It was 9pm after having settled the check-in at this hotel Taleon Imperial. Felt so sleepy and hungry that there is no choice other than getting something quick inside the hotel. However, the lobby lounge claimed that it took 40 minutes to get the food and advised of coming to this restaurant.
The first few items I had in mind showed on the menu - Russian Borsch soup and beef stroganoff. Russian Borsch is even the most popular choice as claimed to be one of the 2 soup choices as "red" soup and the other "white" soup (cream soup).
This time the soup was very different from those HK style. The soup was made with pickled cabbage, beet root, beef and served with sour cream on the side and a bread with onion/minced beef filling with some chopped marinated lard on top. I recall how my Russian business friend told me to eat some marinated lard before drinking vodka so as to avoid getting drunk.
The beef stroganoff was very aromatic though a bit too heavy. It was in a sandwich stacks with pan fried hash brown and sour cream on top. The chopped celery/peas/chicken salad was quite refreshing after the 2 savoury dishes.
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