Imbyr
Kyiv
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As a true find for vegetarians and vegans, this unique cafe's food is based on traditional Vedic cooking with minimal to none animal products. However, everyone will most definitely enjoy Imbyr's fragrant dishes and its cosy atmosphere.
Dining
Bread is central to Ukrainian food culture, and so is borshch, a hearty and red coloured soup with beetroot. However, other local specialties are varenyky (large stuffed dumplings that can be both savoury and sweet), holubtsi (meat and rice rolled in cabbage leaves and topped with tomato sauce) and pelmeny (meat filled ravioli). Kyiv’s cosmopolitan restaurants span multiple national borders, and the Japanese kitchen and fusion menus are the current big thing.