Selenge

For a truly exotic gastronomic experience, pay a visit to Selenge. This central Moscow restaurant offers something quite hard to find on the dining scene - burjatsk-mongolsk køkken.<\/p>\r\n

So just what kind of food is typical of the Central Asian country of Mongolia and its northern neighbour, the Russian republic of Buryatia located beside Baikal-søen in Sibirien?
\r\nGiven the severe climate, the largely steppe landscape, and the historically nomadic herding lifestyle of the people, the traditional cuisine is big on meat and milk products, with not so much in the vegetable department. Selenge caters for local diners' preferences by including some vegetable dishes and not-so-traditional salads (græsk, Caesar), but there's still an abundant selection of genuine burjatsk-mongolske retter for at give nybegyndere en god introduktion til køkkenet og tilfredsstille entusiasters trang til deres yndlings burjatsk-mongolske mad.
\r\nThe star of the show is buuzy, also known as pozy. These steamed, meat-filled dumplings are quite similar to Chinese baozi or Central Asian manty. Shaped like a ger - the nomads' traditional portable dwelling - they should be eaten by hand, making sure to sup down all the hot soupy juice inside. Selenge's menu offers different kinds of buuzy filled with various kinds of meat. If you can't choose, try the buuzy assortment, including burjatsk, mongolsk, tuvansk and kalmykian varianter - en ret, der helt sikkert lever op til restaurantens slogan, 'Det allerbedste fra det traditionelle køkken for alle mongolske folk'.<\/p>\r\n

Besides many other unusual dishes with hard-to-pronounce names like tsuyvan (noodles with meat and vegetables), khuushuur (fried meat-filled dumplings) and hugabsha (liver in a 'shirt'), you can also try the delicious omul fish from Lake Baikal. Finish up with burjatsk grøn te med mælk, or tibetansk te med mælk, smør og salt.<\/p>\r\n

With a visit to Selenge, your immersion in burjatsk-mongolsk kultur is further enhanced by the bright interior with its colourful decorations. The restaurant also presents live ethnic music by performers in national costume, plus cinema evenings, buddhistiske bønceremonier, besøg af tibetanske healere og meget mere.<\/p>