"The chef has upgraded the menu of a standard pioneer camp’s canteen to near-haute-cuisine level, with masterfully cooked kasha."
"Moscow restaurants I recommend: Grand Cafe Dr. Zhivago - For many of my friends, the main breakfast in Moscow is breakfast in the Grand Cafe Dr. Zhivago. The restaurant is open around the clock, not only breakfast is served here, but precisely Guriev kasha won my (and not only my) heart."
"The chef has upgraded the menu of a standard pioneer camp’s canteen to near-haute-cuisine level, with masterfully cooked kasha."
on Kasha
"Moscow restaurants I recommend: Grand Cafe Dr. Zhivago - For many of my friends, the main breakfast in Moscow is breakfast in the Grand Cafe Dr. Zhivago. The restaurant is open around the clock, not only breakfast is served here, but precisely Guriev kasha won my (and not only my) heart."
on Guriev kasha
"Kholodets with 3 types of meat - a set of thin radish circles, sprigs of dill, several pickled mushroom caps and three small strips of kholodets without veins, fat and unnecessary layers. The meat component communicated well with horseradish. Flawlessly."
on Kholodets
"Ptichye moloko from the dessert menu appeared naked: only white soufflé and no chocolate clothes. The taste is pleasantly sweet, soulful."
"Porcini Mushrooms Julienne was served in a cast-iron bowl and was covered with a cheese cap. Sour cream and mushroom mass was hot, saturated. Tasty and somehow even too generous, not Soviet, but rather bourgeois."
"Beautifully spiced meat, juicy cabbage and strong sauce, that's the way it has to be."
on Golubtsy
"Piroshki, a Russian classic, these fine dumplings are filled with either vegetables or meat. In this case with lamb, beef and cabbage. Really fine, inside nice juicy and aromatic!"
on Pirozhki
"Thirteen of the best Moscow restaurants: old classics and new twists on Slavic cuisine – at affordable prices: Dr. Zhivago - It’s especially good for breakfast, which includes about a dozen types of kasha."
on Kasha
"At Dr Zhivago, the focus is on doing the classics well, with many kinds of pelmeni dumplings."
on Pelmeni
"Where to eat the best Olivier in Moscow: Dr. Zhivago - Here, Olivier is prepared with quail, crayfish, potatoes, carrots, peas, pickles, capers and seasoned with homemade mayonnaise with the addition of truffle oil."