Taste of Russia
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Life at a Russian spa: Stinky water, mud wraps, and fried rat - Taste of Russia Ep.13
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A Caucasian adventure: Grilled sheep’s liver & local cheese in mountain paradise - Taste of Russia Ep.14
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Patriot: Playing soldier and making appetisers for ‘real men’ - Taste of Russia Ep.15
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Is this a yolk? Ostrich omelettes & peculiar pastries - Taste of Russia Ep. 16
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St. Pete from above & below: A gastronomic odyssey through Russia’s literary haunts - Taste of Russia Ep. 17
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It’s Fish Day: Preparing native Russian fish on the shore of Lake Ladoga - Taste of Russia Ep. 18
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Survival Skills and Mushroom Saute Russian style - Taste of Russia Ep. 19
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Farm life ain’t for everyone - Taste of Russia Ep. 20
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Russia’s Dagestan: From khinkal in the Caucasus Mountains to fish from the Caspian Sea - Taste of Russia Ep. 21
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Flat blades & flatbread in Kabachi: The town that armed the ancient world - Taste of Russia Ep. 22
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A Hot Orange Bath for Donald Duck - Taste of Russia Ep. 23
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Arctic Challenge: Reindeer Fillets in Mushroom Sauce vs Vinaigrette Salad with Herring - Taste of Russia Ep. 24
Russia’s Dagestan: From khinkal in the Caucasus Mountains to fish from the Caspian Sea - Taste of Russia Ep. 21
Oscar and Glen head to the remote highlands of Russia’s exotic Dagestan to check out village life and the cuisine. They make a local version of khinkal, a favourite Caucasian dish similar to dumplings. All they need is flour, water, and meat, but it’s more difficult than expected. To get the water, Glen takes a donkey ride to the local spring. Things take an even stranger turn when the pair find the meat hanging as a big slab drying on the side of a house… next to the cow pats used as fuel! But in the end, everything turns out grand, and the ‘gastronauts’ pronounce the result ‘delicious’.
Then the pair is whisked from the mountains down to the seashore, where they explore an ancient fortress in the oldest surviving city in modern Russia, Derbent. Afterwards, they learn to make a special local delicacy, lyavenge, made from katum, a fish found only in the Caspian Sea.
