Izmailovo Hotel and dinner
April 2nd 2007 I'm staying the night at the Izmailovo Hotel, which is nice if a bit bland.
More interesting (if only slightly) was dinner. I ate at CDL, which is a mansion with a traditional Russian dining room. Suprisingly cheap, too. Dinner was a shashlik, a sort of Russian shish kabob where beef is marinated in vinegar and herbs before being skewered with onions and grilled. Dessert was a plate of syrniki
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