Aug 29 2007

The Barrel Restaurant

Category: Eating Out,Friends,Personal,PicturesChrisM @ 11:35 pm

As I mentioned in the previous post, we (Ira, Me, Balzhan, Ildar, Masha, Dr. Natalya, Sasha & Sveta) went out to celebrate Dr. Natalya & Sasha’s new car. In the same way as you ‘wet’ a baby’s head, major accomplishments are celebrated with a drink over here; if you have something to drink, you should have a meal with it. So, we went to the restaurant that uses huge barrels as outdoor dining areas. We all had pork sashliq (kebabs) a little to drink, and generally nattered a little. Before hand, we went and inspected the VW Golf, which is a definite improvement over their old soviet-style car (could have been an old-style Lada?). After that, Sasha dropped the car back at the flat and walked to the restaurant, so he could drink as well.
Anyway, enough of the text, onto the photos…

So first we have a few shots of the car
New Car Head On Barrel Restaurant Astana Kazakhstan Sasha Proudly Drapes Over His New Car Barrel Restaurant Astana Kazakhstan Marsha And Sashas New Car Barrel Restaurant Astana Kazakhstan Sashas About To Drive Off In His New Car Barrel Restaurant Astana Kazakhstan

Now we have the food, starting with the lovely, straight from the oven, lepioshka bread, followed by the potato sausage thingies, some (apparently) delicious salad and the main course – the sashliq 🙂
Lovely Lepioshka Bread Barrel Restaurant Astana Kazakhstan Potato Sausage Barrel Restaurant Astana Kazakhstan Some Salad Barrel Restaurant Astana Kazakhstan Sashliq Barrel Restaurant Astana Kazakhstan
Oh, and the leftovers 😉
Not Many Leftovers Barrel Restaurant Astana Kazakhstan

Finally we have the attendants of the evening’s festivities…
Dr Natalya Balzhan Barrel Restaurant Astana Kazakhstan Sveta Barrel Restaurant Astana Kazakhstan Sasha Ira Chris Barrel Restaurant Astana Kazakhstan Sveta Ildar Barrel Restaurant Astana Kazakhstan
Lastly, Balzhan’s nails, of which she was very proud. We had been waiting a while for our food by this time, so Dr. Natalya was threatening to start nibbling on Balzhan’s hands…
Balzhan’s Nails Barrel Restaurant Astana Kazakhstan

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