Gastronomy is one of the most interesting aspects of traveling to Kazan. The Tartar cuisine is worth experiencing while you visit this city, and in this post, I share with you my impressions of what to eat and a restaurant where you can taste some local dishes plus a local supermarket and a museum where you can taste Tartar desserts.
Where to eat Tartar Food?
A suggested place to eat Tartar food in Kazan is Bilyar Restaurant (Биляр). It’s where I tried the horse meat and the Solyanka Kazan Style. There is one branch with better prices at Butlerova Street 31 (Бутлерова, 31), next to Baumana Street, the busiest street in Kazan.
Where to buy local products?
Bakhetle Supermarket (Бахетле) is a supermarket chain spread along Tatarstan where you can buy Tartar products such as sweets, dishes, the horse meat, drinks, including gourmet products and the desserts mentioned in this article. There are several Bakhetle shops spread around Kazan. You also find their shop in Moscow, Novosibirsk, and other cities.
Trying horse Meat
In Tartar is Kazylyk and in Russian is Konina (Конина). It consists of smoked horse meat and simple horse meat, not something I’m used to for barbecues. It’s very soft meat, just loved it! Sounds like a kind of ham and salami. If you like to cook, you can buy this meat at the local supermarket chain Bakhetle (Бахетле).
Solyanka Kazan Style
Solyanka (солянка) is a traditional Russian soup made of spices, ham, beef, sausages, cucumbers, pickles, onion, and other vegetables I don’t know. It may be also made of mushrooms, meat, and fish. The Solyanka Kazan Style is different for adding horse meat to the soup.
Etchpetchmac
Etchpetchmac (Öçpoçmaq in Tartar, Эчпочмак in Russian) is a Tartar snack with this intimidating name baked with potatoes, beef, and sweet onions in a triangular format. Traditionally served with tea and a Broth whose name I don’t remember.
Broth
This soup, forgot its name, is traditionally served with the etchpetchmac. It’s prepared with meat, bones, cereal grains, and vegetables cooked below the water boiling point.
Chak-chak
In Russian is Чак-чак and in Tartar is Çäkçäk, and in English would be chak-chak. A popular sweet in Tatarstan, made of unleavened dough cut and rolled in balls fried in oil. The fried balls are molded and drenched with honey.
Chak-Chak Museum
Following the chak-chak, an interesting place to visit in Kazan is the Chak-Chak Museum (Музей Чак-Чака), dedicated to Tartar traditions, souvenirs, and to local desserts, including chak-chak, as well as baursak (баурсак), accompanied by a cup of tea. Masterclasses also take place at the museum and I recommend to contact in advance if you’re interested. Usually open every day, from 11:00h to 19:00h. Address: Ulitsa Parizhskoy Kommuny, 18 (ул. Парижской Коммуны, 18).
Wish you a good appetite when trying these dishes! In other articles, I share travel tips about things to do in Kazan and an overview of how to arrive there from other cities in Russia. For an overview of what to eat in Russia, this post lists the dishes found in the most visited cities.
Originally posted 2017-10-07 03:34:13.
