These are the 5 kachapuri , the oh so delicous georgian bread (ხაჭაპური) that is made with leavened bread and distinct fresh and aged cheeses. Sometimes they are topped with eggs, like the one in the second picture that just came out of my oven. Despite being 40 degrees f out, you'll see that the window is open because my oven door smokes something fierce and I don't want the alarms going off, well, that is if they actually work. I love them much and will have to find a way to get them when I'm home.
This is a tasty Russian fairy creature that is usually sad. This one is happy to be of use filling my belly.
*&(*&*( Pozatahata or something I can't remeber well is the name of this place. It's one of the only Ukrainian "fastfood" places, but it's more similar to K&W, you select food, put it on a tray, and then pay at the end. This one was in the mall, so we were smart and grabbed a seat before the food. Definitely the right choice as I later watched people wandering with their hands full of food they couldn't yet eat (is there a worse torture?).
First time to the "Nobu" here (I really doubt they pay chef Nobu Matsuhisa for his name here). Jeff and I got this, 2 more rolls, 2 types of dumplings, tempura, miso, and a pin-noodle salad.
I ate that whole thing after the aforementioned soup and salad. The dumplings and tempura came next - that was hard to fit, but I did likely much to the amusement of the staff. The next time I dined, the sushi chefs pointed to me and were talking to a chef who wasn't there before. It might have been because I thanked them in japanese and said it was delicious too.
This was a beef tenderloin salad d'or bleu that was fantastic, pictured before I poured 1/2 that boat of blue dressing on. Also pictured is a ukrainian champagne that Alla ordered and was surprisingly, to me, deelish.
I whipped out a little easter spirit egg hunt style and hid food for the cats to find
This was beef wrapped in rice paper, similar to a vietmanese spring roll with beef tenderloin. Very tasty (sorry the picture is poor).
The waiter recommended I try a salad they had that day using marinated beef tongue. I don't believe I've had beef tongue before, or it wasn't memorable enough, so I agreed and found it better than agreeable. yay!
This is the same restaurant I got the khachapuri from, suliko (it's a classic georgian girl's name). As you can see, there is a khachapuri , a sweet white georgian wine (also very good), and tender pork ribs sauteed with sweet onions.
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After finding the chinese restaurant and having 20+ dumplings, I decided to go back for another night. One was great wall of china pork and it came out flaming. The host (and waiter) flipped it around and opened it to reveal this:.jpg)
The carrot was shaped into a section of the great wall very well, but wasn't captured on film. I did capture half of it with my belly though. The parsley made up the trees around the wall - very cool. Oh, the pork was soft and savory..jpg)
So I had rice, red tea, a thick tofu and ham soup, a squid, mushroom, and noodle soup, cucumber and rice noodle "rain" salad, salty fried buns, cold sliced duck, fried dumplings, and lychee fruit for dessert.
closeup clockwise starting with the fried bun, then the rain salad, next lychee, and finally tofu soup. I really like the chinese here, but it's farther to walk to the restaurant and more expensive than in the US so I haven't gone a lot. I look forward to going again though.
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