Taldy-Kurgan

My boy be like «you hangry girl, I’m gonna take you to Taldy!»
I be like, «tidy what?»
You get the picture, this place serves up hearty food for those used to living in minus 20 degree conditions. Don’t ask if they serve salad here.
I have only ever had take away peroshki from here but they are a very filling, cheap little snack/​lunch on the run. Spinach and ricotta are my fav but you can also get mince meat filled ones too.

Adelaide does not have nearly enough places that serve Eastern European food! However, Taldy-​Kurgan do a bang up a job and should be much more well known because of it. Located right near the Grote St entrance to the Central Markets they can be quite an easy shop to miss, but for those who pay attention to your surroundings, you are rewarded greatly!
This place has always made Russian style dumplings (piroshki) and now I am very excited to tell you they also do Polish dumplings (pierogi). The difference is the Russian ones have a more bread-​like coating whereas and the Polish ones are basically potato pastry stuffed with potato filling. It may not sound like it from my description just there, but these are the food of gods!
I ordered a serve of pierogi and was not disappointed. This is real comfort food for me and so I judge it to a high standard, when I opened my takeaway box my heart sang — beautiful delicious dumplings covered in sour cream and, oh! they had even added dill! Just like my Babcia used to make!
The staff are delightfully polite and sweet here. Although I’m quite sure the owners are not of Eastern European descent, don’t let that put you off; they cook and cook well! Also, did I mention they were sweet? They really are!
You can get your food takeaway or eat in and, with pierogi at least, they give you the option of whether to take your food hot or leave it frozen (meaning you can boil it at home yourself, if you prefer). I was taking it as my dinner at work so opted to have it cooked and I can say that it survived being reheated in the microwave quite well.
If you haven’t tried this place already, please do!

How often does one have the opportunity to try the Russian cuisine in Australia? So scarcely, I didn’t even know what the Russian cuisine is.
Taldy-​Kurgan is a special little place in the Central Market that offers, as the sign says, organic coffee and fresh Russian food.
I’m set to go on a trip to Russia very soon, and have been wanting to prepare myself for the good there. To that purpose, I tried a borscht. It’s actually a Ukrainian dish, but it’s very popular in Russia. It’s a soup made with beetroot as its main ingredient. Now, I’m not an enormous fan of beetroot but I’m happy to report I found the borscht delicious.
The coffee was good too, but I was especially impressed with the food. Any place with Russian food is worth visiting. It can be a little different to what we’re used to, but I like it so much I can’t see why it isn’t more popular than it is.