Some places to eat when you are in Yekaterinburg during 2018 FIFA World Cup
We decided to tell guests of our city about some places they certainly must see. For those who wants to feel the real «taste» of Yekaterinburg — the following list of special Ural menus.
«Black pel’meni from the kitchen of chekist (official of Cheka)»
Adress: Lenina Av., 69/1
Average check: 700 rubles
If you want to taste Ural cuisine, than the place you need is so called Chekist’s town, one of the main monuments of constructivism in the Yekaterinburg. You may kill two birds with one stone — see an almost abandoned city sight — hotel «Iset» » and eat black pel’meni with bird-cherry in the self-service restaurant «Fabrika-kukhnya» (factory-kitchen).
Some time ago in the place of this restaurant was a real factory-kitchen, where the food for the chekists» families was prepared because their flats were built without kitchens. This factory consisted of places to prepare food, dining rooms and buffets.
The presence of history in this place is filtered almost through all the walls. At the entry guests can see themselves in an unusual mirror in a huge frying pan, which is so large that you can cook food in it for the big group of workers.
In the restaurant you can taste some traditional Russian meals such as kholodets (meat-jelly), fryed bass, mutton-chops, a lot of potato dishes, kissel (thin berry jelly), patties with cowberry and, of course, pel’meni for the different tastes and different colours.
«Dishes prepared on the unique recipes of Yeltsin’s wife»
Adress: Borisa Yeltsina St., 3a
Average check: 2000 rubles
The best place to taste the food made on favourite recipes of Boris Yeltsin’s wife is the restaurant «Barboris». Here you can find different meals for any tastes and checks — starting with popular exquisite goat baked in a stove and Kamchatskiy crab to ordinary meat pies. Also there are special dishes, which Naina Yeltsina prepared to her husband.
The chef of the restaurant specially went to Moscow to learn the recipe of each dish in the menu step by step. You can order layer—cakes, pel’meni or golubtsy (stuffed cabbage rolls) and feel youself like having lunch in the house of Yeltsin’s family. Borsch (red-beet soup) is served here with bacon-fat, which is made in a restaurant. Also, «Barboris» is famous for its salted delicacy, its own bakery, smokehouse and alcoholic nastoyki (liqueurs).
«Antique estate with green pel’meni made from flesh of game animal»
Adress: Gagarina St., 18
Average check: 1500 rubles
Reastaurant-estate «Manilov» is called the masterpiece of Russian cuisine. If you want to see the real landowner’s estate and feel the atmosphere of the 19th century — restaurant «Manilov» welcomes you. Here you can see an antique samovar, cast-iron irons and even a Russian bear.
The table for your worship will be served with kholodets with horseradish, hare’s kidneys, draniki (hashbrowns) or the neck of a steer. For those who like exotics there are green pel’meni made from the flesh of game animal — a wild boar. Also, there are pike pel’meni with champagne sauce.
«Pel’meni for the hipsters. Eat cheap but with a lot of hype»
Adress: Pushkina St., 12
Average check: 300 rubles
One more good place to taste Ural’s cuisine is a very up-to-date pelmennaya (an eatery serving pelmeni) «Zames» which is located in a popular among street artists of a Yekaterinburg gallery «Sviter» (Sweater). «Zames» works like a bistro — cheap but good.
Few space, dishes are served in to-go plates, but to visit the places of a brutal «rebels of Ural cuisine» (the way they call themselves) is certainly a «must». An idea to open a café with pel’meni for hipster appeared in one of the chef’s sleep and his friend supported him. That’s how in the center of a city was opened a café with a pile pel’meni, and small juicy pies from Perm — «posikunchiki». Number one best selling are with smoked cheese. Owners note that hardly can keep pace preparing it. Find the time to taste!
«Pancakes piping hot»
Adress: Lenina Av., 53
Average check: 200 rubles
If you want to taste Ural’s pancakes, than the popular blinnaya (a café serving pancakes) «Skoroyed» is a good place to eat. Maybe it is not so cozy, but pancakes, which are more delicious, will be hard to find. There are two reasons to believe that — firstly, the size will be a good surprise, secondly, a great variety of fillings — from slightly salted salmon to cottage cheese with marshmallows and apricots. You may take pancakes to-go piping hot and have a snack on the Iset» embankment.
«Secret pinza which recipe was bought in Italy»
Adress: Pushkina St., 12
Average check: in Asian part — 800 rubles, in European — 1200.
Yekaterinburg — is where Europe and Asia join each other. Two brothers- restaurateurs opened a very symbolic restaurant — under one roof meet an Asian restaurant «Kaori» which is translated from Japanese as «delicious smell» and European restaurant which high point is a pinza from Rome.
In Asian part you can watch the work of a chef in an open bar and kitchen. Sashimi and Sigapore chicken are highly recommended. All ingredients are carried straight from Japan and China.
In European part you can taste pinza which recipe brothers bought from popular Italian chefs only after a year of discussions and attempts to buy it. Now one of the brothers keep this secret of a dough and knead it himself each morning. This is the condition of an agreement!
«Romantic dinner at the bird’s-eye view»
Adress: Malysheva St., 51
Average check: 3500 rubles
If you want to combine business with pleasure — to have dinner and to enjoy the views of a Yekaterinburg — the highest restaurant in Ural is «PANORAMA A.S.P.». This restaurant is located on the 50th floor of «Vysotskiy» skyscraper.
Tables are in front of the panoramic windows; cuisine — Japanese and European. Dinner here is quite expensive but the view is worth it.
«Sea creatures»
Adress: Khokhryakova St., 23
Average check: 1500 rubles
If you think that Ural is only pel’meni and bliny (pancakes) — you are completely mistaken. Still there is no sea or ocean, people in Yekaterinburg also like seafood. As a proof — restaurant «Kraby, gady i vino» («Crabs, sea creatures and vine») which lots of locals prefer.
Crabs from Kamchatka and Murmansk, mussels and seafood appetizers are served there. In addition to the dishes — good vine list. For a big company it may seem too cramped, but for a private conversation or meeting with a friend — a good choice to enjoy the interior and sea creatures.
«Gourmet streets»
If you don’t have time to visit separate restaurants than the whole «street» with different gastronomic places is right what you need. For example, legendary building of a printing house «Ural’skiy Rabochiy» on Lenina Av., 49 has different cafes and restaurants.
To have a snack — a burger bar «A ty gde?» («Where are you»). Beer made in Ural and burgers with unusual names such as «Chao, Bella» or «Ya perezvonyu» (I’ll call you back») are served there.
In Grott Bar there is an own brewery, so you can always get a good mud of beer. To eat — a Scandinavian cuisine — goulash, which is served with just baked bread. Chef uses a special recipe for the burger buns — it is similar to the famous pretzels. An addition to the cuisine is an interior in a maritime style.
Closer to the Iset» embankment, on Lenina Av., 41 you can find many different bistros. You need to pay attention to the restaurant of Vietnamese food «Vietmon», which was opened by a student from Vietnam who moved to the Yekaterinburg. The interior is quit simple and all the workers are from Vietnam. The bestsellers here are rice pancakes.
«Vietmon» Фото: Александр Мамаев
Next to «Vietmon» is a place to taste chebureki (deep fried dumplings) — «Mr. Che». Few space, 20-minutes queue, but piping hot cheburek with meat or mushrooms is worth it.
Turn the corner and there will be a popular Chinese café «Jang Su» — a real paradise for those who love noodles.
«Jang Su» Фото: Наталья Чернохатова
After tasting spicy Chinese dishes a dessert is waiting for you next door in «Kapkeynya» (café serving cupcakes). Everybody will easily find his taste — for boys — with whiskey, for girls — with sundae. Number one best selling are cupcakes «Tiffany» (also because of the significant brand colour) and «Chernichnye nochi» («Blueberry nights»). Confectionery is located in Yekaterinburg. The interior is also very interesting, because owners were turned out to be fans of a French bulldog, that’s why its sweet face can be found as in interior as in the design of a package.
