The Salted Cod » polish http://www.thesaltedcod.com Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:04:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Polish Lunch. http://www.thesaltedcod.com/polish-lunch/ http://www.thesaltedcod.com/polish-lunch/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:58:51 +0000 Trevor http://www.thesaltedcod.com/?p=1364

Sometimes it’s all too easy to buy a homemade kielbasa in Greenpoint.

]]> http://www.thesaltedcod.com/polish-lunch/feed/ 0 Little Moscow by the sea http://www.thesaltedcod.com/little-moscow-by-the-sea/ http://www.thesaltedcod.com/little-moscow-by-the-sea/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:51:00 +0000 Trevor http://thesaltedcod.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/little-moscow-by-the-sea/ So I’m coming to the conclusion that there is nothing better than having fast and cheap public transportation that will take you from your door to countless destinations including many beaches within an hour. After a rather disappointing trip to rock, rock, rock-a-away beach I decided to see what other seaside destinations the silver bullet could take me.

Just past Coney Island lies Brighton Beach with clean sand, and a tight knit Russian community with many cheap eats possibilities.


M&I International Food at 249 Brighton Beach Ave in Brooklyn is one of the largest eastern European markets this side of the Kremlin. Hosting endless displays of smoked fish & meat, pickled goods, breads, cakes, lots of great fresh produce and a nasty selection of Kvass.

Some Russian tough guy started speaking to me IN Russian as I was holding a big ol bottle of Kvass. I have to assume the rough translation to English went something like this:

“That bottle will grow hair on your chest, do you think you can handle that little man?” Followed by an awkward wink.

Upstairs at M&I is where to go, there is a small cafe with a hot food bar, everything is $5.99 a pound. I got a plate full for under $5.00. My favorite was the golumpkie, it reminded me of my grandmothers Polish golumpkies she use to make for my grandfather and I. There were some mystery meat filled “tortellini” dumplings, potato pierogies and also a strange ground chicken pattie which was saltier than the dead sea.

There is a lot to choose from at M&I, most of it was pretty good and very reasonably priced. After soaking in some rays head over to Brighton Beach Ave to fill up.

Learn some Russian phrases before you go to better enjoy your trip to little Moscow by the sea.

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