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<\/a>The Russian Tea Room\u2019s beef stroganof\n<\/p>\nTo start, the Beef Stroganoff, also known as Boeuf \u00e0 la Stroganoff, is slow-cooked beef with egg noodles in a black truffle cream sauce. The Chicken Kiev, or C\u00f4telette \u00e0 la Kiev, is herb-butter-stuffed, breaded chicken, served with Yukon mashed potatoes, broccoli rabe, fresh carrot slices, and mushroom sauce on the side.<\/p>\n
Accompanied with the caviar tasting includes three buckwheat blinis topped with five grams of Hackleback, Paddlefish, and White Sturgeon caviar, sour cream, chopped eggs, red onions, and parsley. Many guests also gravitate towards the Red Borscht, a Russian beet soup with seasonal vegetables, dill, short rib, and bacon broth, served with a braised beef pirozhok and sour cream.<\/p>\n
Beyond their classic Russian dishes, the Russian Tea Room\u2019s interior makes up for more than a tea room.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re larger than just a tea room; we have three private event floors, we have full brunch, lunch and dinner service,\u201d Biberaj said.\u00a0 \u201cWe are a place for people to come and share memories, and I think that will continue for the next 100 years.\u201d<\/p>\n
Over the past 100 years, tradition has helped preserve an atmosphere that fosters a timeless aspect of dining. \u201cI think one of the ways we remain timeless is that, for the most part, the Russian Tea Room is pretty much in its original state, so you come in here, and you\u2019re transported into any time from 1926 to 2026,\u201d Biberaj said.<\/p>\n Particularly in hospitality, guests are assured of a personalized experience with friends and family throughout the restaurant.\u200b<\/p>\n \u201cPeople will come here and request our table 2, which Tootsie was filmed in the 80s, and that is something people want to see today,\u201d Biberaj said.<\/p>\n Not to mention, the Russian Tea Room has ties to another colonial business, Carnegie Hall, when theaters were still movie theaters.\n<\/p>\n \u201cWe also have the fact that the Russian Tea Room and Carnegie Hall have had such a long lasting partnership, where in the 50s, when the Philharmonic moved to Lincoln Center, they had asked the owner at the time at the Russian Tea Room to move to Lincoln Center and he said no, so i think those are 2 out of many defining moments here at the Russian Tea Room,\u201d Bibjeraj says.<\/p>\n The connection goes beyond just the history; even today, guests or performers will stop by for dining, unable to resist that post-pre or post-dinner.\n<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a very long-lasting relationship with Carnegie Hall, even to the point where we get performers that celebrate with us to perform, either pre- or post-show,\u201d Biberaj says. \u201cPeople are always so excited to come to the Russian Tea Room and visit us for a pre-theater dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n As regulars return and new customers join, an attraction of the Russian Tea Room is not just its atmosphere and Carnegie Hall adrenaline dining, but also its historic artwork. Biberaj explains her interactions with guests as they wander around the dining room, blown away by the artwork.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of conversations start with, \u2018Oh, what artwork is real, who painted that?\u2019\u201d Biberaj explains. \u201cI think the artwork is one of the biggest topics of discussion here.\u201d<\/p>\n As guests make their way up the tea room\u2019s second and third floors, they encounter unique and beautiful art portals. The first floor feels like an aquarium filled with winter bears.<\/p>\n In the bear lounge, a 15-ft-long bear aquarium is on display, with live fish swimming inside. Each wall of glass has two bears painted, each a couple of bears doing a different action.<\/p>\n On the second floor, there is a Faberg\u00e9 egg-inspired tree sculpture, and then the stained glass, originally, when this was renovated in the 90s, was made with Tiffany glass.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>Photo by Bridgette Leahy\n<\/p>\n<\/a>Photo by Bridgette Leahy<\/p>\n