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Odesa cuisine. It's a magic stew of Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish, Moldovan and Levantine
cuisines cooked up in Soviet communal kitchens and fishermen's huts. Its main virtue is
that it takes full advantage of the region's abundance in vegetables, fruit and seafood.
Zharyu Paryu
CANTEEN$
(vul Hretska 45; mains 20-30uah; 8am-10pm)
When lunchtime strikes, going where the
local student and office-worker population find nourishment usually makes sense. This
clinical self-service canteen of the factory or school variety is such a place, and with
cheap and cheerful Ukrainian favourites on the menu board it's ideal for cash-strapped
nomads.
Aioli
FAST FOOD
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(vul Preobrazhenska 22; set lunch 30ah; 10am-7pm; )
A hipsterishly designed cafeteria
offering a set three-course menu at a dirt cheap price. No
aioli
detected in the ordinary
home-style food - it's just a fancy name.
Klarabara
INTERNATIONAL$$$
(City Garden; mains 90-150uah; 9am-midnight)
Tucked away in a quiet corner of the City
Garden, this classy, cosy, ivy-covered cafe and restaurant is awash with antique furniture
and fine art. The menu is inspired by the food people make at home in the broader Black
Sea region. That means local fish, delicious vegetable stews and various kinds of
khachapuri
- Georgian cheese pastry. We loved the charcoal-grilled mussels.
Tavernetta
ITALIAN$$$
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( 344 621;
www.tavernetta.ua
; vul Katerynynska 45; mains 70-100 uah; 9am-12pm; )
You'd need to hire an army of culinary detectives to find better pasta between here and
Italy, but your chances would still be low. The restaurant occupies a large wooden terrace
with an open kitchen, which churns out platefuls of magic - try spaghetti with local
sardines. Waiters are humorous and if you speak Russian you'll appreciate their Jewish-
influenced 'Odesa speak'. Warning: they'll attempt to put a hilarious paper napkin on
your neck, which makes serious people look like toddlers.
Kompot
EASTERN EUROPEAN$$$
