Showing posts with label russian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label russian. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

Fantastic Russian food

I love Russian food because it revolves around dumplings, blinis, soups and stroganoff.
It is similar to Eastern European Polish and Ukrainian food where they also have dumplings.
Spotted Zima one night after having tiramisu nearby so decided to try this place as their menu is a bit more sophisticated with the same suspects but with a finer and modern touch being in Soho.
To be honest, I was attracted by the black dumplings.
When we entered the restaurant, the decor and everything was elegant and how you would expect it to be.
At the far back of the room, there was a shelf and it was encouraging to see another place that does pickled strawberries and other pickles.
It was really hard deciding what to eat because everything was nice but we had Fish pelmeni, ukha fish soup and chicken and beef cutlet with buckwheat.
For dessert, the only thing I would have chosen would be the Cherry Vareniki which are cherry dumplings, the rest I have tried elsewhere.
To start off, the fish solyanka soup was a light consomme yet impressive because of the strong fish flavours and dill, there were big chunks of salmon in it.
Next, the star of the show was the black fish pelmeni which did not disappoint topped with my favourite salmon roe in a lobster and salmon roe sauce.
These were gone in flash because they were so delicious and the remaining sauce just had to soaked up with bread.
Moving on to the mains, the pork and beef cutlet was more like a steak hache.
The accompanying buckwheat with oyster mushrooms took me by surprise, I was expecting the texture of the buckwheat to be coarse and prickly but it was soft like rice which I finished off happily.
For drinks, I had the sea buckthorn tea which tasted like hot orange juice it was good that it was not sweetened.
Overall, I was really impressed with the food especially the soup and dumplings.

Zima Russian Restaurant:
45 Frith St, London W1D 4SB


Tuesday, March 01, 2016

My first Ukrainian meal

I have always wanted to try Russian/Ukrainian food but there are not many in Hong Kong.

The only one I knew was Ivan da Kozak that has been in HK for years.
I have attempted to dine at Ivans but the menu is too complicated if you have menu dyslexia.

Noticed Dacha, a few weeks ago because of the lovely mysterious European decor, which couldn’t be seen clearly because of the window veils that made you even more curious.

They finally opened but they don’t have the full menu yet because it is under soft opening.
At the moment, they are serving lunch sets all day so I was really lucky because anything is new to me and I don't work in Central.

The lunch set costs $98 with 10% for a Borsch and Pierogi.

++++
Borsch:
The soup was beetroot borsch that was loaded with cabbages and carrots with a refreshing taste.
I suppose it does taste like the Russian inspired Chinese Borscht but without the meat and sweetness.
You get a small bun with the soup that is topped with extremely tasty crushed garlic that is quite salty and flavours the bun.
++++
Siberian pelmeni:
(Traditional Russian handmade dumplings in light butter herb)
The dumplings tasted exactly the same as “Chinese war teeps” but better because they were neat looking like round tortellinis and not so oily served with sour cream.
++++
Pierogi with cabbage:
(braised cabbage dumplings with mushrooms)
The cabbage dumplings were more flavourful than I expected because they tasted like sauerkraut dumplings.
++++
Perogi with potato and onions:
These were basically dumplings filled with silky mash potatoes but lacked cheese according to my friend who went to Russia.
++++
Apple pie:

The apple pie (bread) was a bit disappointing because the texture was like hard and dry Chinese bread with a yolk glazed top but the locals should love it.
++++
Honey cake:



The honey cake was interesting because it was not too sweet and it was like a combination of a serradura dessert and a soft cake.
++++
There will be a dinner menu soon so I will be back to try things that I haven’t tried before.

Restaurant:
Dacha
38-40 Hollywood Road








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