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The Moscow Times Moscow Guide – Winter 2008

Since the middle of autumn one of the most important topics of discussion, could only be … no, not the financial crisis… New Year! The winter issue of The Moscow Times Moscow Guide is entirely devoted to New Years celebrations. Seven great ideas for celebrating the “Night of Nights” will help readers finalise their plans and choose how and where to party, give fresh ideas and lots of practical advice.

And don’t forget – problems will come by themselves, but happiness and luck need an invitation. That why the more cheerful and light-hearted your celebration of the coming holiday is, the happier and more successful 2009 will be for you.

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This year Russia is enjoying the biggest grain harvest it has ever seen -- and farmers couldn't be more worried.



Tuesday, January 06, 2009 Updated at 31 December 2008 22:36 Moscow Time.

The Moscow Times » Issue 3928 » City Wise

Arkady Novikov Group

Restaurant News

23 June 2008By Nathan Toohey / Special to The Moscow TimesThe Yaposha sushi and anti-sushi chain has decided to make its network of restaurants more accessible for disabled people. Starting with the branch at Shosse Entuziastov, special wheelchair ramps have been added and the toilets have been made wheelchair friendly. The chain has also introduced menus with braille for the vision impaired.
See www.yaposha.com for addresses.

Restoranny Sindikat, the company behind such well-respected restaurants as Nabi, Zolotoi and Bistrot, has opened two new eateries. Those who can appreciate a motto as simple as "I Love Meat" should find the new Beefbar right up their alley. Beefbar is an international chain with restaurants in Monaco, Barcelona, Nice and now Moscow. As the name would suggest, the two-story restaurant is all about meat, which is sourced from around the world's top meat-producing regions. Of course, such an international selection doesn't come cheap -- fillet of Australian kobe beef will set you back 800 rubles per 100 grams.

In parallel with the opening of Beefbar, Restoranny Sindikat is also opening its most democratic eatery to date -- Family Floor. Making way for the new restaurant is the company's seafood restaurant Fish, which has given up its location for the new restaurant and will be reopening in a new site later this year. Family Floor, as the name would suggest, is a family restaurant with a nostalgic feel. The menu features a mix of Russian/Soviet, Caucasus and European dishes. The average bill should come in at under 2,000 rubles.
Beefbar: 13 Prechistenskaya Naberezhnaya, Bldg. 3, 982-5553, M. Kropotkinskaya.
Family Floor: 12 Bolshoi Kozikhinsky Per., Bldg. 1, 650-4410, M. Pushkinskaya.

Asian seafood restaurant Market has a new chef with a new menu. Chinese head chef Zhan Zhin (pictured, right) has introduced a new menu featuring dishes as prepared in the ancient city of Yangzhou, adapted to suit local tastes. Dishes include salmon prepared in a wok with vegetables in chili sauce (680 rubles), Yangzhou-style pan-fried scallops with leek sauce (1,300 rubles) and Chilean sea bass prepared in a wok with shiitake mushrooms and bamboo shoots in "Chu Hou" sauce (1,750 rubles).
18 Sadovaya Samotyochnaya Ul., Bldg. 1, 650-3770/4131, M. Tsvetnoi Bulvar.