Each of my group members purchased a lot of favorite goods. They say that this time Russia did not come in vain. You can't buy these things in other countries!

Seeing that they are so fond of things with Russian characteristics, I suggested that they try the most rustic Russian food in Russia.

Ёлки-палки is a particularly famous restaurant chain in Russia, famous for serving the most typical Russian national cooking!

"Ёлки-палки" is actually a well-known interjection in Russian slang, and its meaning is similar to the Chinese "Oh my God! 》From the name of the restaurant, you can imagine that its style is friendly and rustic!

Walking into the restaurant is like walking into a traditional Russian restaurant of the 19th century. The walls here are a combination of rough logs that give a feeling of thick warmth and unpainted stone bricks. There is hardly a trace of modern decoration in the interior.

The walls are hung with vernacally style landscape paintings, as well as a variety of folk dolls, quaint utensils and some specimens of birds and beasts. It feels like you're in the middle of the most everyday life in modern Russia. In the dining room, a selection table in the shape of a wooden cart on wheels is covered with linen tablecloths embroidered with cross-stitch. It is lined with large pottery plates and bottles and jars of various colors. Inside, guests can choose from a variety of cold cuts and snacks.

The waitress in a white shirt with red lace smiled and arranged us into a comfortable area. Everyone laughed and asked me if the waiter was wearing the national costume of Russia. I told them that this was typical of the old Russian peasant lads.

We ordered a typical traditional Russian meal and the waiter's recommended vodka from their restaurant.

I found that my group members really couldn't compliment Russian food!

Everyone commented on the strange taste of each dish as they ate. I think their curiosity about the dish is completely more than they love it.

Saw me eating brown bread. The female tourist also broke a piece and put it in her mouth, and immediately she spit it out again, looked at me with some strange eyes, and said:

- "Why does this thing still smell sour?" I saw that you ate it so deliciously, I really didn't expect it to taste like this! ”

I smiled and said:

- "Russian food is not to mention the Chinese, even many Western Europeans have a hard time accepting their taste." Brown bread is also their specialty, and people who eat it for the first time are really not used to it. ”

- "Are we eating the most authentic Russian meal today?" The younger tourist asked.

- "Yes, I think the menu in this restaurant should be Russian in the most traditional sense. Some of the Russian food in the high-end restaurant has been improved, and this restaurant is the most homely way, and of course it is the most authentic Russian food. I said

- "Russian food, we can eat it this time!" However, it was not in vain, and I finally knew what Russian rice tasted like. One said with a smile.

- "I'm not used to Western food, this Russian food is also Western food, right?" I think they're all made of the same material," one person asked me.

- "The most famous of Western cuisines are French, Italian and Russian, but Russian cuisine is more unique. Even Europeans have a lot of people who are not used to eating Russian food, especially the sour cream in Russian food, which is difficult for even Europeans to accept, but Russians prefer this taste. I replied.

- "If you want to talk about eating, I think you have to say that our Chinese food is delicious!" You also like to eat Chinese food, right? A man asked me with a smile.

- "Yes! I also think Chinese food is the best in the world! I am so lucky to be born in China," I said to him with a smile.

Everyone seemed to agree with what I had to say.

I thought to myself, this is probably the one thing I have the most agreement with this group of people

- "We basically only eat Chinese food, so we can't eat it like that...... By the way, but our boss has such a hobby, and she still shouts to eat Western food every once in a while. But as soon as I go abroad, I just want to eat Chinese food, and I always complain that Chinese food abroad is not authentic, hehe......" The younger-looking tourist pointed to the lady and said happily.

- "Are you weird?" Their chefs are all Chinese, but once they go abroad, how does the taste change? The more I want to eat authentic Chinese food, the more I can't eat it," the woman said puzzled.

Everyone talked about their tastes, but one thing was the same, and that was that from the next meal, they all had to eat Chinese food.

When I was full, I called the waiter to settle the bill.

Someone in the group asked me if I was required to tip? I told them that there must be a tip for eating at a restaurant like this. However, there is no strict standard for the amount of tipping, which is generally about 10% of the consumption amount.

They are quite generous in dealing with tips, and they all say don't forget to tip, let people laugh, that's too embarrassing. Some people also said that the ruble is not worth much anyway, and giving them a few more will also make the waiter happy.

I said, in fact, the main purpose of eating in a restaurant in Russia is to be happy, and the second is to satisfy hunger, since it is mainly to be happy, then Russian guests are generally not too stingy to tip, which is also a kind of gentleman's performance.