What to eat in Kazan, Russia
One of the most remarkable points of visiting Kazan was definitely the Tartar cuisine. I simply loved the particular Tartar food I tried during my stay, that’s why I want to go back! Below, I list what you have to try if you travel to Tatarstan.
Kazylyk/konina
Kazylyk in Tartar or Konina/Конина in Russian, is a Tartar dish consisting of smoked horse meat and horse meat. I simply loved horse-meat, great like any good steak!
Solyanka Kazan Style
Solyanka, in cyrillic солянка, is a traditional Russian soup made of spices, beef, ham, sausages, cucumbers, pickles, onion and other vegetables I don’t know to mention. It may also be made of mushrooms, meat and fish.
The Solyanka Kazan Style distinguishes itself for its special ingredients besides of beef: horse-meat kazylyk and smoked horse-meat.
Etchpetchmac
Etchpetchmac (in Tartar, Öçpoçmaq) is a Tartar baked snack made with potatoes, beef and sweet onions with a triangular format. It is traditionally served with tea and Broth, explained on the next section.
Broth
Traditionally served with the etchpetchmac, Broth is a soup consisting of meat, bones, cereal grains and vegetables cooked below the boiling point of water.
Eat at Bilyar Restaurant
A traditional Tartar restaurant where you can try the typical Tartar cuisine. It’s the place where I had the Kazylyk and Solyanka Kazan Style. In Kazan, there are 4 branches of Bilyar. I reccommed to visit the one at Butlerova Street 31 (Бутлерова, 31), next to Baumana Street, the main street in the city.
Chak-chak
Chak-ckak, in Russian Чак-чак and in Tartar Çäkçäk, is a sweet very popular along Tatarstan. It is made from unleavened dough cut and rolled in balls, then fried in oil. The fried balls are molded and drenched with honey.
Bakhetle Supermarket
It’s a supermarket chain spread along Tatarstan where you can buy all the traditional Tartar products such as sweets, dishes and drinks.
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