Marquis de Salade

Description:

• Owner Szeva offers a wide variety of dishes from all over the world: Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bengal, Japan, China, France, Greece, Italy and Hungary. It started as a little wooden salad bar, then added a balcony and now it consists of a ground-floor eatery and a spacious cellar, providing room for one hundred guests to sit in comfort. Beautiful Azerbaijani carpets in maroons and oranges cover the walls and even the ceiling, giving a cosy feel to the white stone interior. Georgian and Azerbaijani dishes are a specialty e.g. Pyty—a traditional lamb and vegetable soup—which makes a good starter. The chickpea curry and coq au vin are hearty and substantial. Why not cool down with a refreshing sherbet drink, made with lemon juice, sugar and basil, mint or coriander seeds? Jakibori is diced chicken breast in a piquant sauce with a huge mixed green salad. The wines are impressive too—try the Tokaji aszu 1988.
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Awards:

Frommer's

•  Very Highly Recommended 2010