Food Update

I've worked out that my staple diet here is cheese sandwiches.. this post doesn't reflect that. But I have found lots of interesting things..

Russian potato chips. Russians seem to
love sour cream and onion or some
kind of variation of that. Finding other flavours
has been a challenge. I think these are pretty much
the Russian equivalent of Quavers.

No idea why Ice Age have their own brand of crisp,
but these are salt flavour. And salty they definitely are. 

Very similar to Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes

Ketchup. Decided to be adventurous and not buy Heinz.
We also decided not to read the packet, this one contains
meat pieces. Strange!

Bacon Lays and (unsurprisingly) sour cream and 'greens' Lays.

I bought these in the uni canteen. I was going
to have them with either rice or potatoes, but
the lady just handed me my plate and moved on
to the next person. The steely look in her eyes told me
not to interrupt her. I think(/hope) I'm right in saying
that these were fish. In Russia when it comes to
meat etc, ignorance is bliss.

Closer shot of the fish cake balls

First cake that I've had that was actually
quite nice. Pastry with vanilla cream and nuts.

Excitedly bought these thinking I'd found
doughnuts. Technically they were doughnuts, but
they had nothing in the middle. They were just dry
balls of bread in the shape of doughnuts with a
scarce sprinkling of sugar. It broke my heart.

Once again, the 'faux-nuts'

 

Decided to give the hot dog sausages a try. They're hugely popular here.

Hot dogs again, but this time with the traditional plain pasta.
Last time I was in Russia, I was given these sausages and
plain spaghetti for breakfast almost every morning, so this took
me back!

The Sausages - 'Dad can!'

Cheese triangles! Manages to make toast in the oven today
(no toaster and no grill in our flat) and have this cheese
on it for lunch, not bad!

I'm too fussy to have pâté here, but Stefka bought some.

Stefka also bought Smetana, which is sour cream.
This is served on almost everything.

While I waited for the pics above here to load I went shopping
I bought 2 bottles of Baltika (70p each), 1 bottle of
Stolichnaya vodka (£5.40), 1 bottle of Kalinka vodka (£5.40),
1 bottle of Mirinda (£1), 1 bottle of fresh fruit juice (£1.50),
1 half loaf of bread (£1) and a Magnum/Russian version called Magnat
 (80p) which is not photographed because obviously it got
eaten on the way home from the supermarket.. in the rain.
When a 500ml bottle of branded beer is cheaper than a loaf
of bread, you know you're in Russia.

Managed to find a doughnut that actually had a filling. Sadly, it was an
over-sugared strawberry paste/jam.

Canteen lunch. Chicken, potatoes, chocolate milk (because I am 5)
and a sugared bread roll filled with poppy seeds.

Quick soup. Very salty.