Postcard from Bishkek

A short while ago I saw a tweet on twitter from someone who was sitting in Olives, a new café on Prospect Chui, not far from the office.  It referred, favourably, to the size of the portions and I decided that maybe I ought to go and check it out. So, when a friend of […]

I it some time since I wrote about places to eat in Bishkek, and this time, I have a problem as I am not sure how to refer to this particular café.  Is it Vis-a-vis?, the Queen’s Head?, the Ozzie Butcher?, the Aussie Butcher?,  The British Butcher?, the British café?, or simply David’s place? This is […]

Some people have expressed surprise at my choice for the first few of the “Places to Eat” postcards that I have written.  Knowing that I have a particular affection for this restaurant they ask me, “What happened to Cyclone?”. The answer is simple … Cyclone has been undergoing a renovation and I have been waiting for […]

When it comes to selecting somewhere to eat, there are a few things that I look for. Of course, there’s the menu – it should consist of interesting and tasty dishes, preferably distinctive, at a reasonable price.  Then there is the service, it always helps when the staff are pleasant, welcoming diners with a friendly […]

Sunday I was persuaded to go to the Orthodox Church.  I was told told it was St. Nicholas’ Day, the patron saint of Children who has been immortalized as Santa Clause.  It’s not on the list of Saint’s days I have and I thought his Saint’s Day was in December, (6th December – although the Orthodox work […]

Last week I posted an entry about the Alabama Steak House in Bishkek and although I said that I might post some more postcards in the future about places to dine out, I wasn’t expecting to write another one featuring a different eatery quite so soon. This postcard, however, was prompted by an article on Eurasianet, (Kyrgyzstan: Banking […]

They say that “there is no point in arguing about taste” and that “one man’s meat is another man’s poison“.  Different people like different things.  In Bishkek we are quite fortunate in that we have a wide selection of restaurants offering cuisines to choose between. Last week I had a “business lunch” with a publisher […]

Audrey Hepburn may have enjoyed Breakfast at Tiffany’s but recently I have started enjoying “Breakfast at Begemot”. Breakfast is the first meal of the day and, in English, the word is a composite bringing together the two words “break” and “fast” and accurately so it describes the meal that “breaks the fast” since the previous […]