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Khochu Kharcho Georgian Restaurant

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Our last dinner in St. Petersburg!  We asked Marina to take us again to a Russian restaurant.  James’ favorite sign in Russia –  PECTOPAH ( restaurant ):-)  

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We loved this place and we loved the food!
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Super yum Cheese with tomato
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We ordered a lot of cheese dishes! They had lots in the menu!
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 Super yummy charcoaled dishes!!!

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Beef
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Lamb chop
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Chicken
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Lamb cubes
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Toilet
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Click below to go to their website

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Which is part of a chain of restaurants!
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by GINZA PROJECT

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Podvorye Restaurant in Pushkin

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Heart2Heart loves Russian food!!!! We were so happy to go to another Russian restaurant after visiting Catherine the Great’s Palace in Pushkin.  Marina took us here since we requested for a Russian restaurant.  It looked like an a place in an amusement park 🙂 

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nice garden
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Outdoor dining as an option
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Log Cabin 🙂
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Bear! 🙂
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It’s a touristic place!  But we loved it!! The place was full!!
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Third bear in the resto 🙂
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Second floor – we were early so the people did not arrive yet but the whole place was full by 1pm
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Russian style Herring
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Russian salad
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I think this was chicken ordered by dad- it was soooo good!!!
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Borscht! is a Russian dish
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 YUMMY chicken ala kiev!!! I am so happy!!! 🙂  And I love it that they always have rice!

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Beef stroganoff!!!!! Also a Russian dish!!!! This was super yummy!!!!!
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Russian crepes which Marina ordered
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Click below to to to their website

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Pushk Inn

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One of our meals was in a hotel near our hotel 🙂  Russian food recommended by the hotel

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Russian salad- Mom was ordering Russian salad in all the restaurants as well and they came in different ways
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Russian Style Herring which the fish eaters seemed to like in most restaurants we went topushkin-inn-8.JPGpushk-inn-menu-3.jpg

They make good risotto in Russia! I have noticed this in the Italian Restaurant, Barbaresco and in another Russian restaurant and in this one

Tiger prawn risotto 
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Porcini mushroom risotto
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Chicken ala Kiev!! We ordered this in every Russian restaurant we ate in! YUMMY IN ALL!!  I liked this one it had shoestring potatoes under it 🙂
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Spaghetti Bolognese
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Grand Palace of Catherine the Great

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Another beautiful palace!  I had to take a video to capture the palace from the side

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And took a panorama photo from my iPhone

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Gold!!!!
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Amber room!!!  WOW!!! Photos not allowed but was able to take this

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Wall of paintings!!!! I want to do this too 🙂

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James was more amazed at this TV inside the palace haha!!

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Behind the palace is a shop selling amber!  

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