Genatsvale (21 St Mary St, Cardiff CF10 1PL)
A lovely dinner at this restaurant in the city centre. Our first time trying Georgian cuisine.
We tried a tarragon flavoured soda. Bright green, very sweet with a pronounced aniseed flavour. I ended up ordering some sparkling mineral water (a Georgian brand apparently from Georgian mountains) to water mine down. On its own, the water had quite a strong mineral taste.
Started off with pkhali - spinach, carrot, green bean and beetroot pâtès, and aubergine rolls filled with walnut paste. Very enjoyable.
Mains: kidney bean stew, lamb skewer (didn’t come on an actual skewer but we presume was cooked on one), and beef and pork mini dumplings (pilmeni).
Ordered some cornbread (mjadhi) to finish off the rest of the vegetable pâtès.
A pretty extensive list of Georgian wines. I had a glass of white wine (Rkatsiteli).
We were only 3 people and weren’t super hungry, so we decided we would have to come back another time to try the khachapuri and khinkali.
I would definitely come back to explore the rest of the menu.
