Russian Club

It was a tough choice but Lynn made the call to go to the Russian "restaurant" inside the Russian Club instead of having Korean hotpot for her birthday dinner. I use the term "restaurant" very loosely as it was more like a partitioned room at the back of the club rather than a proper restaurant.

After we seated ourselves, we had to wait about 10 minutes before the waitress appeared. When we requested the menu, it turned out there was only one which another table was using.

We had limited options as only half the menu was available so to start, we shared some fried dumplings that had a springy pastry filled with a smashed potato mixture and beef mince and onion. This was followed by some hot fluffy pancakes topped with mayonnaise and smoked salmon.

Meat and potato dumplings

Pancakes with smoked salmon

We tried a variety of mains: I had the Neptunes feast consisting of a deep fried piece of fish stuffed with mushrooms; Patrick the Pelmeni Russian dumplings; Lynn with the grilled fish; and Ken with the chicken schnitzel. All the mains (except for the Pelmeni) were served with veggies sauteed in garlic/and home made fries.

Neptunes feast

Pelmeni

Grilled fish

Chicken schnitzel

While this place is definitely not gourmet, the food was good enough and not too expensive. I'm just not sure if there's enough that's worth going back for...