TheNiche Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I just had dinner at the Russian Bear along Dairy Ashford...good stuff and cute hostess. Anyone else got any good picks for Russian cuisine?I also know that there's a Russian supermarket off of Kirkwood? Anyone been there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Love the Bear... havent been anywhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Where along Dairy Ashford? What exactly is considered a Russian meal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 Where along Dairy Ashford? What exactly is considered a Russian meal?Its near Dairy Ashford and Briar Forest. Its easy to confuse for just a bar, so don't be turned off by the exterior. A forewarning, however: you will smell like cigar smoke by the end of the meal.I can't tell you what would be considered a Russian meal; its a big place, so there's more than one regional cuisine in play. The first dish I had was Borsch, very good, followed up with an entree that I could not pronounce properly...but it was bits of very tender beef wrapped in pasta. Essentially the Asian definition of dumplings, but with thicker pasta than the ones that I get occaisionally at the Welcome supermarket. It came with lots of herbs and a dallop of sour cream. Very very good stuff.Its somewhat more pricey than most of the places I frequent. My meal cost about $16 in total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowbrow Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 We go for a Borsch lunch. I never noticed any smoke at lunch time. They have different kinds of potato cake type foods, sausages, cold cuts, cheeses etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 What type of food depends on where in the old Soviet Union the restaurant owner is from. My office partner is from the Ukraine, and the food there is somewhat similar to Lebanese food. When we went to the Bear, I thought some of it was similar to Lebanese. I believe they had some non-Lebanese dishes as well, though. They had plenty of Stoli, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 We go for a Borsch lunch. I never noticed any smoke at lunch time. They have different kinds of potato cake type foods, sausages, cold cuts, cheeses etc.It was probably that I was sitting in one of the upholstered booths, so the smoke rubbed off on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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