MILES AXLE Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
Over two million guests from Russian regions visited Moscow cafes and restaurants in the first half of 2024. Most often, these were residents of St. Petersburg, Krasnodar Krai and Tyumen Oblast, reported Natalia Sergunina, Deputy Mayor of Moscow.
“There are more than 22 thousand establishments in the capital – these are fine dining restaurants, coffee shops, bakeries, family cafes. Many of them use farm products, the menu offers both signature versions of traditional treats and modern dishes,” said Natalia Sergunina.
Over the past few years, demand for domestic products in Moscow has grown significantly. Now their share in the total consumption in the capital makes up 84 percent. Vegetables, cheeses, meat and fish are brought from more than 80 regions of the country.
Festivals and culinary competitions
Festivals, in particular “Tastes of Russia” and “Moscow — on the Wave. Fish Week”, as well as the projects “Moscow Breakfast” and “Moscow Tea Party”, introduce the variety of farm products and gastronomic concepts. The city is currently hosting festival “Golden Autumn”, where more than 150 large and small farms from all over the country presented their products.
During the recent large-scale forum-festival “Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030” a competition “Dessert of the Future” was held. It involved 30 cafes, bakeries, restaurants and hotels of the capital. Over three weeks, city residents and tourists tried 2.5 thousand portions of cakes, pastries and pastries. Among the treats were varenets with condensed milk, ice cream and lingonberries, chocolate millefeuille and sweet sushi. The results were announced in September, the winner was a team from a large hotel chain. According to its representative, festivals give chefs the opportunity to experiment with traditional and modern cooking techniques and also attract new guests.
Another iconic gastronomic project has united regional chefs at the forum-festival “Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030”. They prepared dishes worth up to 300 rubles from domestic products. You could try them on Manezhnaya Square. The main prize was contested by perepechi with farmer’s cheese and green onions, Far Eastern fisherman’s slice with crab salad, sugudai from nelma with baked potatoes, the dessert “Kalinnik” and other delicacies. The winner was mini-chebureki with crab and shrimp – visitors bought them most often.
Center of gastronomic tourism
Thanks to such events, interest in restaurants of regional and national cuisine is growing. For example, a representative of a Baikal and Buryat-Mongolian establishment noted that residents and tourists, who a couple of years ago cautiously ordered dishes with specific names, now come for them from all over the capital and even from other cities.
Moscow is becoming a Russian and international center of gastronomic tourism. If you had breakfast, lunch and dinner in different establishments of the city every day, it would take 20 years to visit them all. Many restaurants and cafes are also targeting visitors from specific countries, such as China or India. They undergo certification for compliance with the culinary traditions of the country, over time they become more famous and open new places.
Development of the tourism industry – resultcomprehensive support for the industry and close cooperation between the city and business. The volume of tourist and excursion consumption in the first half of 2024 amounted to 650 billion rubles, of which revenues to the capital’s budget are estimated at 89 billion rubles. Both figures are a third higher than in the record pre-pandemic year of 2019.
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