Thursday 23 June 2011

Moscow is... Places to visit. Part 1. TO EAT and DRINK. 'Chokoladnitsa'.

Шоколадница or 'Chocoladnitsa' is a chain of coffee shops, which in Russian are called 'кофейня'. It may be found all over Moscow in tiny lanes or crowded avenues like Tverskaya street, you may check the address here, but usually there is no need, as it happens usually like this: you walk on foot in the center, feel 'ready' for a cup of coffee and..usually you see it)

The design is very nice,  recently, by the way, one of coffee shops won the prize for the best DESIGN of a coffee shops. And according to the hit-list, it is the best coffee-shop in 2011.

Let's visit one of the кофейня and choose a drink and dessert. MUST-TRY in Russia is coffee glace (кофе гляссе).Sounds French, but indeed it exists only in Russia. Usually is it a big cup of hot black coffee with few spoons of ice-cream upon it. While the ice-cream is melting, coffee becomes milky, ice-cream not so cold, and you drink coffee through this ice-cream foam. Very delicious! it used to be my favourite dessert everywhere in Moscow. In 'Chocoladnitsa' you may try a cup for 149 rubles (180 ml, around 37 hkd) or 179 rubles (270 ml, 45 hkd).

Traditional cappuccino and americano is also found here, you may check the prices in the coffee menu . Among latte the candy boys and candy girls are advised to choose Banana-Caramel Latte, which is 189 rubles for 160 ml (less then 50 hkd), 199 rubles for 250 ml (50 hkd).

Chocoladnitsa exists in Moscow for a long time. I remember well when at the age of 12 first time went there with my mum, who remembered classic choco-panckes exactly there. Now you still may try this dessert.

A portion of pancakes is around 50 hkd, traditional chocolate pancakes look like this

Besides, now you may found renewed lunch menu there, so enjoy not only sweets and desserts, but something else. It will cost you around 100 hkd.

Приятного аппетита! 

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