Russian Bazaars in D.C.
This autumn we’re planning on attending some bazaars and festivals. This past weekend, we attended the Russian Bazaar at St. John the Baptist’s in the 16th Street Heights area of D.C. It was cold and miserable, but nothing tastes as good on a rainy day as dense Russian food. We had beef stroganoff (beef strips in sour cream sauce), golubtsy (cabbage rolls stuffed with beef and rice with tomato sauce), begos (smoked sausage with cabbage and sauerkraut), teftel’ki (Russian-style meatballs in cream sauce), pelmini (meat dumplings served in broth with sour cream), pirozhki (pastries filled with meat or vegetables), borscht (beet soup), and salads (like a cucumber salad with dill). They also had Russian Baltika beer and pastries. The people sitting beside us said that the food was authentic and tasted better than it had in Russia.
There will be more Russian Bazaars this October, including the Russian Bazaar at St. Nicholas Cathedral on Massachusetts Avenue near Embassy Row. It will be held October 15 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and October 16 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This festival will also feature food from the Ukraine, Georgia, and Serbia (and a rummage sale). We’re planning on going, since it is hard to find Ukrainian, Georgian, and Serbian food here (at least from what we have researched so far).
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