For a city that was shrouded by the Iron Curtain for so many years, it has emerged as a cultural and historical hotspot. In some ways it feels like a lot of other cities in Europe, with very cool bars and interesting museums. However it’s when you enter the Metro and find all the signs in Cyrillic or attempt to get yourself a beer from a bar and have to mime out in sign language because they don’t understand English, that you remember “ah yes, this is Russia“.
Many thanks to Denis Kargaev from We Want Eat for reaching out on Facebook and meeting up with me in Moscow. He showed me the awesomeness of Strelka and Upside Down Cake Company and LOVES his food. Make sure you check out his blog.