Hanging out with my siblings at Babushka Restaurant
Some hobbies don't just disappear despite a move to a different country. One of them is trying the food out in different restaurants. For this particular outing, Anna, Biboy, and I went to a restaurant called Babushka in Walnut Creek. It features nouveau Russian and French cuisine. Apparently, it's been in the list of recommended restaurants in the 2017 Michelin Guide San Francisco Bay Area and Wine Country. It's touted to be the home of the best Russian food to the west of Moscow. Babushka's simple façade and simplicity was definitely matched by the warm welcome we received from the on-duty server, Nicholas.
We started our dinner with piroshki. These are puff pastries drizzled with a mustard sauce and accompanied by a salad containing shaved root crops. This dish was quite heavy for a starter (if we didn't share the piroshki) but it was a good introduction for the dinner that we were about to experience.
Piroshki |
Aside from the wild boar, we also tried the vareniki. To me, these dumplings looked like ravioli. The vareniki contained either mashed potato or cream cheese. Though the dish was delicious, it was difficult not to compare it with the wild boar (which was quite impressive)... and I liked the wild boar more than the vareniki.
Vareniki |
Over all, our meal at Babushka was good. I don't think that I've tried Eastern European cuisine previously so eating at Babushka helped me get a good impression of the dishes from that part of the world.
With the Bay Area known to be the home of many restaurants featuring different cuisines, I'm excited by the prospect that I could possibly travel virtually around the world, one cuisine at a time.
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