Last night, L took us to the newest restaurant to open in Vladimir. It's part of a chain of Azerbaijani restaurants based out of Moscow called Shesh-Besh. In my opinion, this place is the best restaurant in the city of Vladimir. It is located right next door to the Hotel Vladimir, and you can smell the delicious aroma emanating from the place from at least half a block away. I had some delicious soup (they were out of harcho, spicy soup I wished to try, but the soup I got, while not hot-spicy contained a very rich blend of tasty spices... yum, yum) and the kicker... I was able to eat genuine hachapuri!! (Some of you might remember that this is my absolute favorite food - it's a delicious, mouth watering, cheesey-bread that I am forever at a loss to describe to the fullest extent of its scrumptiousness... oh, foodgazm, foodgazm.) We also had some of the most delicious wine I have ever tasted (it was a sweet, red Azerbaijani wine). Again, I have no words to describe how incredible this wine was. I could seriously spend the rest of my life inside of Shesh-Besh, living off hachipuri and red wine. My mouth is watering as I type. Shesh-Besh (named after the Middle Eastern equivalent to backgammon) has a bit of a gimmick, whereby if you order a big jug of this wine, they give you some dice and three chances to roll a five and a six together. If you succeed, the jug-o-wine is free. Otherwise, you've got to pay 300 rubles (around $10) for the jug. Well, we were unable to roll a five-six, but considering the quality of the wine, $10 split amongst 6 people was absolutely worth it. For dessert we had some traditional Azerbaijani pastries (well, pastries is probably the wrong word, but that's the closest thing I can think of to what we ate) that were exceptionally sweet, and some unusual herbal tea. I left feeling extremely content. I'm definitely going to become a regular at this joint.
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