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2013-07-08
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I had long been wanting to try out Russian cuisine since Secondary 3, when I studied Elective History on USSR and wanted to know what Russian cuisine was like. Finally, the time came. I decided to visit this Russian restaurant as it offers a wide variety of Russian dishes and many people believed that the food there looks and tastes good. Inside the restaurant, I learnt of the set meal on reading the menu. I decided to have the set meal as it is the cheapest. Before the set meal, I was served a
Before the set meal, I was served a basket of rye bread with a small dish of butter beside it. The bread looks to me as dark as chocolate bread. Its exterior is crisp and its interior is as fluffy as sponge cake. The butter comes in small hemispheres. They are soft, smooth and add a fatty flavour to the bread.
After that, I had chicken noodle soup as the starter of the meal. The soup is served in a small bowl that takes the shape of a vat. The bits of herbs on the surface of the soup make the dish more appealing. The soup is watery, clear and smooth. The small cubes of potatoes and carrots in the soup are soft. The pieces of chicken are soft and chewy. The strips of noodles are small and inconsistent in shape. They are as chewy as the skin of dumplings.
Next is the main course of the meal being beef stroganoff pie. The big rectangular pie is cut into three pieces and served with salad. The vegetables are dark green and crunchy. The vinegar adds sweetness and sourness to the greens. The crust is crisp and flaky. The beef is tender, juicy, sweet and sour.
Finally, I had came to the dessert, the last part of the meal, which is a plate of blinis served with sour cream, blueberry sauce and condensed milk. The blinis are garnished with fruits and cocoa powder. They are as soft and thin as napkins like crepes but chewier than crepes. The sour cream, blueberry sauce and condensed milk are each served on a small dish on a bigger plate. The sour cream is white like yoghurt and thick like mayonnaise. It is indeed sour and has a slight milky taste. It is also smooth. This is my first time tasting sour cream. The blueberry sauce is sweet. What surprises me about the sauce is that it has notes of alcohol. The condensed milk is smooth and runny. It has a sweet milky taste. The food looks delicious and it really is. Not only can we dine in the restaurant, we also can buy food and drinks from the restaurant such as vodka and rye bread. I hope I can go there for other Russian dishes another time.
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