Ukrainian Cuisine - 5 Foods To Try in Kiev, Ukraine

Come join us for Ukrainian Cuisine in Kiev, Ukraine as sample a number of different Ukrainian foods worth trying for the first time at park nearby our apartment. Sometimes the best surprises come spontaneous. One day I was jogging around Taras Shevchenko Park and noticed a cool looking restaurant built around a massive tree. When I came back to our apartment in Kiev, Ukraine I told Audrey we have to check this place out. After going out for dinner here for a few times it quickly became our favorite Ukrainian restaurant in our neighborhood. Come find out when as sample the following 5 Ukrainian food items:

1) Mushroom soup with homemade dumplings in bread crust (Грибна юшка з домашніми галушками у хлібній скоринці)
2) Traditional Ukrainian Salad (Закарпатський)
(яловичина відварена, кабачки смажені у сухарях
запечені томати, овеча бринза, медово-гірчичний соус)
Ingredients: Veal, fried zucchini, tomatoes, brynza (white goat cheese), honey and mustard sauce
3) Grilled duck brisket (Вогняна качка)
грудка качки смажена на грилі з яблуками та помаранчами,
соус з малини та манго
ingredients: duck, apple, orange, raspberry and mango sauce
4) Stuffed Cabbage-rolls (Голубці з домашньою сметаною)
свинина, яловичина, рис, цибуля
ingredients: cabbage, sour cream pork, beef, rice, onion
5) Apple Strudel with ice cream (Штрудель яблучний з морозивом)

Beverages: Lvivske 1715 (Львівське 1715) and Forest Berries Drink (Напій з лісових ягід)

O'Panas (ОПанас) Traditional Ukrainian Restaurant
Address: Tereshchenkivs'ka St, 10, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01004
Hours: 9:30AM–12AM (daily)
Phone: +380 44 235 2132
website menu: http://www.opanas.com.ua/files/menu/Main/Menu_O'Panas.pdf

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Ukrainian Cuisine - 5 Foods To Try in Kiev, Ukraine Travel Food Video Transcript:

We are diving straight into another Ukrainian food (українські страви) video as you can see the food is already at the table so we're going to get rolling here. We're at a restaurant called O'Panas (ОПанас) which Sam discovered by chance when he was walking around Taras Shevchenko. I was just jogging in fact. It is located in the middle of a park and also the restaurant is like built around this giant tree. I know. It is so cool. Right now we're on the second floor and the tree trunk is just there.

Yeah. So it is a pretty cool setting. It feels very rustic, very traditional. We actually came here for dinner last night and they had live music playing the accordion. So we were like we need to come back for lunch.

or my appetizer I ordered a mushroom soup. Mushroom soup with dumplings (Грибна юшка з домашніми галушками у хлібній скоринці) and it said it came with bread crusts so I was like alright they'll bring me some bread.

I am having a Ukrainian salad (Закарпатський) here and it is pretty special. It has got um veal and it has goat cheese, it has zucchini and you can see that it has some tomatoes here. I'm just going to like. I see mushrooms as well. Mushrooms oh wow look. That looks so good and it comes in a honey mustard glaze.

Here is what I call a big sexy mug of beer. That is a proper pint. And I'm trying the local one. It is Lvivske 1715 (Львівське 1715). So that one probably comes from Lviv.

I am having a forest berries juice (Напій з лісових ягід).

I ordered cabbage rolls (Голубці з домашньою сметаною) and yeah these come stuffed with rice, beef, pork. Those look good.

This is duck brisket (Вогняна качка) and it appears to be cranberry sauce and then some caramelized oranges. Some caramelized oranges on the bottom.

I'm not going to lie there is probably nothing Ukrainian about this dish. We ordered apple strudel (Штрудель яблучний з морозивом).

So the price of that meal was 770 which was $30 USD Highly recommend this place.

This is part of our Travel in Ukraine video series showcasing Ukrainian food (українська кухня), Ukrainian culture and Ukrainian cuisine (українські страви).

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