A huge part of traveling/living abroad is definitely the food, and being me, I feel like I've tasted a good variety. Well, large quantities at least. At the very beginning of this adventure, I was fed healthy cafeteria food - some of it was good, some of it not so much. But a great introduction to Ukraine, nonetheless.
Divine traditional Christmas breakfast
You can NEVER go wrong with Borscht
Pizza and sushi: new favorite food combo
Probably my least favorite meal this entire trip
Although this meal was a close second
Ketchup does not belong on pizza. Ever.
Since living with Olia, I have been fed like the Kveen that I am. Except that one time we had salted fish - sorry Olia, but that wasn't so tasty.
I love the yogurt here. I love the ice cream here. We have so many potatoes, I will be going several weeks at least without any. I love shawarma, even though that's probably where Willy the Worm came from. You can never go wrong with candy from Roshen. The juice here - SO good, I will definitely miss my pomegranate juice box. Buckwheat, I'm sad to say, is really not my thing. But having an entire aisle at the grocery store dedicated to salami - that, I can handle. I still haven't figured out why people would enjoy menthol flavored candies, even when they are sick... You never know about the pastries here; sometimes they're cream-cheesy delightfulness, and sometimes they're just stale bread with weird pineapple/butterscotch combined toppings. Oh, how I shall miss those Chocolate Pillows and cornflakes for breakfast every morning. Dumplings, Verenyky, and Palmyni; basically the same potstickerish thing, but different sizes (the cherry ones are my favorite). Black colored food is a thing right now, not sure why. Blini, don't forget the blini - delicious Ukrainian crepes with anything your heart could desire. Halva; strange yet amazing sunflower clay. And no food post would be complete without mentioning the L'viv Chocolate Factory. I have no idea exactly how much I've spent at that place, but it was almost all worth it (not the mousse; prunes do not belong in chocolateless mousse). Seriously, I've tried practically everything on the menu except for the coffees.
Birthday dinner at an Indian place - yummy!
When I first got to Ukraine, I came across this article about weird foods in Russia. (Ukraine eats a lot of the same stuff, although if you ask a Ukrainian, borscht is emphatically NOT Russian). These are pictures of the weird foods from the article that are found in Ukraine. I've had about half of them:
Yes. Although I'd like to think I have a refined taste, caviar is not for me.
I've seen it, does that count?
Yep. Very first thing I had in Ukraine.
Pickled tomatoes are a no-go for me. Gross.
I've seen it
I actually really like salo, although I haven't seen it eaten in this form - it's usually whipped into a butter consistency and put on bread with garlic.
It only comes in large bottles, so I haven't tried it because I only want a sip (it's maybe .1% alcoholic and missionaries are allowed to drink it). But I have had grass soda, that's gotta count for something, right?
I've been told this is ONLY eaten with vodka, so obviously I haven't had it.
Nope - it's strictly a warm weather dish.
Maybe?
I only had the watered down stuff from the school cafeteria, it was ok.
Yup.
Meat and potato filling is actually more common. I love these in all of the sizes.
Although I've enjoyed most of the food here, I already know what I'm getting after the airport: hot wings and jalapeno poppers. Why? I'm not sure, that's just what sounds really good and also there's no Chipotle along I-15. And that concludes this super long post - sorry if you're hungry!
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