What are some good things to order at a Russian restaurant?
Appetizers: In a full course Russian meal, you would usually have both an appetizer course (with prepared salads and things like canapes) and a soup course. But ordering in a restaurant you’d probably only choose one. I adore Russian soups. My favorite hot soup is called Rassolnik. It is made with a very special type of preserved cucumber. These pickles are very salty, not as sour as ours. Another very good one (that also usually appeals to American palates, I’ve heard) is Solyanka. It means “salty.” It has many kinds of meat in it and is very flavorful. Russian soups have a slight dimension of sourness to them, which I like. My absolute favorite soup is called Okroshka. It’s a cold summertime soup made with the rye bread beverage kvass. I love it, but I also love kvass (a lot of people don’t but a lot of people do). For salads, two popular and tasty ones are called “Vinegret” and “Olivier”. These are cold salads made with cooked, finely chopped vegetables dressed with a mayonnaise/cre
