A dear friend took me out for lunch yesterday, and she hadn’t yet been to this cute little cafe that opened 3 years ago.
We shared the pelmeni soup, which was abundant with tender, flavorful dumplings in a light broth
as well as the day’s special, a beef & spinach soup in a clear beef broth with shreds of tender beef and fresh spinach.
The owner brought out a small sleeve of Daisy sour cream to add “it’s what we do in Georgia” — so we tried it both with and without sour cream — which, TBH, didn’t add all that much. I loved the hint of acidity of the broth, perhaps provided by a squeeze of lemon (?).
Next up was the imeruli khatchapuri, kinda the grilled cheese of Georgia. It was alright — a little too buttery for me, in that it was steadily dripping out of the khatchapuri.
We also tried a couple of Georgian sodas, pear & berberi, both of which were far too sweet for us. I couldn’t quite compare the berberi soda to anything I’ve tasted before, save for a popular, viscous cough syrup I grew up with in Germany (not an endorsement by any means 
).
Last, but certainly not least, we each took a slice of cake home with us. My friend got the pistachio cake, I got the chocolate honey cake for late-night consumption. I prefer the regular honey cake over the chocolate version.
