What kind of restaurants and food are popular there? Is it a fairly even mix of things from neighboring cultures, or does something stand out? Anything unique to the region?
Most restaurants serve a mix of Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovan (Romanian) food. Those are definitely the most popular as well. Russian cuisine is the most popular. Russian you have foods such as pelmeni, blini, shchi; you have authentic Ukrainian borsch and varenyky, Moldovan you have zeamă (chicken soup), sarmale în foi de viță (vine leaf rolls), plăcinte (pastry)… you can also find American, Japanese food (7 Fridays Tiraspol, they serve lots of international food), pizzerias, etc. I don’t think there’s any “endemic” food to the region. We do have things such as Pridnestrovian sushi (sushi made with fish caught from the Dniester), Pridnestrovian cheese (smoked) and beer (Nashe Pivo), Pridnestrovian (Kvint) cognac and vodka (Volk).
What kind of restaurants and food are popular there? Is it a fairly even mix of things from neighboring cultures, or does something stand out? Anything unique to the region?
Most restaurants serve a mix of Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovan (Romanian) food. Those are definitely the most popular as well. Russian cuisine is the most popular. Russian you have foods such as pelmeni, blini, shchi; you have authentic Ukrainian borsch and varenyky, Moldovan you have zeamă (chicken soup), sarmale în foi de viță (vine leaf rolls), plăcinte (pastry)… you can also find American, Japanese food (7 Fridays Tiraspol, they serve lots of international food), pizzerias, etc. I don’t think there’s any “endemic” food to the region. We do have things such as Pridnestrovian sushi (sushi made with fish caught from the Dniester), Pridnestrovian cheese (smoked) and beer (Nashe Pivo), Pridnestrovian (Kvint) cognac and vodka (Volk).