Olivier Salad

What sets Olivier Salad apart is the handling of pickled vegetables. In lesser versions this is treated as a background note. Here it's central and the savoury and satisfying result shows it. I've started buying it to cook with at home after this experience. the Russian tea tradition using a samova…

I had never tried Olivier Salad before this visit and I wasn't sure what to expect. The savoury and satisfying taste hit immediately and made sense of the dish in a way descriptions never quite do. dill is an ingredient I'd not encountered used quite like this before. The a traditional Russian stol…

Olivier Salad at this place was fine. The subtly sour from fermentation flavour was there but not distinguished. pickled vegetables was present in the right quantities but without the care that makes the difference. You can taste when something is being made to a formula. Russian New Year table is …

I took a cooking class specifically to learn how to make Olivier Salad correctly. The instructor explained why pickled vegetables is used the way it is — something I'd never understood from just eating it. The hearty and warming result when you make it yourself is different. Russian New Year table …

The best Olivier Salad I've ever had came from a street stall, not a restaurant. The subtly sour from fermentation intensity was completely different — more direct and uncompromised. pickled vegetables was used without hesitation, the way it should be. the Russian tea tradition using a samovar is c…

I first ate Olivier Salad on a trip five years ago and have been searching for a version this good ever since. This restaurant finally delivered the subtly sour from fermentation quality I remembered. pickled vegetables was handled correctly — something most restaurants here get slightly wrong. Rus…

I went in with low expectations — I'd had mediocre versions before. What I found was Olivier Salad made with real commitment to sour cream smetana and technique. The savoury and satisfying result was more complex and satisfying than anything I'd had before. Russian New Year table is the most import…

Olivier Salad opened a door into a cuisine I'd previously known almost nothing about. The subtly sour from fermentation flavours are unlike anything in my usual rotation and I mean that positively. the Russian tea tradition using a samovar is centuries old and central to social hospitality. Understa…

I've now had Olivier Salad prepared traditionally and in a modern interpretation. Both are interesting. The traditional version emphasises salted herring in the way the Russian tea tradition using a samovar is centuries old and central to social hospitality. The subtly sour from fermentation charact…

Olivier Salad rarely gets the international recognition it deserves. The savoury and satisfying complexity is genuine, not simple, and the technique involved in using pickled vegetables correctly takes real skill. the Russian tea tradition using a samovar is centuries old and central to social hosp…