Took Big Daddy, Bad Mama's husband, to dinner at Veselka tonight. Veselka is one of the surviving Ukranian restaurants in the East Village. Ukranian food has fed two generations of New York hipsters, and God willing, it will feed two generations more, dammit. We had pierogies and some beer made in Lvov Lviv. Of course I told him to get the bigos.
Anyway. It was sleeting, so we talked a little about football. He's an adopted Midwesterner, so he's new to this whole "Packers" thing. On the other hand, he's from the South, so he knows.
No reason.
Lemberg. Lwów. Львов.
We almost went to Везелка last Friday, but the pull of Japanese was too strong.
Where are all the classic Russian restaurants?
Posted by: The New York City High School Math Teacher | December 14, 2007 at 10:09 PM
My wife's family makes some fantastic food: piroshki! wow. her okroshka is to DIE for. I put up the 'recipe' some time ago I think around last May. Greatgreatgreat stuff. Her borscht and rosolnik (sp) are fantastic too.
Makes it frakkin hard to keep the weight off it does.
Posted by: Will Baird | December 15, 2007 at 02:37 AM
But Will, in this grand metropolis - there are *no* Russian qua Russian restaurants. At least, none that I have seen, not in Brighton Beach, nor in Jamaica Estates, nor in Manhattan (the Russian Tea Room I am dubious).
The last good Russian meal I had was at "Russian Tea Time" in Chicago, I guess six years ago.
Where are they? I'm dying for some zakuski!
Posted by: The New York City High School Math Teacher | December 15, 2007 at 06:47 AM
When I've had Russian food in NYC, it wasn't in restaurants, but in clubs or bars. You might be looking in the wrong places.
Posted by: Carlos | December 15, 2007 at 09:33 PM
"Where can I get Russian food"? You Americans really have strange problems.
You could make it yourself, for example. Anyone can make pickles or collect mushrooms, and if they don't sell smetana in New York City, I'm amazed.
Cheers,
J. J.
Posted by: Jussi Jalonen | December 17, 2007 at 03:26 PM