Tag: russian
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Taste of Eurasia, Alexandria VA
Taste of Eurasia is one of the few, rare spots where you can find Russian and surrounding cuisine in the area and these are overall pretty sparse and rare, and of course the shoot here went very, very well. Other places to note – Rus-Uz, Mari Vanna, and the sadly closed Samovar if you want…
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Mari Vanna, Farragut North, Washington DC
Russian food is typically bland and kind of hard to find. GOOD Russian food is like a needle in a haystack, even including various delis and markets, so that said – Mari Vanna nailed it completely in DC! Decor of the place alone is worth the visit, and the burzhuy-level food is definitely worth a…
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Rus Uz, Alexandria VA – A Rare and Tasty Sight in DMV
Rus Uz is another local rarity of a full blown Russian and Uzbek restaurant, and the team of Alexandria location was eager to get more pro work done despite already having every inch of their menu shot for their own website. Times like these are uplifting compared to quite the number of places that don’t…
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Samovar, Rockville MD
Once upon a time, Rockville town center used to house a now-closed Russian and Uzbek restaurant called Samovar (translates as fancy tea kettle that self-boils water) right across from the venerable, Greek place Trapezaria. For the overall decent population of Russians and various -stanians in the greater DC area this always struck me as odd,…
