and you will now embark on a trip to countries whose airspace is still closed to Russians. Sure you can get into these but it’s no longer long and expensive, like going to a restaurant.
Especially in recent years, the domestic gastroindustry has been growing rapidly. And there is even an opinion that in Russia any cuisine is prepared almost better than in its homeland. And now there is a great opportunity to check it out.
Anya Baturina, columnist for The Fashion Vibes, author of the Gastrology Telegram channel
The Fashion Vibes columnist Anya Baturina invites you to practically travel the world without leaving her native Moscow, it remains to choose where to go first.
Europe
Where: “my fish”
Traveling to Europe is a real quest, aggregator sites show attractive prices for three connecting tickets: Mineralnye Vody, Makhachkala, Istanbul and from there an arrow-like direct flight to any of the countries of the European Union. Of course, there are simpler ways, but you should not forget about the increased duration of the flight itself (until you fly in all the forbidden corners of the sky). I wonder how many times they are fed for such a flight now?
We don’t know how to eat on board, but in Vladimir Perelman’s restaurants with European cuisine, My Fish is fed exactly as you want it. Also recently, brand chef Dmitry Parikov has added spring innovations to the menu using local produce.. The perfect dinner starts with sea urchins, followed by sweet tomatoes with halibut and tiger shrimp, octopus risotto, romesco sauce, parmesan cheese and of course a glass of wine.
Address: Slavyanskaya sq., 2
Greece
Where: “Pythagoras”
Even a simple dinner at Pythagoras turns into a Greek feast of traditional dishes with a modern and sometimes even bold interpretation. If you truly celebrate life, then you should eat it all at once – appetizers, lightly salted tuna salad, guacamole and sun-dried tomatoes, fried sweet potatoes with goat cheese and ginger-garlic aioli, delicious goat shoulder in honey-mustard sauce with thyme.
So is there room for dessert? You should definitely try the original desserts prepared with unusual and non-classical ingredients from the new pastry chef. For example, white chocolate mousse with coffee and Greek yogurt with caramelized cauliflower, or thin crusty flatbread napoleon with ice cream and cinnamon.
Address: Trubnaya Square, 2
Italy
Where: Sartoria Lamberti
Why do so many tourists love Italy so much? Of course for delicious food and nice shopping. Sartoria Lamberti, located on the ground floor of The Ritz-Carlton, has it all – along with excellent cuisine, an interior and atmosphere made in a true workshop style. Here, everything is maintained down to the details – irons for curtains, pin-eyed cutlery and even napkin-holding cuffs, as in the dressing room.
Try the Tonnato burrata, octopus farfalle, black steak and Mona Lisa dessert. By the way, the restaurant’s bar menu has been recently updated. Cocktail fashionista Artem Kuzin reinvented the flavors of whiskey, cognac, bourbon-based drinks. And each guest is asked for their initials (or a short word) and monograms are embroidered on napkins at the entrance.
Address: Tverskaya street, 3
France
Where: Do not touch
France lifts the covid restrictions on entry to the country and starts issuing visas to Russians, but it is still not easy to enter the country. It is much easier to get to the Touché wine bar at the Trekhgornaya factory (be careful when calling a taxi – it is often confused with another paronymous restaurant, similar in spelling, but completely different in sound and cuisine).
Touché updated its menu in early April. Chef Taras Kiriyenko recommends the green pea hummus with fresh vegetables and wild garlic pesto, the tempura zucchini flower with shrimp cheese cream (grown specifically for the restaurant), the spring veggie sea bass with Berblanc sauce, and the seaweed caviar. And very soon the restaurant will offer an updated breakfast menu and new cocktails.
Address: Rochdelskaya street, 15, building 22
Germany
Where: Krombacher Beer Kitchen
The German visa, and indeed the language, has always been considered one of the most difficult. Without unnecessary formalities and document collection, you can head to the Krombacher Beer Kitchen on Belorusskaya, a large beer restaurant on the first floor of the Sheraton Hotel.
By the way, many German words here can be learned by reading the menu. For example, flammkuchen is a German open “flame pie,” grestl is a hot stir-fry, kefespätzle is a cheese noodle. If you don’t want to spoil your language with German names, you can find our Siberian dried fish and Yakut venison on the menu. Meanwhile, on Saturday, April 23, German Beer Day is celebrated. Here is one such tip.
Address: 1. Tverskaya-Yamskaya street, 19
Scandinavian countries
Where: Bjorn
A quick geography lesson to brush up on which countries are considered part of “northern” cuisine. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland – dishes from these countries can be found in the zero waste menu of the Björn restaurant.
Chef Nikita Poderyagin (this sentence should be read with some sadness), who received the Michelin Young Chef Award literally at the end of March, broke up with Björn. The kitchen is now headed by Andrey Fedoseev (chief of the neighboring Bor project). So while you’re waiting for major changes to the menu, you might have time to try Poderyagin’s author’s set, in which everything is not what it seems (kiwi is not kiwi, and coconut is not coconut).
And every year at the beginning of April, the Björn team collects birch sap and organizes a “birch week”. In different years, kvass, tea and even cocktails were made from it. This time it starts on April 11 at the restaurant.
Address: st. Pyatnitskaya, 3
United States of America
Where: harrow
The idol of American cuisine – you already know where to go for burgers. Let’s talk a little bit about Rake Restaurant and the whole gastronomic culture that emerged in the late 70s thanks to the symbiosis of immigrant cuisines, local products and tastes.
It’s worth a look here for new breakfasts. Both lovers of the classics (eggs, porridge, cottage cheese, which can be supplemented with various ingredients in a designer style) and those who are tired of standard benedicts will be satisfied – here the eggs look spectacular, hidden in a square bun.
And be sure to return to the main menu for the Waldorf salad, crab cakes with mango and salsa, dessert in the form of soup, steak and the Wagon Wheels cookies that have been loved since childhood.
Address: Valovaya street, 26
Source: People Talk
