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Nedalny Vostok

<p>Arkady Novikov's Nedalny Vostok ("the Near East") has an Asian-fusion menu that doesn't forget it's in Russia—as if Jean-Georges Vongerichten took a detour into the steppes and picked up a few new tricks. Straganina, for example, is sashimi in the Siberian manner: shaved curls of fish kissed by frost and served with lime, salt, and white pepper. Young dudes in Roberto Cavalli velvets and animal prints actually blend into the décor, a postmodern tour de force of mixed textures and surfaces created by Super Potato, the cult Japanese design firm.</p>

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From Food & Wine , SEP 2009

The sprawling, partitioned dining room is dominated by a big open kitchen that turns out spicy stir-fries, tartares, sashimi...MORE>>

– Anya von Bremzen Moscow

Last updated September 2009