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It was incredible! I've been away from home for awhile and this made me feel like I was back. I couldn't believe the service and the friendly attitude there. Everyone should see this place if you visit Mongolia!!! It is behind a hotel called Kempinski. My friend told me about it and I have gone quite a few times in the past couple of days. The Shepherd's Pie is wonderful and the sirloin steak is great. But everything there is amazing!
The 3rd offering of Mongolia's Triple M cuisine... the traditional MEAT pastries or dumplings readily available from most restaurants and stalls. The other two 'M's are as explained above : Mutton and Milk.The pastries or dumplings are likely to contain mutton wrapped in a dough. They are then either steamed (called BUUZ) or fried (called KHOORSHOOR).Down them with some horse milk!
If you're getting tired of the mutton, soup and dumplings as is typical of Mongolian fare, then head into Fairfield where western food is on the menu. Owned by a couple of British expats this small place can supply you with the hamburger you are craving, or perhaps its some lasagna that will hit the spot. Extremely cheap and quite good. Was disappointed that the only ketchup was one with chili peppers though, my palate is too mild for hot ketchup. The Lonely Planet and Brandt Travel Guide recommend this place though both called it Fairview. The sign looked like Fairfield to me. Open from 10-3 Monday to Saturday. If you read "Long Way Round" by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, you'll find that they ended up at this same restaurant on their journey. I had the hamburger and chips. I already mentioned the ketchup but when you've been eating mutton and aren't a fan of it even a dry...
I came here twice as I found it to be very good. They actually have two places within a few minutes of each other. The first is on Peace Ave opposite the Russian Embassy while the second is on the road running up the side of the State Department Store known as West Selbe Street. The food is really good. They do grilled meats as well as other dishes but they obviously do pizzas.
This wonderful cafe, run by a Belgian guy, is just down Peace Ave from the State Department Store and is full of lovely western food and snacks. The menu includes some great breakfasts which, even thought I didn't have one, look great from their photos. The menu also includes other western dishes such as salads, soups, sandwiches, burgers etc. They also serve traditional Mongolian food such as Buuz, Khuushuur and Goulash. There's also a selection of cakes and pastries in the fridge by the entrance. There's a definite backpacking/ex-pat vibe going on in here and the guy who runs this place has a definite winner on his hands.
This is the first American chain restaurant to open a franchise in Mongolia - ironically, it's not American cuisine but Mongolian barbeque. What you do is fill your plate or plates with raw food such as meats, vegetables and sauces etc and then take them to be cooked by a few guys standing around a huge circular hot plate. They will then take your plate/s and cook the food in front of you as well as everyone else standing there waiting for theirs to be cooked. It's all pure entertainment and the food is cooked OK but then the ingredients can be a bit dodgy as they're chosen by you!
This restaurant lies in the southern suburbs of Ulaanbaatar on the south side of the railway line. We came here for lunch after arriving back from the Gobi Desert on our 10-day long Mongolian tour so it only seemed fair to take in more Gobi cuisine. I had a "Gobi Grill" which featured a camel steak, vegetables and barbeque sauce. Starters consist of about 6 salads, Unagaldai horse meat snack and soups. Main dishes included a "Nomad" - beef rib, potato, carrot and turnip cooked in a clay pot; beef tenderloin steak, "Taste of steppe" - beef on a hot plate with steamed dumplings; fried pork, buuz and Khuushuur. The camel was excellent, tasty and very lean.
The traditional Mongolian Cuisine primarily consists of dairy products and meat. The nomads of Mongolia sustain their lives directly from the products of their animals (horses, cattle, yaks, camels, sheep, and goats). Cooking in the ger normally happens in a wok on a small stove using wood or dried animal dung (argal) as heating material.Two of the most popular foods that I ate in Mongolia were buuz and khuushuur. Buuz are dumplings filled with meat, usually mutton, which are then steam cooked. Khuushuur is a kind of meat pastry where the meat is placed inside the dough creating a flat half-circular pocket shape. After making the pockets, the cook fries them in oil until the dough turns a golden brown. The khuushuur is then served hot, and can be eaten by hand.Milk products are produced in great quantities. Aaruul is made from mare's milk and is then dried into a hard curd in the...
Nomadic herding lifestyle has been part of Mongolians life for thousand of years because of this Mongolians are closely intertwined with the natural environment and the life is more dependent on their livestocks. The food and beverages are very heavy and strong, also because of the extremely weather and harsh winter. The main diet is Meat( mutton, goat, beef , horse and camel) flour, rice and very less vegetable ( potatoes, onion and cabbage) and milk products for sure Mongolians have various way of cooking meat and producing milk, main method of cooking meat is boiling and steaming. Buuz a kind of dumpling is one of the traditional food in Mongolia cooked by steaming, it’s normally cooked in especial occasions like Tsagaan Sar and more respected visitors.Khuushuur (Fried meat pie) , Tsuivan ( thick noodles with meat and vegetables) and many kinds of soups especially drunk in winter to...
Meet people from all walks of life, foreigh as well as local people. Need to know something, this is theplace to go. They also arrange tours from there sister company "HappyCamel Tours" and they also provide rooms for rent. Ask for Bernard and you will get what you need in Mongolia A great place to have a breakfast over a hot cup of coffie. Cakes are great too
The Continental Hotel Ulaanbaatar
1 Review and 23 Opinions during my stay in UB I was completely cought of guard by this hotel. now they have a new fitness...
Chinggis Khaan Hotel Ulaanbaatar
1 Review and 46 Opinions Very good high end hotel. Modern, recently built. Very good service. We went there with very low...
Bayangol Hotel Ulaanbaatar
2 Reviews and 68 Opinions I stayed here for a couple of nights - the first and last night’s of my Mongolian tour. This 4-star...
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Q: We have the opportunity of visiting Ulaanbaator for two days in December this year. Could anyone tell me how difficult it is to...
A: That depends, do you know what -20 to -30 C fells like? The locals are used to it. Just because it's cold, doesn't mean the whole city goes into hibernation. Things are...
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