Have a Berry Good Dining Time at this New Moscow Restaurant

There’s a new Central Asian restaurant in downtown Moscow and its name comes from a berry which is also using in some of the dishes offered. Barbaris, or barberry, is the name and it is also known as zereshk in dried form.

The restaurant uses zeresk in its regular lamb ploy and in the vegetarian play with the lamb dish going for 350 rubles, the vegetarian at 270 a plate. The berry is also found in a the tea selection, a pot of barberry tea goes for 200 rubles; the cocktail selection, which offers a hat barberry gluhwein for 360 rubles and even the hookah menu includes it in name if not in actual contents.

There are a large number of Uzbek dishes on the menu as well as some Tajik selections. Some of the more interesting Tajik items include the tushbera lamb dumplings with mint which are offered for 310 rubles served in bouillon for an additional 275 rubles. If you are brave, you can sample the khash tongue and tripe soup with Tajik beans for 280 rubles.

Along with grilled dishes and samsa, you can also get wine from 220 rubles a glass and draft beers for 225 rubles a half liter. Barbaris is located at 40/3 2nd Tverskaya-Yamskaya Ul. and is open from 9am-11pm.

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