The Merchant's Yard

Thursday, July 08, 2010 - Merchant's Yard's food is authentic - but better. A cold okroshka soup, chunks of ham and potatoes and large quantities of kefir (fermented milk) was tasty, as was a chicken and vegetable broth. Baklazhani farshirovanije proved the maxim that Georgian food is usually the best in Russia, meltingly soft aubergine with a robust walnut sauce so typical of the Caucasus...There's nothing wrong with any of this if you're a Russian in London with a hankering for food just like your mum makes.