From Moscow to Sochi: 3 Great Lunch Places

Lunch is no less important than a delicious and hearty breakfast. Today we will tell you where to go in the middle of a working day if you are hungry in Moscow or Sochi.

Daily Dinner at Moregrill: new lunch menu combined with a glass of wine

The color of everyday life at Moregrill is the exact opposite of gray: at breakfast, guests are treated to a glass of sparkling wine, and a glass of wine is served with the dishes from the new lunch menu.

Moregrill is a restaurant with a SEAFOOD AND STEAK concept: with an emphasis on high quality seafood, fish and meat, open fire, raw food - the restaurant has a fish store. The menu was developed by four chefs from around the world: Ton Thitid (his restaurant Le Du is included in the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants) is a master of spices, brought bright flavors to fish classics, Peruvian Renzo Garibaldi (Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants) was responsible for the flagship section Surf & Turf, and Katsuhiko Kobayashi's katana gave birth to dishes for the Raw Bar. At the moment, the restaurant's cuisine is headed by the chef Francesco Di Marzio and creates an expressive mix of Mediterranean traditions and Asian influences. Moregrill's philosophy is pure taste and primordial benefits of the product against the background of a balanced play with textures and shapes.

Morning at Moregrill offers a bohemian start and serves a glass of sparkling wine at breakfast, and a complimentary glass of white wine for dinner. The lunch menu is new, available from 12:00 to 16:00, Monday through Friday, and is worth talking about in more detail.

The new daily section is a combination of the main points of the Moregrill concept. The key points are balance, variety and filling portions. The usual salads look quite unusual: a poached egg is served on a pillow of fresh vegetables and spinach (RUB 310), and the vinaigrette is complemented by Olyutor herring (RUB 280). Soups contain everything that is most beloved and warming. Two options to choose from: rich fish soup with cod and pike-perch fillets, with shrimps, mussels and squid (290 rub) or rich chicken soup with egg (250 rub). The "hot" section is a great seven of dishes for every taste: fish, poultry and meat in a wide variety of variations. About fish: cod is baked in a “green” herb breading and served with mashed potatoes and spinach fried in cream with pine nuts (RUB 430); classics - fish cakes with caviar sauce and beetroot puree (390 r). Fans of Italy will delight in homemade orecchietta with squid and basil pesto (410 rub), green dumplings with spinach juice with cod and salmon (390 rub) and lasagne with meat and baked eggplant with two types of sauces: tomato and bechamel (430 rub). The gaining popularity of Indian motives is taken as the basis for the recipe for tandoori chicken garnished with oyster mushrooms in curry sauce and basmati rice (390 rub).

A glass of wine will be served when ordering any meal from the daily section. The offer is especially interesting because the wine list was made by Vlada Lesnichenko. Vlada knows everything about wine, and there is no doubt that wine will perfectly complement any dish from the new menu.

At Barceloneta siesta: a dining proposal in Spanish tradition

Barceloneta Spanish Restaurant serves lunch and serves half price sangria. A leisurely lunch and a glass or two of cool sangria will help you to reboot effectively after your busy morning hours. Barceloneta restaurant honors Spanish traditions and announces a siesta on weekdays from 12:00 to 18:00: the portions are generous, the sangria is invigorating.

For lunch, the chef Alexei Pavlov offers more than a dozen dishes with a Mediterranean mood and a pleasant price. For an appetizer, hummus with tomatoes and a thin flatbread (190 rubles), a dietary salad with seafood (290 rubles), tomatoes with tuna and cream cheese (200 rubles) and smoked turkey (260 rubles) are served. Soups of the guest's choice can be both an easy start and an independent dish - gazpacho with seafood (250 rubles), minestrone for adherents of low-calorie dishes (190 rubles), colorful onion soup with squid (250 rubles) and Spanish stew with beef for seriously hungry (250 rubles). The “hot” section was supplemented with chicken breast with truffle puree (290 rubles), fried cod in josper (390 rubles) and the most tender chicken leg with tomatoes (290 rubles).

And, of course, where without your favorite Spanish dish? Meet hot paella - now it is also served for one person: with chicken, beef and bacon (290 rubles) and vegetable with aioli (190 rubles). And the most unifying Spanish drink, sangria, is poured into a pair for dinner at Barceloneta. There are as many as 8 types of it, including a non-alcoholic version, and the recipe changes from classic to a unique combination: the composition can include both local flower honey, Sochi fig jam, and Thai moth tea. During the siesta from 12:00 to 17:00, classic Andalucia sangria is served with a 50% discount - that is, for only 150 rubles. (glass) / 495 RUB (liter)!

By the way, a siesta championship was once held in Spain. Barceloneta proposes to repeat - whoever tastes most of the lunch dishes will win!

"AWOL" of business days

The flagship restaurant Soho Family has developed a collection of business lunches: the most pleasant prices, five daily changing menu-constructors and a variety of flavors from the tandem of two chefs, Evgeny Cherednichenko and Tan Yun Le.

The Navolne menu is famous for its virtuoso combination of European and Russian culinary traditions, spiced with a powerful Chinese accent. Evgeny Cherednichenko is in charge of European fusion. His signature style is expressed in a colorful presentation and attention to the original product. As a basis - quality, pure taste and usefulness. The Chinese direction is developed by the chef Tan Yun Le. Over the years, he has meticulously honed techniques, creating the ideal. The new lunch menu has a businesslike approach: a large selection - the menu changes depending on the day of the week; favorable cost and nothing more. It is now possible to be “NAVEL” every weekday from 12 to 16.00.

The recipes used a lot of seasonal products, microgreens, healthy grains and cereals. The key word is variety: on any working day, the menu includes Asian-style dishes, from meat and fish, salads and soups. For example, as "FISH LUNCH" (all for 333 rubles) they offer positions of five types of fish (different every day): juicy pike perch fillet on mashed potatoes with edamame beans and leek hay; flounder with fried zucchini, sun-dried tomatoes and citron sauce; mackerel with coconut ginger rice, pumpkin, edamame and soy sprouts; salmon with kenyan beans, green peas and spelled, served with wasabi sauce and cod fillet with fried tomatoes and romano salad. Lunch without meat is not lunch? Then "BIF LUNCH" (all dishes - 333 rubles) is your personal special. Lamb with baked vegetables and mutabal sauce; beef stroganoff with mashed potatoes and lightly salted cucumbers; beef medallions with potato sauté and mushroom sauce or beef steak on lettuce with sweet pepper lecho and egg, ½ tobacco chicken with mashed potatoes.

"ASIA LUNCH" is like a walk through Asian markets: rich colors, bright aromas and unexpected combinations. The dining offer includes famous dim sums from Tan Yun Le - assorted and Kung Pao. The chef worked on the recipe for several years and achieved the perfect balance: the finest dough, juicy filling and competent proportions. Buckwheat or rice noodles with beef, Singapore-style duck noodles (all for 333 rubles) are also called upon to become new hits.

For those who like to combine lunch to their liking, a variety of salads and soups are available (133 rubles each). The menu also includes the hits of the restaurant, and as a drink you can choose homemade fruit drink (33 rubles).

And all this in the center of Moscow overlooking the Moskva River embankment? Yes. Everything is simple, like three times three, and delicious, like a hundred squared.