Food Photography: Eating out in Moscow: Azbuka Vkusa: burrito, tuna sandwich and coffee

In more food photography, cafe photography and photography of eating places, here is a report on another quick Moscow eating-out experience, in this case, in a cafe at one of the stores of the Azbuka Vkusa chain where your correspondent / photographer had a quick lunch some time ago.

Per example, in one of the Moscow restaurant guides from 2009, the Azbuka Vkusa cafes are quite conspicuously mentioned and even recommended almost on a par with "Haute cuisine" restaurants (not really).

It is interesting that in 2009 the average bill was up to 200 rubles... and now it's the cheapest coffee that will be 200 rubles, and the average bill goes well over 1000 rubles...

Waiting for my order.

I must say that now, in connection with the closure of McDonald's outlets, this is quite an alternative, they can also make a burger there, although it will be more expensive, of course

There is even table service.

Two-in-one chicken burrito and a coffee, and a tuna sandwich on rye bread

Not exactly "mouth watering" but eatable nonetheless.

 

And the coffee was not too bad either.

Coffee is very good for you ... much more healthy than, say, tea, but you need to drink a lot of it - more than 5 cups of strong coffee a day to achieve a positive effect.

 

 

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Beer and Eating Out Photography: 4 Beers at Pivoteka 465

 Here is more in my beer photography series.

Using a Sony RX100 m2 to take pictures, mainly in P but once or twice in a high ISO scene mode, and I generally am satisfied with how it handles dim-lit and low light interiors and like most of the results.

Quoting below from my other blog (one of).

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To get more content for my Restaurants and Beer Exploration in Moscow series, on March 20, 2019 went for beer to a Pivoteka 465 joint (Пивотека 465); Pivoteka 465 being a chain of small craft beer shops here in Moscow.

So that day's Beer # 1 was a pint of tap Bakunin Fibonacci DIPA.

I found it to be alright for Bakunin, everything was true to DIPA, some evil tongues may wag that there was a waft of bad smell about it but I will say that it was just breathing from raw live craft beer with genuine hops, yeast and malt (unless of course it was an unwashed tap); in any case I liked it well enough regardless, pleasantly bitter, hoppy and relatively strong so, 2.35/5, looked good too color wise.

Bakunin (Бакунин) is a Saint Petersburg based Russian brewery, named presumably after Bakunin, the famous anarchist philosopher.

On tap that day.

Beer # 2 was a pint of Salden's Milkshake DIPA with Banana Puree expertly poured for me by barkeep from a can.

Gorgeous color, and I liked it even better; as for my second beer on the day decided to go for something less bitter and more sweet, and so liked this one, nice texture and body and a good nose and it was pleasantly strong therefore effective in the consciousness expanding department, 2.75/5.

Salden's is a microbrewery from Tula in Russia whose products happen to be among my most favorite.

Interior.

Support your local brewery!

Beer Photography: Eric the Red Beer Restaurant

Here is more of my eating out in Moscow photography using a Sony RX100 M2.

In another installment of my long but slow running Eating Out Moscow aka My Restaurants and also Beer Exploration series, here is a mainly photographic report(age) of some beers consumed for lunch on Monday, March 11, 2019, at Moscow's famed Eric the Red Pub-Restaurant, and namely the instance of it which is located on the Old Arbat.

Beer and snacks for lunch.

Beer # 1 was a pint of tap Plan B Kovboi Malboro (Cowboy Marlboro) IPA on the recommendations of the barkeep, and I have to say that I liked it well enough - I have had a lot of IPA beers this past year and think this one to be above quality average.

Plan B Kovboi Malboro (Cowboy Marlboro) is a Russian brewed IPA by Plan B.

Taps.

Actually there are 3 stories but I never went beyond the ground level and not far from the door either.

To eat, ordered something called Beer Set, including fries, wings, fish chips, cheese pastries, three dips, salted and fired almond and a salty pretzel.

For Beer No. 2 went for cherry and namely a pint of Jaws Cherry Swing, the only cherry beer they had on tap, and I liked it well above average and later even took another one of the same.

Jaws Cherry Swing is a Russian craft cherry fruit beer by Jaws Brewery, of Penza Region, Russia.

Lunch is going on.

Interior views.

And here is Beer # 3 which is more of Beer # 2!