In addition to Zen, I live in LJ. It has long become not the main platform - it is difficult to observe such a long agony of the platform, which for a long time was a “home”, but I read it regularly.
And that's what "charm" they threw at me there. I will not say that for some reason this was included in the recommendations. I was once again struck by the degree of hatred for Russian gastronomic culture and culinary preferences.
I thought for a long time how you can argue with someone like that. And then I realized that the dislike of Russian culinary traditions among such people is closely intertwined with a servile reverence for foreign ones. European.
Such people speak about European cuisine with reverence and aspiration - they say, oh, France, the country of gourmets and ambrosia. Well, or something like that.
And what is the quality indicator abroad?
Michelin star!
And just then the Michelin stars came to Moscow to distribute. And, although the star is given to the institution, each institution that received it has its own format and culinary focus, so to speak. European cuisine, Asian, Russian ...
And who got the stars in Moscow? Considering that we have a lot of "national" restaurants here - from Georgia to France, from China to... North Korea.
Of those that offer Russian cuisine, albeit as part of the menu, and in a modern arrangement - White Rabbit and SAVVA, Beluga and Sakhalin. They got one star each.
But Twins Garden - two. If you suddenly think about it, there is a very interesting author's tasting set "Discovering Russia anew."
If there are no stars, but with mentions in the Michelin-starred guide, then you can immediately call "Pushkin", and, of course, "Dr. Zhivago ". And Zhivago is, you know, such a concentration of "Russianness" on the menu that it can bring your teeth together. There is even "Olivier" there - true, in the interpretation of the chief, but... There is!
Why did I write all this.
If a person curses Russian cuisine, not understanding at all what it is, not knowing what it is now, then this means that the person does not understand gastronomy at all.
Any cuisine - including Russian - is evolving. New products appear (they become completely "their own". There are new ways to heat food, and they also become their own, and this is normal. It is impossible to live, fixated on the fact that Russian dishes, for example, should be cooked exclusively in a Russian oven. Russian ovens have long been a rarity, but what they cook in Russian (or, whatever you like, Russian) families is still Russian cuisine. And what they cook in Russia is also, for the most part, Russian cuisine, even if at first it seems foreign.
These are the realities. Whether we like it or not.
And if someone is stuck in the "Olivier" era - and it doesn't matter whether he is with hazel grouses or boiled sausage, then these are exclusively his problems, and not the whole kitchen ...
PS, And what else I want to say... Olivier is beautiful. Any. You just need to cook it deliciously.