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Clap you hands

It always strikes me as amazing that somehow, even in the very center of our busy city – especially on weekends when travelers from the regions as …
Alexandra Matoshko

Home-style Italy

Summer changed into a cold, rainy autumn so quickly that we hardly had time to prepare for it – even mentally – and the day my friend and I decided to …
Alexandra Matoshko

Samurai-style meal

Due to its location on the outer side  of the Besarabskiy market building, I must have passed Seven Samurai about a million times, and recently …
Alexandra Matoshko

Fish mania

I was waiting for the Evening Star to rise above the metro Golden Gate (Zoloti Vorota), and when she finally chose her moment to appear, she smoothed …
Stephan Ladanaj

The taste of China

There seems to be an awkward situation with ethnic eateries in this town. Either they are overly fancy and accordingly costly, which in no way means …
Alexandra Matoshko

Get your Key

Though Klyuch (Key) bar opened just a couple of months ago, it had already been officially closed by July 14. No, you didn’t mishear me – I really do …
Alexandra Matoshko

Hidden gem Muka

New restaurant Muka (Flour) seems a bit unsure of itself. Like a teenager trying to discover who they really want to be, it’s look, location and …
Jesse Schwartz

First-class seafood dining

As the apocryphal story would have us believe, Leonardo DiCaprio approached the legendary (and legendarily private) Robert De Niro after the …
Jesse Schwartz

Dining Monaco-style

Once again The Ukrainian Connoisseur’s Club, a coterie of Kyiv’s finest, descended upon another high-end eatery for an evening of lively conversation …
Jesse Schwartz

Playing dominoes

Oftentimes, reviewing restaurants is a lot like being in a new relationship, where a single magnificent dish has the power to transport you to the …
Jesse Schwartz

Partizan’s humble pleasures

While brainstorming what places to take my good friend Katya, who was visiting from St. Petersburg, I was determined to try and make her stay …
Elisabeth Sewall

Russian palates

After a few cool days, fierce heat was back in full force on Kyiv’s streets, and the decision to have lunch at a restaurant by the river came …
Alexandra Matoshko

Moroccan dining

Marocana is popular both as a restaurant and a pre-party place – a fashionable hangout for people who like tasty food and a few drinks before heading …
Alexandra Matoshko

A trip on the Titanic

“Quite a peculiar name” – that was my first reaction when I heard about the restaurant named Titanic. On the one hand giving an eatery a name that has …
Alexandra Matoshko

Spanish spot

“How far are we?” inquired my friend as we walked up Saksahanskoho street, past a crowd of people with flags standing in front of the unfortunate …
Alexandra Matoshko

Truly Irish

Oh Danny boy, the emerald isle is calling, but you’re  in the land of the Cossacks. Moreover, the internecine strife of your homeland, orange against …
John Marone

American dining

When my friend and I stepped inside T.G.I. Friday’s one sunny afternoon (a Friday, no less) we had more than one purpose. First of all, we just wanted …
Alexandra Matoshko

Royal Russian Petergof

As I headed to the TUCC meeting at Petergof on Thursday night, I was intrigued. The place was said to be serving so-called “Russian Tsar” cuisine. And …
Alexandra Matoshko
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