Cabbage soup and meat-filled dumplings, hearty stews designed to warm from the inside out, beluga caviar and Chicken Kiev, and a strong love for honey – these are the staples of Russia’s culinary palette. The best news is there is no fiddly wine pairing to worry about here – everything matches with vodka, vodka, and more vodka!
Breakfast:
Kasha porridge
Rye bread
Blini buckwheat pancakes
Entrée:
Borscht beetroot soup
Shchi cabbage soup
Pelmeni meat-filled dumplings
Vinegret salad, Olivier potato salad
Mains:
Beef Stroganov stew
Chicken Kiev
Shashlyk kebabs
Salmon, Omul (Baikal whitefish)
Sides:
Caviar: Beluga, Red
Zakuski drinking snacks: (pickles, herring, boiled potatoes, and black bread)
Dessert:
Churchkhela Georgian candy
Honey
Hard cheese
Drink:
Chai Tea
Kvass fermented bread beverage
Beers:
Baltika, Bochkareff, Zolotaya
Yorsh (vodka and beer!)
Wine:
Medovukha mead
Georgian wines
Vodka: (comes from voda meaning water!)
Stolichnaya, Moskovskaya, Flagman, Beluga, Russky Standart
Russian Champanske
Courtney Gahan is a serial expat, traveller and freelance writer who has bartered with Moroccan marketeers, seen the sun rise at Angkor Wat and elbowed her way through crowds on NYE in NYC
