6 excellent, independent restaurants in St Petersburg
Russia is experiencing a food revolution due to food sanctions that have been in place for the last three years. We have selected just six of our favourite independent restaurants in St Petersburg to showcase how creative and forward thinking the Russian food scene is today.
Olesya Drobot is a rare find – a female head chef in Russia. A disciple of both Ivan Berezutsky (proprietor and join head chef with his brother Sergey of acclaimed Twins in Moscow) and Adrian Quetglas (Spanish Michelin Starred chef). Olesya presides over EM, an eight table restaurant located on the ground floor of a former mansion on the Moika River, close to the Yusupov Palace. The kitchen is open and everything is cooked on an Aga!
The menu is a seven course degustation (full vegetarian also available) at 3,500 roubles per person, which is a bargain. The focus is on modern Russian cooking with local produce. We just love the note on their menu: For the maximum…
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