LOCAL CUISINE
Karaite, Crimean Tatar or genuine Black Sea cuisine: in Crimea there are many different national cuisines, cafés and restaurants with their culinary delights are everywhere. To help tourists we tell them about the dishes that should definitely be tried during their trip to the peninsula.
Visiting the Black Sea and not to try real Black Sea's seafood? Impossible! Author's dishes of fish, mussels and other seafood are offered here in every resort town and village.
Most cafés and restaurants with Black Sea cuisine are in Sevastopol, Balaclava and on the South Coast of Crimea. There they cook dishes of all kinds of oysters, mussels, rapanas and local fish. By the way, you can dine seafood here even off-shore – just go on a sea boat ride with fishing and ask the captain to take care of food. Be sure, you cannot have more delicious treat than freshly caught and freshly prepared seafood!
Most cafés and restaurants with Black Sea cuisine are in Sevastopol, Balaclava and on the South Coast of Crimea. There they cook dishes of all kinds of oysters, mussels, rapanas and local fish. By the way, you can dine seafood here even off-shore – just go on a sea boat ride with fishing and ask the captain to take care of food. Be sure, you cannot have more delicious treat than freshly caught and freshly prepared seafood!
Seafood
Fruits in the Crimea are a real treasure trove of health, strength and vigor. They are a source of vitamins and trace elements that stimulate the work of the whole body. In May the Crimean Peninsula starts blooming wildly, and the first fruits appear together with the fresh greenery and satisfy the locals and guests till October.
From May till September you can try cherry, cherry, apricot, fig, cherry plum, plum, peaches, apples, grapes and pomegranate. However, you can find less popular, but very useful fruits: mulberries, pears, ziziphus.
From May till September you can try cherry, cherry, apricot, fig, cherry plum, plum, peaches, apples, grapes and pomegranate. However, you can find less popular, but very useful fruits: mulberries, pears, ziziphus.
Seasonal fruits
Tandoori Samsa is a very popular Crimean Tatar dish in the Crimea. It came to Crimea from Central Asia and has become a popular street fast food. Puff pastry pies with meat, lamb fat, onions and spices are sold at every step.
It is said that tandyr samsa never causes stomach upsets, since the dish is constantly cooked. The red-hot tandyr oven keeps the samosas hot and at the same time «disinfects» them. Tandyr samsa is made by men, because the dough requires a long and thorough kneading.
It is said that tandyr samsa never causes stomach upsets, since the dish is constantly cooked. The red-hot tandyr oven keeps the samosas hot and at the same time «disinfects» them. Tandyr samsa is made by men, because the dough requires a long and thorough kneading.
Tandoori Samsa
Oriental sweets are the most traditional for the Crimea. A favorite delicacy of the Crimean coast is pakhlava. Sweet rhombus-shaped cakes made of multi-layered dough with honey and nuts. It tastes soft, crumbly and very sweet. Also very popular are jams made of juniper, lavender, dogwood, rose, cones, and seasonal fruits.
Sweets
The rudiments of winemaking in the Crimea appeared in the times of the first Greek settlements, so local traditions have been preserved for over twenty centuries. Today, winemaking - one of the leading sectors of agriculture in the Crimea. In 1889, at the World Exhibition in Paris, Golitsyn's Crimean wines caused a sensation and won gold medals, and the prince himself received the Legion of Honor from the French government. Among the largest factories of the Crimea, where the most delicious wines are produced, can be distinguished: «Zolotaya Balka», «Massandra», «Novy Svet», «Inkerman», «Koktebel».
Wine
