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If you want a foretaste of your future Trans-Eurasian adventure, come here to sample food
hailing from all cultures affiliated with Mongolia - Buryat, Kalmyk, Tyvan and Tibetan. For
a safe introduction, try
Buryat buuza
dumplings. Brave ones tuck into Kalmyk lamb giblet
soups and main courses, watering them down with
kumys
- fermented horse milk.
SANDWICHES
BUTERBRO
noon-8pm)
This little place at the entrance to Hermitage Gardens makes gourmet sandwiches and
yummy soups. Stand-up tables are helpfully equipped with telephone chargers. You can also
savour your sandwich on a bench in the park.
INTERNATIONAL
DELICATESSEN
noon-mid-
night Tue-Sat; ; Tsvetnoy Bulvar)
The affable (and chatty) owners of this place travel the world and experiment with the menu
a lot, turning burgers, pizzas and pasta into artfully constructed objects of modern culinary
art. The other source of joy is a cabinet filled with bottles of ripening fruity liquors, which
may destroy your budget if consumed uncontrollably (a pointless warning, we know).
The latter asset brought Delicatessen into World's Top 50 Bars list - admittedly under
number 50. Go through the archway next to Shokoladnitsa cafe, turn left and look out for a
green door on your right. The sign above it reads: 'Thank you for finding us'.
INTERNATIONAL
LAVKA-LAVKA
495-724 3532;
http://lavkalavka.com
;
ul Petrovka 21 str 2; dishes
R400-600; 6pm-midnight Mon-Fri, 11am-midnight Sat & Sun; ; Teatralnaya)
Welcome to the Russian Portlandia - all the food here is organic and hails from little farms
where you may rest assured all the lambs and chickens lived a very happy life before being
served to you on a plate. Irony aside, this a great place to sample local food cooked in a
funky improvisational style.
Each item on the menu is attributed to an individual farmer. Geography spans from cent-
ral Russia to Sakhalin. Of special note are the ales and different kinds of
kvass
(fermented
rye-bread drink) produced on farms near Moscow. The restaurant comes with a great (if ex-
pensive) shop selling farm produce.
GEORGIAN
DZHONDZHOLI
