Seafood lula kebabs at the Mindal café | Рестораны Раппопорта

Seafood lula kebabs at the Mindal caféSeafood lula kebabs at Mindal: shrimp with sumac (1,690 RUB) and pike-perch with nutmeg (1,570 RUB). Grilled over coals. Chef Fuad Aliyev. Reservations: +7 (495) 730-50-19.Eastern cuisine is used to being associated with meat — juicy lamb or beef smoking over coals. But by the sea, the East had its say too. The Caspian coast of Azerbaijan has for centuries provided fish no worse than the pastures provided livestock. Sturgeon, kutum, pike-perch — these names were heard in Eastern bazaars no less often than lamb and beef. And in Persia, fish was traditionally served on major holidays as a symbol of abundance and renewal. So fish, as an alternative to meat, is not a novelty for this cuisine at all, but part of a centuries-old tradition. In our menu, this tradition lives on in seafood lula kebabs — tender, yet absolutely Eastern in character. Shrimp lula kebab (1,690 RUB) — juicy, with a light accent of sumac that gives the dish the freshness familiar to all connoisseurs of Eastern cuisine. Pike-perch lula kebab (1,570 RUB) — denser in texture, with nutmeg that reveals the fish from an unexpectedly spicy side. Both versions are prepared using the classic lula technique — with beef fat for juiciness and the obligatory "rest" in the cold before grilling, so that the minced mixture holds its shape and unfolds over the coals in the fullness of flavour. This dish is for those who love lula kebab in all its manifestations. The East knows how to surprise — even where, it would seem, everything has long been familiar.