Lithuanian Love Affair

Lithuanian cuisine comes in for a lot of  criticism. Unfair, surely.

Yes, it’s almost entirely potatocentric and the few dishes that aren’t will be served with a side of boileds. But after a visit to St Petersburg’s faux Lithuanian Tri Peskarya, you soon realise other countries just can’t peel them the same way.

There’s no real explanation [...]

A Beer With Lenin

The closer you come to the centre of St Petersburg, the closer you are to the melting point of plastic. So, how about a cardless, mainly liquid lunch in ‘Lenin Lives‘ on the Reki Fontanka.

There’s the aura of the great man, some nicely desecrated Soviet artwork and serving pioneers, all to keep you in retro [...]