Ukrainian Cuisine and Restaurants

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Ukraine has always been famous for its cuisine and hospitality. The reason for this longevity can be put into words: "When the guest is happy - the whole house enjoys!"

Many dishes in Ukrainian cuisine are easy to prepare and yet they still have the high quality of tastes. Our modern national cuisine has inherited all the best courses from the traditional and versatile way of making many different kind of dishes.

Who is not familiar with Ukrainian borsch, pampushkas, galushki, vareniki, buckwheat soup, stuffed fish, salo, roast and roasted ham?

The Ukrainian cuisine reflects also the different cultural traditions of the regions. Each ethnographic region has a particular cuisine of its own. But vegetables are in an important role in the Ukrainian kitchens all around. They are used as raw, boiled and as a garnish. The most common vegetables are: beetroot, carrot, potato, onion, tomato, cabbage, pumpkin, zucchini, eggplant and pepper. Onion and garlic onion are used too as a miraculous medicine - they are popularly believed to have healing powers.

Fish is an important ingredient in the Ukrainian cuisine. Also porridge is a very popular meal. It is used as a separate dish or as a garnish for meat and fish courses. The meat dishes are very varied: home made sausages, cutlets and aspic. Pork is the main meat ingredient used in the Ukrainian cuisine. Lamb, veal and poultry are familiar too. And of course - salo. It is used for cooking and it is also served as a snack with garlic, onion or cucumber.

It is impossible to talk about the Ukrainian cuisine without mentioning the pastry products:

For example pampushkas with garlic (when eating borsch soup), vareniki, galushi and pancakes with various stuffing.

And the sweet taste from fruit and berries! Cherries, pears, plums, apples, currant, raspberry, strawberry, watermelons and melons are popular in Ukraine. And they are used here mainly fresh or dried.

Now enough said about the Ukrainian cuisine! Come here and experience it yourself! You simply can't miss the chance to dine in the best and cosiest Ukrainian restaurants. This way you can taste the Ukrainian cuisine yourself - one chance you will never regret taking.