Traditional Russian cuisine

Russian cuisine is one of the most popular and widely spread in the world.
In Russian it’s usual to have meals three times a day. There is breakfast, dinner and supper.

Traditional foods of Russian cuisine have some common ingredients, such as potatoes, wheat and rye bread, dairy products like butter, cottage cheese, cheese and sour cream; meat (most commonly pork and beef) and grain crops.
Neither breakfast nor its preperation usually takes much time. In Russia it’s not common to eat much for breakfast.

Pancakes is a traditional Russian dish. Pancakes may be served with sweet or savory filling or with butter, sour cream, caviar, fresh fruit, or smoked fish.
Blini and blinchiki are other common morning meals. Blini are practically the same as English pancakes. In Russia they are served with butter and sugar.

Bread has always been the central in the Russian cuisine.
Bread plays a very important role in the meal. Russians eat bread with practically all dishes. In Russia they cook light and dark bread. The colour of bread depends on the kind of flour is used for its preperation.

Another dish of Russian cuisine containing a lot of ingredients, which at first sight don’t seem to suit each other, is okroshka.

Beside soups, Russians have some other tasty things. Golubci and pelmeni are among them.
They are popular in many countries abroad but you should try them in Russia because here they are the best.

Among drinks Russians often like tea and vodka. Perhaps Russian climate which is famous by its cold weather influenced this choice of drinks. But when it’s warm Russians drink kvass and compote with pleasure.

Russian food is very old, and it absorbed lots of national dishes on the way.
It’s bifshteks (beef steaks), escalope, langet.
Kvass is a traditional drink in Russia.

Depending on what part of the country you visit you have an opportunity to try either dark or light kvass.

And the fact that you like dark kvass still doesn’t mean that you’ll like the light one, because it tastes much different.