Russian food in Solaris

I came across this Russian restaurant, Samovar in Solaris Mont Kiara and decided to give it a try. Samovar literally "self-boiler", is a heated metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water in and around Russia.

Well, a very quiet place and location is not too good as it is facing the highway at the upper level of Solaris Mont Kiara but I luv the Twin Tower view if U sat outside the restaurant.

This could be one or the only Russian restaurant in town and the owners served authentic Russian food.

The owner recommended a Borsch soup as a starter together with it's signature Olivia salad. I enjoyed the vegetable based soup. They claimed that the Olivia salad is an authentic russian salad which made up of green peas, carrot, corns and a little shallot with small cubes of chicken in a thick mayo sauce. I believed there is also a little bit of yogurt in it. I am not too fancy of this cos this salad is really filing.

Olivia Salad

  To my surprised, when the main course arrived, it resembles a mixture of western and chinese dishes. Katletti, breaded minced chicken with butter and cheese filling served with rice. Not bad for a deep fried minced chicken.

I also ordered the Russian dumplings, pilmeni. They looked like chinese dumplings but it is served dry. Haha! So don't expect to see the dumplings in a nice bowl of hot soup. Funny thing is the dippings are yogurt and chilled butter. Kind of weird combination. I asked for chili sauce instead!

Well, overall, it is a great experience. They don't serve russian beer nor wine. I don't think the business can sustain for long judging from the items that they offerred.

The menus also include some western and local food.

If you have lost of ideas to dine, just dropby!