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Once upon a time... I decided to go to the Russian restaurant in Moscow. The choice was rather wide, but unfortunately our traditional cuisine is not so popular in Moscow as quasi italian, quasi japan, french and so on. Also I wanted to try something new. At least I've had my dinner in Esenin.
Now I know at least seven cafes in the center of the city that provide decent Russian dishes. I haven't included in this list the well known "export" Pushkin restaurant and Elki-Palki and Mu-Mu networks. So here's my list.
Esenin cafe
Average check - $30-$70
B. Nikitskaya, 22/2 (Arbatskaya metro station)
Seno
Average check - $25-$50
Kamergersky Lane, 6 (Okhotny Ryad, Theatralnaya metro stations)
Oprichnik
Average check - $30-$70
Pyatnitskii Lane, ( Novokuzneckaya metro station)
Dacha on Pokrovka
Average check - $30-$70
Pokrovsky Boulevard, 16-18 (Kitay-Gorod metro station)
Na Melnitse
Average check - $50-$100
Sadovaya-Spassky, 24 (Krasnye Vorota metro station)
Kitaygorodskaya wall
Average check - $50-$100
Varvarka, 14 (Kitay-Gorod metro station)
Petrov Vodkin
Average check - $50-$100
Pokrovka, 3/7 (Kitay-Gorod metro station)
What you can order in these restaurants? Basis of Russian cuisine is grain food - bread, pies, puffs, pancakes, bread-rings and so on. Potatoes, carrots, beets and other root crops are in honor as well. All of the items are baked in a traditional Russian stove. And simple peasants used to eat in such a way. Fish and meat used to appear on the tables just on holidays. Also Russian cuisine is impossible to imagine without a variety of pickles...
