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the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

name: CAMAPKAHA (the last 'A' ia the russian 'D' sound)

directions:

across the street from Dong-a Department Store near Daegu Station (NOT DONG-A SHOPPING at Banwoldang subway stop)

from JungAngNo subway stop, exit towards Lotte Department Store and Daegu train station.
walk down DongSungNo shopping street towards Lotte and the train station. At th first main intersection, you will see MAESTRO clothing store on your left and Jeil Bank on your right. Turn right at the intersection towards Dong-a Dept. Store.
The restaurant is on the right side of the street, but not as far down as Donga. It's on the second floor, and has an Orange and white sign in Russian script.

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

*bump*

Corporal · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

What's Russian food like?

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

I love Russian food, mostly because of my Ukrainian heritage (which has similar cuisine). Most of ot is kinda heavy... ie, potato, sour cream, and various fried dishes.
the classics are:

Cabbage rolls- seasoned rice and meat rolled in cabbage, broiled, and dressed in a tomato sauce. best with sour cream on top.

Veranekeh- fried or boiled crescent shaped dumplings stuffed with mashed potato, cheese, or both. topped with fried onion. best with sour cream for dipping.

Borscht- primarily a red beet soup with various veggies.

Corporal · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

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the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

ThePoet · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:48 am Post subject:

So, my suggestion is, we all go there on Sunday afternoon. This will be kind of a Dave's get together/support something unique and new type of afternoon. I haven't had good ukrainian/russian food since coming here from Canada! I'd be up for a good feed!

Poet

capebretoncanadian · Joined: 20 Feb 2005

I'm interested in this here Russian restaurant...It'd mix things up a little bit.....The fare you listed sounded kind o pedestrian....is that par for the course for russian food....is the menu a lot more diverse than that? Will they speak to you in English?....or Korean? Is it expensive? I suppose I could answer my questions with a trip downtown....but this is easier!!. On a side note...there is an amazing Pakistani hole in the wall out in SongSeo....I don't know how common the Pakistani food is here in Daegu but it's the first place I've seen and I frequent there....absolutely delicious stuff.

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

ThePoet · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:41 am Post subject:

A funny thing happened to me my first time at the Russian restaurant...

I went there because I haven't had any pyrogies, cabbage rlls or borscht for a long time...my mouth was watering and I knew Sunday afternoon was the perfect day to go...it was cold outside, and some good eastern European cooking would be wonderful...

So I get to the restaurant with my friend and I am prepared for a menu that has no English, but I figure, armed with THE EYE's pronunciation for some of the food I'd be ok. And then I find out the menu has pictures. YAYYYY!

Then I don't recognize anything in the pictures....AWWWWW

I ask for Borscht...the waiter says "no"

I ask for Verenekeh...the waiter says "no"

Now, my confidence is fading...I point to a couple of pictures and he writes my order down. At this point, the game plan is over. He brings out food I've never had before. Now I will say, the food I had was good...but not what I expected. It didn't come with any sour cream and no bread to soak up the juices.

As I am eating, I notice pyrogies on the table next to me.

I point to them...the waiter says "no"

Just my luck, they run out of pyrogies with the last order..I continue to eat. Another group comes in and order in Russian...a few minutes later, they get borscht, they get pyrogies and they get cabbage rolls. They get sour cream. THEY GET BREAD!!!!

I keep thinking I am in the Soup Nazi episode of Sienfeld at this point. Sigh...

I finish my meal (again, it was good), and even though I understand my russian is zero, I don't understand how pointing at pictures (of which I thought at least once I pointed at pyrogies) couldn't produce satisfactory results.

Now, I go to pay. The price for a bowl of stew, a meat bun, some fries with onions on it, and some meatballs came out to 20,000 won for 2 people. Not unreasonable I think.

As I leave, the waiter grabs a card and says "next time you come back" in broken English, and points to the back of the card...and there, along with all the menu items in Russian, is an English translation of what each item is.

Sometimes, life is very wierd I think.

Poet

seoulsista · Joined: 31 Aug 2005

Do they have plov?

the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004

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the eye · Joined: 29 Jan 2004