Great query, Nick. These are things that I and a new-to-Moscow expat friend (who arrived here about a month ago) would really like to know. Before you wrote to the list, I had a mind to ask listers to name the best restaurants they've encountered in terms of quality, service and -- very important -- value for money.
>From my end, I can say that my friend and I recently scratched the surface at >the Chaikhona in the Hermitage Garden by ordering a couple of rudimentary >things --chicken shashlick, teapots, dessert -- and we liked what we got. It >wasn't all that cheap, but it seemed worth the money in terms of the portion >size of the shashlicks (three juicy skewers for 300 rubles) and the quality of >the tea (pot of jasmine 170 rubles) and baklava (can't remember the price). >Service was prompt. In terms of taxis, I have a reliable driver whom I use who lives in the building next door to mine, near the Domodedovskaya metro station. He works for the Taxi 956 company (the one with the 956-8-956 phone number, website with English www.taxi956.ru) and has a clean, comfortable and relatively new vehicle (don't take note of the make and model) with working seatbelts. Going from our neighborhood, he charged 1000 rubles one way to Sheremetyevo in either direction. His name is Sergei (don't know his last name) and I've used him for several airport runs to and from Sheremetyevo. His number is 8-903-557-5089. I talked to him and he would welcome direct calls from listers, but speaks only Russian, though. So if you can handle that, I would say he's worth it. Kirill. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:00:38 +0400 (MSD) Subject: Expat Digest, Vol 35, Issue 16 > > Send Expat mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Expat digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. What's YOUR secret? (Nick REES) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:56:10 -0700 (PDT) > From: Nick REES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Expat List What's YOUR secret? > To: The Moscow Expat List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi all, > > Those who have have been around a while usually have one or two little > secrets - like a restaurant that does amazing food, centrally located but > charges almost nothing for it, a taxi company that doesn't do everything it > can to do things wrong etc etc. > > I was just wandering whether anyone would share any of their 'little secrets' > here on the expat list with others! > > Regards, > > Nick _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
