Restaurant "Coco": simple recipes in the original performance

The famous rock musician Sergei Vladimirovich Shnurov, better known under the pseudonym Shnur, got used to shock the audience both on stage and in life. There was no doubt that the restaurant, which he opened with his wife, will be bright, unusual, provocative.

Low-key environment

But the visitors, who for the first time open the door to this institution, meet a rather modest interior. The walls are whitewashed. All pieces of furniture and decoration are made of wood. Tables are simple, massive. The bar is made of black marble. Some chairs are covered with cow skins. In general, the situation creates an impression of good quality, reliability and tranquility. The color scale is black and white. The menu reminds a newspaper leaflet, yes it is also put under the plates of visitors. Tolstoy folder that you need to turn over here will not be offered. Everything fits on one page.

The name of the institution is also the simplest. So the chickens say. Although this may confuse the potential visitor. He can decide that the food here is prepared only from this representative of the animal world. The restaurant "Coco" is devoid of pathos completely. Here you will not find fancy dishes and arrogant waiters. As they say about the restaurant "Kokoko" reviews, the staff here prepare a wonderful. They are polite, friendly and always ready to tell in detail about each dish from the menu. The simplicity of the interiors is designed to emphasize the simplicity of the products from which they are prepared.

What are they fed

The fact is that the delivery to the restaurant "Kokoko" is carried out by farmers in the Leningrad region. This rule is strictly observed and if in the winter local farms do not have the opportunity to grow any vegetables, then they will not be on the menu. In the cold season, guests will be served more homemade preparations than, for example, imported fresh tomatoes. An exception is made for spices. The assortment of the bar includes foreign drinks. And to prepare cocktails here it is not accepted. Serve strong alcohol in its pure form. Preference, of course, give vodka as a national Russian drink. Although the bar features varieties of vodka produced in different countries.

Only his

The food here is simple, based on old Russian recipes. Restaurant "Coco" offers to try the cold, fire cutlets, borsch. Breakfast - traditional syrniki, omelets, porridges. It is interesting that the garnish is served with a half-bar and pearl barley, which are not so popular in our kitchen as before. Meat and milk, from which the dishes are prepared, come only from local farms. Mushrooms are collected in the forests of the Leningrad region. In some cases, not local products, but simply Russian ones. For example, sea fish. Strictly observed only the rejection of imported goods.

There is a zest

However, not everything is as simple as it seems at first glance. Although the dishes are prepared from ordinary products and old recipes, but the creativity of the chef, no one limits. Therefore, he often experimented with the texture and technology of cooking. As a result, original dishes come out, differing in unusual appearance and taste. The chef proposes to try a combination of products that you will not find anywhere else, and hardly ever use it in your kitchen.

In one dish, beets and Adygei cheese sauce, onion and rye toast, smoked beets and curd cream can peacefully coexist. Hot also differs originality. You can try the potato cream, seaweed foam with the taste of the sea, sauce from kvass, snow from sour cream. And in desserts you can find poppy chips, sea-buckthorn ice cream. Exotic combinations of ordinary products may not cause an appetite, but they kindle an interest. I would like if you do not try, then see what it is. This is what the "Cocoque" restaurant offers. Photos made by visitors confirm that the serving of dishes is also not inferior in originality.

Understand everything literally

If the menu shows the "sauce palette." They will be served exactly that way. On the palette of the art store, where the nests for paints are filled with sauces of different colors and flavors. Some familiar dishes will be served in an unusual manner. For example, here it is suggested to try beef stroganoff with boletus and cranberries, the most interesting is that with pasta, which is also not a garnish, but a decoration of the dish. Another example of the original feed is the dish "Chicken in the manger". It is served with half a three-liter jar with a lid.

You can also eat the earth

"Mom's favorite flower" - this is probably the most unusual dish, which offers a restaurant "Coconut". Visitors' reviews are the most enthusiastic. This dessert exceeds all expectations of the one who ordered it. At first glance, it seems that on a piece of parquet was brought accidentally fallen and broken flower pot. Until then, it all looks natural.

On closer examination, it turns out that parquet is a plate on which dessert is served. The pot and the ground scattered around it are made of chocolate and biscuit. And the flower itself is a sprig of mint. Under the potsherds hiding ice cream with pepper. Observing the tradition of natural products, as a hot drink here offer brewed herbs: oregano, taiga, geranium, oats, juniper, parsnip, heather. Regular tea is served in faceted glasses, and herbal tea in a transparent teapot.

A pleasant atmosphere, Russian hospitality, natural food without additives, grown on Russian open spaces - that's what the visitors are waiting for here. For those who are tired of the exotic cuisine, fancy dishes and pathetic atmosphere in St. Petersburg, the restaurant "Coco". Address: Nekrasov st, house 8.