It is from Russia with love this occasion as we ventured out to Thappraya Road to visit the first class 8 Horseshoes Tavern. This celebrated Russian restaurant has been in operation since 2005 and is a well established favourite with Russian folk. The reason is the outstanding Russian cuisine served here, all courtesy of restaurateurs, Sergei and Mikhail. Not only specialty Russian food but also a good array of Uzbek and Thai dishes as well! A well known Russian saying is “the trouble with eating Russian food is that 5 or 6 days lager you are hungry again.” Well, that is certainly true at 8 Horseshoes Tavern, the portions are enormous, and fortunately the prices are not! Starters range from 90 baht for a range of homemade pickled items such as Cucumbers, Cabbage, Tomatoes and Mushrooms. One can have a platter of each including Pickled Eggplant for 180 baht. There is also a very fine tasting Salmon Tartar served with Hash Browns and Sour Cream at 220 baht. Other specialties to try are Beef Tongue with Horseradish Dip (150 baht) and Herring platter or Salted Salmon at 200 baht. All worth a try! Salads are a must here especially the Russian Farrago Salad made with Beetroot and Pickles (150 baht) and the Stolichny Salad, the classic Russian Salad mix of julienne cuts of Vegetables with Potato Salad and Beef (160 baht). Not to forget before going to the main course the wonderful offerings of freshly made Soups – especially Borsch Moskovsky (170 baht) and Solyanka Soup (190 baht), a thick hearty soup with an assortment of meat, sausage, ham and olives. Another popular favourite style of cooking with Russians is the BBQ offerings, such as Shasklyks from 210 baht for Chicken to 300 for Salmon. There is also Beef Lulya Kebab at 210 baht. On to the main courses! First off there are house specialty dishes that have to be pre-ordered such as a whole Special Baked Duck stuffed with Apples and Prunes at 900 baht, Leg of Lamb at 1,800 baht or a large Pastry Pie stuffed with Meat, Cabbage, Mushrooms or Apples at 900 baht. One can order straight away the Meat Horseshoe (360 baht) with Duck, Chicken and Pork and the delicious Crab and Prawns boiled with Dill at 450 baht. So to the other main offerings, such as Pelmeni (200 baht), Russian style Ravioli with ground Beef, Golubtsy (220 baht), Cabbage Rolls stuffed with Meat, Rice, Onion and Spices. Other classic dishes include Beef Stroganoff (220 baht), Chicken Kiev (260 baht) and Vareniki Potato Dumplings (160 baht). If you are really hungry go for half a Chicken (240 baht) or a fine Beefsteak with Tomatoes and Cheese at 280 baht. Uzbek dishes include Lagman (200 baht), a traditional soup with a riot of colours and textures with Beef, Vegetables and homemade Pasta. There is the national Uzbek dish of Lamb Pilav (250 baht) with Rice, Lamb and Spices. Plus Manty, which is oriental style steamed large Ravioli stuffed with Minced Beef (200 baht), and Kazan Kebab (260 baht) made with tender chunks of Lamb stewed with Potatoes. Classic Thai dishes are available such as Tom Yam Kung (150 baht), Fried Prawns (200 baht) and Thai style Clams at 220 baht. So to the tasting! To start off we had the assortment of great tasting Pickles, especially good were the Mushroom and Tomato offerings. This was followed by a flavorsome Holodets (160 baht), homemade Beef Jelly with Horseradish Dip and first class Herring platter (200 baht) and equally delicious homemade Salted Salmon (200 baht). Then 3 styles of Soups arrived, beautiful Moscow style Borsch (170 baht), a hearty Pea Soup (160 baht) and the thick rustic Solyanka (190 baht) a yummy broth filled with Meat and Sausage. The homemade Pelmeni dumplings are perfect especially with the Sour Cream. Equally so were the Meat Cutlets (220 baht) with ground Beef, and the Beefsteak was first class made from good quality meat. We had to try a house BBQ specialty Salmon Shashlyk (300 baht) and the Uzbek Manty dish, (200 baht) once cut into the aroma hits you as you dig into the tantalizing textures within the dumplings! Worth a try!
Wine is good here at 100 baht a glass, but of course it wouldn’t be a Russian restaurant if it didn’t have their national drink – Vodka! Here there is a vast range to discover, including the house specialty homemade Khrenovuha Vodka laced with Honey and Horseradish (110 baht) – wow! By tradition (and who can say no) a glass of this Russian Nectar is thrown back with virtually every mouthful of this delicious cuisine here at the 8 Horseshoes Tavern. Located before intersection with Pratamnak Road on top of Thappraya Road on right side going towards Jomtien! Worth a visit! Nostrovia!
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