I’m finally getting out of kiosks and into restaurants, so watch this category. Lately my favoured eaterie in Kaliningrad has become the Razgulai. It’s easy to find, just across from Ceverny Voksal (North Station) on Sovietsky Prospekt.
It’s a stone-tiled floor, refectory tabled, sleeves up sort 
of place which makes for an easy atmosphere. The Razgulai specialises in traditional Russian food – like Zharkoye. As with all stews, recipes vary, but here it’s served with a pastry-bread hat (rather like Indian nan bread) and loads of garlic-laced mushrooms in sour cream.
Since I forgot to take a picture with the hat on my first visit I had to eat this twice and it wasn’t a hardship.
I’m also getting into Tabasco, which has a multinational menu of mini-platters. Affordable lunchtime choice. Tabasco is actually underneath the Moskva hotel, in fact underneath its own cafe. La Place seems alright too, fairly central on Leninsky Prospekt. Hmmm . . . may take a few more mouthfuls for feedback on these.
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