Sunday Independent
28th May, 2000

"...Creating our own mini Zakouski (hors d'oeuvre) we chose three and loved them all. Rulet Kuriny - three cold slices of chopped chicken breast, rolled, stuffed with dried prunes and apricots - was a delicious, sweet-sour combination, accentuated by a sharp cranberry sause. Rulet Baklazhanniy - three large rolls of lightly panfried thin aubergine slices filled with crushed nuts, loads of garlic, and tomato, with picked red cabbage, black olives and yellow peppers - were unctuous and sublime. Blinis with Red Caviar - two pancakes with a little dish of red caviar - were heavenly."

Lucinda O'Sulli