After several weeks of mounting stress, a place has finally been found in Medford, about a mile away from Davis Square. Move in date is tomorrow or Saturday and what a relief. After meeting with the broker and signing all the proper documents, we decided to visit one of Sergey's favorite places, the Russian Bazaar on Cambridge Street. Though it is advertised as a "international food store," all of the employees spoke Russian and as far as I could tell, 80% of the goods were Russian items. After finding a parking spot a few blocks away, we strode up to this colorful building with wide eyes and hungry stomachs. The sun was setting and it was nearly packed with Russian customers buying their daily (or weekly) selections. For a moment, I felt as if I had returned to St. Petersburg, a city I once visited with the same curiosity.
Here is a selection of the items we left with:
-A generous supply of chocolate
-Dark Rye Bread
-Blinis filled with sweet cheese and meat
-Vegetables: marinated pickles and mushrooms; Korean style carrot salad; Olivier Salad; Venigret Salad; Eggplant caviar
-Fish and Meat: Chopped Herring; Salmon; Shashlik
And other things that I've forgotten as well!
Everything was delightful.
It was an exciting, if not unique way to begin a Boston life, by entering a tiny Russian world.
The Bazaar is located at 424 Cambridge Street in Allston.
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