Kalina Restaurant Announcement

Easter Sunday Brunch Buffet with Russian Flair
8969 E. Tanque Verde #209, Tucson, AZ 85749

All Included $ 35.00 Adult
$18.00 Children 5-12 years old, Free Under 5
Seating 9am 11am 2pm
Reservations Advisable – 520-360-4040

Omelet Bar (made to order)

Ham, Bacon, Sausage
Cheddar Cheese
Mozzarella Cheese
Feta Cheese
Bell Peppers
Tomatoes
Green Onion
Avocado
Caramelized Onion
Roasted Beets
Roasted Turnips
Salsa

Blintzes Bar (made in front of you to order)

Sweet Ricotta Cheese with Raisins,
Fresh Strawberries Sauce
Fresh Blueberry Sauce
Honey and Variety of Jams
Sweet Sour Cream
Ham and Cheese,
Fried Mushrooms with Carrots and Onions
Fried Potatoes and Onions

Starters

Wild Blueberry Soup (cold)
Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Bacon and Chives on lettuce
Prosciutto wrapped Mozzarella & Basil
Smoked Salmon and Spinach Roll
Beef Liver Pâté on white roll
Stuffed Eggs with Fried Mushrooms, Carrots and Onion
Fresh Fruit, Cheese & Yogurt platter
Russian Assortment of Cold Cuts including Beef’s Tongue with Beet Horseradish and Stuffed Chicken Roll
Faberge Eggs

Hot Stuff

Ham and Bacon
Baked Pork Rolls stuffed with Cheese Russian Style
Duck with Apples – Russian Holiday
Roasted Vegetables
Garlic Mash Potatoes with Dill
Baked Oatmeal
Mini Quiches
Puff Pastry with Mushrooms and White Sauce
Gourmet Mac and Cheese

Desserts

Lemon Challah Soufflé
Kiev Delight (meringue with cashew cookie with buttercream)
Vanilla Sponge cake with Cherry Jelly and Vanilla Bavarian Cream
Lindt Chocolate and Chocolate Cake

Coffee, Tea, Juices

Chef Natasha: Natasha@KalinaRestaurant.com
www.kalinarestaurant.com

I wrote about this unique restaurant when they opened in December, 2012 (click here) and they have become a wildly popular place to eat. I ate there about a month ago, and I can see why they are popular, as the food is deliciously different, and the people are friendly.

Happy Easter 2013! Enjoy this Easter brunch with a Russian flair.

Valentine’s Day – February 14, 7 p.m. at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway (plus Annie Hall look alike contest)

Celebrate your Valentine’s Day with Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in the Oscar-winning romantic comedy classic that’s guaranteed to make you say “Lah-dee-dah!” Enter our FREE PRIZE RAFFLE for romantic giveaways and enjoy our tasty “Woody Wallbanger” drink special! PLUS: A special prize will be awarded to the best Annie Hall look-a-like, so get those vests and ties ready!

1978 Academy Award Winner! Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress & Best Original Screenplay

One of the greatest, and most hilariously neurotic, screen romances of all-time was unleashed upon the world via a comically mismatched relationship between a nerdy New York comedian and his beguilingly ditzy girlfriend in Woody Allen’s iconic, multiple Oscar-winner Annie Hall. “Annie and I broke up, and I still can’t get my mind around that,” admits Woody Allen’s stand-up comic Alvy Singer, and while Diane Keaton’s charming and tightly-wound Annie Hall stammers, stops and starts, laughs nervously, and “lah-dee-dahs,” he looks back on his sometimes moving, often ridiculous difficulties with women (“Sex with you is really a Kafkaesque experience,” observes one-night-stand Shelley Duvall), narrating his own life story, breaking the fourth wall and directly addressing the camera in the midst of a scene, and standing in the background of moments of his and Annie’s past – all in service of desperately trying to figure out where it all went wrong with Annie.

Along the rocky road to coupling, our screwball couple crack wise on such topics as pretentious New York intellectuals, Los Angeles airheads, endless therapy, movies vs. television, the absurdity of dating rituals, anti-Semitism, drugs, lobsters, and, in one of the film’s best set pieces, repressed Midwestern WASP insanity vs. crazy Brooklyn Jewish nuttiness. Hailed as Allen’s critical breakthrough film – his first (and, many say, his best) attempt to situate real poignancy alongside the laughs – Annie Hall became a box-office blockbuster, started fashion trends (in the form of Keaton’s rumpled menswear look), and became a cultural touchstone for all modern romantic comedies that followed. (Dir. by Woody Allen, 1977, 93 mins., Rated PG) 35mm.

Watch/listen for Allen’s clever line in the movie: “Our relationship is like a shark, it has to constantly move forward or it dies”. I’ve seen probably every Woody Allen film out there, but this is definitely one of my favorites. Not so much for its romantic comedy, but for the witty conversations. But Diane Keaton was his real life love at one point in Allen’s life, so this movie does breathe actual romance.

And if you’re looking for an unusual lunch/dinner date, consider the only Russian restaurant in town, the newly opened Kalina, at 8969 E.Tanque Verde, Suite 209 (just east of Bear Canyon Rd). Chef Natasha is having special menu for Valentine’s Day, a 5 Course Pre-Fixed Menu with a Lindt Chocolate Gift. Website: www.kalinarestaurant.com. I ate there yesterday and was pleased with the delicious Kalina vegetarian eggplant salad, generous portions of bread, and tasty Siberian pelmeni/lamb dumplings, served with a sour cream vinegar sauce. Call 520-360-4040 to make a reservation today.

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone.

While at Tucson Meet Yourself back in October I met the daughter of Chef Natasha who is opening a new Russian restaurant in Tucson, named Kalina, “a taste of Russian luxuries”.

She has named the restaurant after her father, who just passed away on November 18. The Grand Opening was originally planned for November but is now set for December 5.

In Chef Natasha’s own words:

“Kalina” is my family last name from Ukraine. It is a beautiful tree with red berries that are very healthy and can be eaten by people. Berries stay on the tree over the winter to help birds through cold time with food. I make homemade tasting Russian and European food. Many recipes are my grandmothers and my family.

They are located at 8969 E. Tanque Verde Road #209, website: www.kalinarestaurant.com. Open for regular hours 9:30am – 9:30pm on Dec. 5 with “free samplings and offerings and discounts”. Please call 520-360-4040 to make a reservation due to the small but cozy dinning room. Lunch/dinner menu below.

OPEN HOURS:
Tuesday through Saturday 9:30am – 9:30 pm
Lunch
High Tea all day
Dinner
Closed Sunday and Monday
Will have Sunday brunch very soon with omelet and blintzes bar.

Lunch/Dinner

Siberian Pelmeni
meat dumplings served with creme fraiche
small 7 large 9

Poltava’s Vareniki
mashed potato dumplings served with mushroom consomme
small 6 large 8

Stuffed Bell Pepper
rice, carrots and onions stuffed bell pepper with tomato sauce
meat 9 vegetarian 7

St. Petersburg Beef Stroganoff
thin slices of top sirloin, challots, cremini mushrooms and sour cream
served over homemade egg noodles
10

Chicken Kiev
served with roasted potatoes and mushrooms
10

NY Steak
served with root vegetables and garlic mashed potatoes
12

Borscht (Soup)
Ukrainian beet Borscht and fried cabbage Piroshki
6

Olivier (Salad)
kielbasa, potato, peas, carrots, pickles, saffron mayo,eggs
served with black bread
8

Venigret (Salad)
red beets, potato, red onions, cornichons,sour cabbage, shredded carrots
served with black bread

I know people in the Russian & Slavic Studies Dept. at the U of A who will be very happy to hear this news. Enjoy these Russian delicacies.