Monday, April 18, 2011

When in Moscow...eat Georgian!

Steve with the Moellering girls at Khachapuri - our new fave Georgian restaurant!

When in Moscow...eat Georgian...and we're not talking southeast United States.  Georgian food is, in a word, delicious!!  We had our first introduction during our Moscow “look-see” in August.  Our good friends, the Grimes, recently re-introduced us in February - and now we’re hooked!
As you may know, there has been a long standing conflict between Russia and Georgia, to the degree Georgian wine is banned from consumption in Russia. But....food is fair game and Russians love it as much as we do - herbs, spices, nuts, eggplant, pomegranate, shish-ka-bob, fish...

Eggplant wrapped around a walnut mixture w/pomegranates...

Satsivi - chicken in a walnut sauce...

Lamb!

Lavish Bread...also very popular - khachapuri- bread stuffed with cheese...heaven!

You may remember reading about my "sledgehammer to the knees" incident going in the "out" at the metro (blog dated 2/21/11).  My sweet sis-in-law, Amy, received a brief taste of the experience on her hand when she and Steve were passing the metro card between the gates - aaaaaagh!!!
The "pain" of the metro....not nice to instill on visitors!