No far East

The interior of this restaurant was done by Japanese designers and everything here is astonishing: parquet on the ceiling, open kitchen in the centre of the room, large glass scaffolding. The main hero of the restaurant is the King crab, specially brought from Sakhalin. The menu includes an impressive amount of dishes made from crab, including soups, salads and pelmeni. World-famous chefs often stop by on tour.

Cuisine: Asian cuisine
Average bill: 4
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Tverskoi Bul. 15, bldg. 2
Metro: Pushkinskaya
Phone: 694-0641/0154
WWW: http://www.novikovgroup.ru

H.L.A.M.

Art-cafe Khlam (an acronym of the Russian for Artists, Writers, Performers and Musicians that also means ‘Junk’) was the name of a Kiev art-caf? in the 20s and is now a Moscow restaurant that is reincarnating bohemian Russian decadence and european art deco. Quiet background jazz, cabaret music, and a cinematic interior created by Nikolai Samonov make allusions to the 20s and 30s of last century, to cosmopolitan and bohemian pleasure. The menu has vegetarian, Mediterranean and Russian food, and the restaurant's pride and joy is its 'Green List' - 50 vegetables, fruits and herbs that can be prepared how you like. The dessert menu deserves special attention with its russian syrniki, light pineapple soup with basil and drops of chocolate, and hot pumpkin with sweet sage sauce.

Cuisine: International
Average bill: 4
Open hours: 11.00-01.00, Sat-Sun 11.00-05.00
Address: Golutvinsky Per. 3/5
Metro: Polyanka
Phone: (499) 238-1678
WWW: www.hlamcafe.ru