Missing Russian Food?

After being removed from Baikal and Russia for over half a year now, I began to get nostalgic for nice Russian food, so I began my quest for a Russian grocery in London and discovered the wonderful Kalinka at 35 Queensway in London (Queensway or Bayswater tube). While most of the products are technically imported from Poland or Germany, you can find all your favorite Russian foods here (or introduce yourself to the delights of simple, tasty Russian food). The store's location near Hyde Park also makes it a great place to go pick up a picnic on a nice spring day. For our picnic, we went for the ‘peasant lunch’ buying two types of sausage, farmer’s chees, black rye bread, eggplant caviar, Russian pickles, and some kvass (Russian soda made from fermented bread) and apricot juice to wash it all down, and then finished with some poppyseed cake and spice cakes (just like on Baikal!). Kalinka is also a great place to buy things like buckwheat flour for a good price, get a nice bottle of vodka, or explore the interesting world of Russian candy.

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