brooklyn gal for a while

Ever since stumbling across Everything is Illuminated on our random month of movie channels, TS and I have been a little bit obsessed with the Ukraine. From toasting with "Na zdorovia" to looking into Honeymooning along the shores of the Black Sea, we finally checked out Little Odessa in Brightton Beach. I must say, I liked what I saw . . . or more specifically, what I ate.

We happened upon Katiana's on the board walk, getting a table out in the sun. Finding a menu in English, we had several questions for the waitress. We ended up ordering the required Ukrainian Borscht, Kvas (a type of yeast soda), Palmini (kind of like Russian tortellini), and Po'Flatcas (sp? like a macaroni with onions and ground beef). I must say all was pretty darn delic, especially the Borscht!

Also, I just finished reading both the World to Come and A History of Tractors in Ukranian . . .