Dinner from all four corners of the USSR
6th – 27th January 2018
KinoVino will offer you a unique chance to travel in time behind the Iron Curtain to savour the food from all four corners of the former Soviet Union. The meals will take you from Soviet Central Asia, to the Caucasus and the South-Western part of the USSR (Moldova, Ukraine, Belorussia) and culminate with a dinner in the capital featuring some of the classics from the Kremlin. This is a unique journey of flavours and Soviet history, a gathering that will broaden your culinary horizons and give you distinct insight into the lives of people behind the Curtain. Join us each week to savour a bountiful menu from a new part of the former Soviet Union
Week One: Central Asia and Siberia
6th January
A spread of Soviet Korean pickles and vegetable dips with rye bread & flavoured butters
Lagman soup (an Uzbek style pho) with ‘help yourself’ spices and herbs
Siberian pelmeni dumplings served with condiments
Honey and pine nut cake and Asian spiced tea
Week Two: Caucasian Mountains
12th-13th January
Cold mezze spread: dolma, beetroot and spinach pkhali & lavash bread
Hot mezze: spicy bean salad and khachapuri bread
Aubergine stew (lamb or vegetarian) with jewelled rice
Baklava with cinnamon tea & shot of Ararat brandy
Week Three: Ukraine, Belorussia, Moldova
19th-20th January
Rye bread, lardo, selection of pickles and ferments & a shot of horilka
Red borsch and sour cream
Stuffed cabbage leaves in a spicy tomato sauce with smashed garlic & herbed potatoes
Vareniki stuffed with sweet tvorog served with seasonal fruit compote
Week Four: Soviet Capital
27th January
Blinis & caviar with dill cream & a shot of horseradish infused vodka
Salad spread: ‘Herring in Furs’, Stolichnyi salad, Winter slaw
Beef or mushroom stroganoff with buckwheat kasha and ferments assortment
Napoleon cake with candied walnuts
ABOUT NUCLEAR WINTER
Running from November to February – Nuclear Winter is a yuletide festival with a cold war flavour! From Russia to America and back through Cuba we’ve got it all to make your Christmas period go with a bang. Clamber over the iron curtain for cabaret and entertainment in our demilitarised zone or hang out with Russian babushka’s in a steamy banya, or get invited by the top brass to our Doctor Strangelove inspired CIA supper club.
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