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The number of restaurants with Russian cuisine in the United Arab Emirates has doubled in the past five years. In Syria, cakes are especially popular, people in Iran love Russian chocolate and sweets, in Lebanon they line up for Russian sour cream, and in Cairo they widely celebrate Maslenitsa with pancakes, Izvestiya reports.
About 60 restaurants and cafes with Russian cuisine work in Dubai, in 2014 there were half of them. Not only Russian tourists, but also visitors from other countries and locals become their visitors. According to the owners of cafes, Russian cuisine is already successfully competing in Dubai with Italian and Japanese dishes spread all over the world.
In Syria, interest in Russian cuisine began to grow after the introduction of the school program to study Russian as a second foreign language. As the head of the Russian Center, opened at the University of Damascus by the Russkiy Mir Foundation, Svetlana Rodygina explained that Russian higher education graduates who returned to their home countries or locals who married women from the former Soviet republics open restaurants in the Middle East. On holidays, employees of the Russian Center order pies, pancakes and gingerbread cookies from female compatriots living in Damascus, and these dishes are very popular.
Svetlana Rodygina emphasized that before the start of the military conflict, there were much more restaurants and cafes where borsch and pies were offered. However, the demand for Russian dishes is growing again, because the Syrians are very warm towards our country.
In previous years, Egypt was one of the leaders in the number of Russian restaurants, but after the cancellation of flights from Russia, the number of them reduced. However, in Cairo, they continue to celebrate Maslenitsa annually at one of the central squares of the Egyptian capital.
According to the owner of one of the Jordanian restaurants, most visitors order dumplings, as well as borsch and Russian salad. The menu also includes dishes of traditional European cuisine, but visitors, finding themselves in the atmosphere of a Russian restaurant, often ask for Russian dishes.
Russkiy Mir
