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Rytsarsky Goes French.
(From The Moscow Times)
Rytsarsky Club has undergone a complete culinary transformation. The restaurant, which is well liked for its spectacular position perched atop Sparrow Hills, has dropped its Georgian menu in favor of a predominantly French selection. Taking inspiration from the Krynkina restaurant that functioned in its place some 100 years ago, Rytsarsky Club has adopted a historical menu in the spirit of the original restaurant. Besides the menu, little else seems to have changed. The interior remains the same, with the exception of a few new pictures on the walls. The view, naturally, is as panoramic as ever, but still obscured during the summer months by thick verdant foliage outside the windows.
The menu features some Russian choices along with French cuisine and various other miscellaneous dishes, some of which come with elaborate, theatrical names. Salads now include a "salad of the factory worker, who doesn't drink cognac before eating" (480 rubles), which turns out to be ruccola and frisee with avocado, prawns and cherry tomatoes (480 rubles), and a ...
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