Oh wow, Beryl! The syrniki you made look fantastic! And I'm so impressed by the amount of Russian foods you can find in NYC. ps. Thank you so much for bringing me here :)
I love that there's a grocery store for every freaking country in the world in NYC. Where I live there's, at best, an asian food shelf in the supermarket.
That might be an interesting challenge: find the grocery story for a country in NY that's rather unfamiliar to most Americans, i.e. Paraguayan, Kenyan or Uzbek ??
(*´∀｀*) I’m so grateful that I live near Lowell since it has a huge Khmer population. Therefore there’s a lot of Khmer restaurants and grocery stores around here.
I live in Brazil, so if you go to a major city like São Paulo you'll find a lot of these... but where I live, dang, there's nothing. Asian food is predominant, sushi houses grew very popular here the past years.
@@creativitytoolkit6719 wow, I live in Mato Grosso.. So I totally get what you're saying, in my city it's even hard to find asian stuff in the supermarket!
Beryl - I say this with all my heart you single handedly have made us all connect not only with different countries and culture's but made us see the world to a great extent while we sit at home, and I cannot put in words how much you have opened my mind, heart and soul to the world and made us all feel connected to people and cultures I didn't even think existed and for that on everyone's behalf - THANK YOU.
@@BerylShereshewsky Beryl, congratulations you have managed to take a time where people felt more alone and isolated, using food and culture you have given us all a connection to far off places that many of us know little about.
I wholeheartedly agree!!! I'm so grateful to see other cultures of the world and people living their best lives through food. It's so nice to feel connected to people around the world. I'm in the US, and I was probably oblivious to MOST of what I have now seen on this channel! SO much fun and SO inspiring.
This is what I've loved about your channel from the beginning, Beryl. You bring ALL the cultures/nationalities together during this time of physical separation. It's a very powerful thing to feel like part of this larger community when I'm isolated at home in my small town.
i would like to speak to the developer who made that building by the beach--- a truly missed opportunity. im pretty sure the beach was there when they built it lmao
@@traveljunkie59 xD It would have been unfair for the people living in the back, if the front only had windows to the beach. So in the name of communism everyone gets the same.
@@LearnGermanwithMarzipanfrau the idea was that if they had built the same building at a " sideways" angle then everyone would have the same view! As the side would be facing the beach !
As a Russian person, I agree with everything Niki showed you and said. It's like he was describing my life in Russia, lol. The pickled tomatoes are my favourite.
The world is amazing... We also eat pickled tomatoes in Syria, although not as commonly as it seems to be in Russia. We use mainly green tomatoes. It's a dream to visit Russia some day! I am fascinated by how vast and beautiful it is.
yeah but one thing caviar and black bread? and pumpernickel/borodinksy at that? when ever I visit family in Russia caviar is always served with white bread and butter never black bread or pumpernickel/borodinksy am i the only Russian to find that odd?
Am I the only one who's in constant awe of how much Beryl knows about cultures around the world? Big ups to her for that and for always respecting people's culture. 🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences Beryl❤️
Nope. Add me to the awe club. I already stopped counting how many times beryl has said “back when I lived in (insert a different country name every time)”. Very impressive
Finally we get to see something from your own origins. Looking forward to your Ramadan video as well. Hope the Muslim members of this community participate wholeheartedly ❤️
@@fleetSRT I think she may have Polish and Russian ancestry, she said in a previous video her last name is Polish, but it's definitely spelled in English the way you would anglicize a Russian last name.
Beryl I can't be your only fan who is so curious about your life. You mentioned "when I lived in Russia" and we know about your Indian husband. Would you consider doing a brief video about where you grew up and have lived, education and work history? How many languages do you speak or understand? Totally love your channel!
OMG THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY BERYL!!! I LIVE BY BRIGHTON BEACH!!! All my friends were russian so I grew up eating a lot of russian food. I KNOW THAT GROCERY STORE!!!!! wow this made me so excited hahah
@@scorpioninpink This! And even specifying the country, sometimes you get really different food in different regions. I'm from Brazil, and southern food is vastly different than northern, for exemple.
My favorite Russian film is called The Irony of Fate - the comedy in the film is built around the soviet era of architecture and is very popular to watch around New Years!
Beryl it is so nice to see such a positive video about Russia. People often have a hard time distinguishing between governments and people and recently it has become quite disheartening to see so much hate online and having negative comments made when people find you're Russian. And so happy to see Niki in your video, two of my favourite creators!) ❤️
I really, REALLY appreciate your content, Beryl! You are a breath of fresh air! Also, so so nice to see other folks from all around the world being included in your material! Thanks for making my Monday!
One of my favorite films of all time is "Moscow does not believe in tears," or "Москва слезам не верит." I believe it actually won an Oscar. An incredible piece of Soviet Cinema.
You should also go to a Brazilian grocery store. Brazilian food is really different from other Latin American countries and I think you would like it. You should also try Brazilian cinema (I'd recommend Central Station, it was nominated to the academy awards for best international film and and for best actress in the 90's)
The interesting thing is the US is that there are a lot of "Latin American" grocery stores that basically throw together products from most of Spanish-speakin Latin America in one store (haven't seen much Brazilian but I think those might be rarer separate stores.) So you have this weird effect of walking into a "Latin Market" and then once you're in you realize what local community is their primary clientele (a lot are very Mexican but one I was in recently was extremely Peruvian).
As a Russian, I would like to give credits for music playlist, because I was really afraid too see some stereotypical sh*t like army songs, but it features really cool young and ambitious artists, which a popular among youngsters. Beryl, you are unique and thank you for showing respect for our culture! ❤️
As a Russian-German living in Germany I was so happy about this video. These are the kind of things I grew up with but none of my friends know. Thanks Beryl 🥰
I have never seen any channel like this before. The soul of this channel is not just food, but the human connection we feel with the whole world here. Glad to find this. Thanks Beryl for starting this❤️
I feel Beryls passion in every video, EVERYTHING about your videos are so beautiful, the visuals, the music, your guests and storytelling is amazing. Love what your doing!
Beryl, you are an excellent creator and presenter. You close the distance between strangers, using food as a common thread to bring us all towards the world community that we desperately need right now. You inspire.
I am half Ukrainian and half Indian and these items are always in our pentry! I live in New Zealand and although we have Russian grocery store the variety is much smaller. My mum makes Tvorog herself at home. I love Kvas ❤, in Ukraine they use to sell them in a mobile unit....I love it and miss it! The bottle/can doesn't taste the same 🥺
My Russian film recommendation is: We will live till Monday / Доживём до понедельника. I have seen this film several times and love it more each time. I would also recommend Русалочка from 1968, it’s really good and is based on the original story. Loved this video quite a lot, I’m glad you are sharing Russian culture to people who might not know much about Russia, much love Yasha! 💖
Russian cinema: "Russian Ark" by Aleksandr Sokurov, "The Barber of Siberia" and "Oblomov" by Nikita Mikhalkov, "Kin-Dza-Dza!" by Georgiy Daneliya, "First on the Moon" by Aleksey Fedorchenko, "Hard to be a God" by Aleksey German, "The Diamond Arm" by Leonid Gaidai, "Tale of Tales" and "Hedgehog in the Fog" by Yuri Norstein. Maybe a bunch of recommendations a bit too much mainstream that leave behind the unsung?
It's so fun to see 2 of my RU-vid friends together! I've followed Niki since he was in Thailand in early 2020. I'm going to St. Petersburg next year, so I'll look for some of these foods. I have a great Soviet movie on DVD, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears. It won the Best Foreign Movie Academy Award in 1980.
i always think of my lecturer in uni whenever i think of russia-- he lived there for a couple of years and he wouldnt stop talking about in our class. we even had a study group to their embassy once. would live to visit russia someday!
My favourite Russian movie is "Kidnapping, Caucasian Style" (кавказская пленница ) a ussr comedy about an anthropology student who travels to Crimea and gets roped into a kidnapping affair thinking he is just learning about crimean traditions!
Something I’ve noticed throughout the years is that my favorite artists/creative people all happen to be from Russia. That country is full of the most amazing creativity I’ve ever seen in my life. I really hope to travel there one day.
LOVED this! As a homebound disabled person, it's so fun to tag along with you to do your shopping! Such a treat! ❤♿ and***Special request***😬Bug Recipes! 🐛🐌🪱🦗 We see ppl on YT gag trying packaged insects, but never in an actual recipe. They are delicacies in some parts of the world. So how about a bug episode? 🤩😁
I lost one of my fur babies at early hours on Sunday,(IST). The place she slept, she sat the most, the entire house feels so silent yet her absence screaming at me, making me hollow, paralyzed unable to do anything. Your videos are so enrapturing thanks for the 10 minutes of escape Beryl.
I'm so sorry for the loss of your loved one. Our fur babies occupy so much space in our hearts that their absence can be nearly unbearable. Praying for peace for you.
For a movie night - Comedy "Кавказская пленница!" in youtube can be found under this name - The Caucasian Prisoner and New Adventures of Shurik (with english subtitles)
My two favourite Russian movies are 1) Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, which won an academy award. It's a bit of a heavy movie though 2) Office Romance, which is a really sweet, light-hearted romantic comedy
Very often people making videos about Russian food forget to mention that some of the popular foods there are not actually Russian. Thank you for mentioning that Adjika is Georgian!🇬🇪 Love your videos❤️
It's so amazing to me to see how much similarity is in foods, even in countries that are considered to be neighbors/related in languages. I'm Polish, and so much of the food shown in the video is pretty much what I grew up eating in my Polish household in NYC and when I'd visit family in Poland. I'm loving the Slavic food representation!!!
Yeah! Because I feel food is cultural and like local thing , goes beyond actual border but connect people who are close together geographicly. I mean many Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Slovak, but Lithuanian People too eat same kind off foods, but even within those countries there are regions where people cook a bit differently. Also there was one video where a girl compared Polish and German eating and the similarities are uncanny. You know I think maybe nowadays our food culture is going in a different direction but I think that Europe has been through a lot as a continent and some things Thorne it apart but some also joined everyone together and a lot of European countries stand by dairy products , meats (especially cold-cuts ), bread and pickled food.
I can say with full confidence that "Ivan Vasilievich Back to the Future" was one of the funniest movies my friend Artyom shared with me! He and his family moved to the US when he was young, but he's been trying to share childhood movies with us because quarantines made us all miss being little kids. Also USSR movies are absolutely wild to watch, so much happens in such a short time! Couldn't recommend that eras comedies more! Can't wait to see what others think of it!
I struggle with foreign foods because I'm gluten free but the heavy focus on dairy is making me think that Russian food may actually be accessible to me.
well, a lot of our food is not gluten-free at all (sadly, bcs i need to exclude almost all gluten from my meals), but for the past 3-4 years gluten-free food and cafes became more accessible in big Russian cities. Never thought we are so focused on dairy, but after watching US youtube I realized that yep, we are. A lot of national dished contain dairy.
Look for Russian recipes that use buckwheat (flour or groats). Blinis are DELICIOUS -- plain or with just a spot of your choice of sour cream, melted butter, syrup, jam, Nutella, berries or sliced fruit, caviar, clotted cream, peanut butter, et cetera. And, of course, there's belly-filling, soul-filling borscht! The trick with borscht is that if there are chunks of meat in it, it is possible that they were dusted with flour before browning. So if you are celiac or highly gluten-sensitive, you have to either stick with vegetarian borscht if you buy from a store or restaurant, or make your own.
Slujebniy roman (Служебный роман) and S lekhkim parom / ironia sudbi (Ирония судьбы) are a must from the Russian soviet movie era ♥️ As a third culture kid these videos are EVERYTHING. Thank you, grazie, спасибо, მადლობა Beryl ✨
Grocery stores are a passion of mine and I recently started learning Russian and my friend told me to come to Brighton Beach! I love this. Recently I watched Battleship Potemkin/ Броненосец «Потёмкин» which is from 1925 and is really an exquisite piece of history and a movie-musical-comedy called « Стиляги » / Hipsters(lol). It was lively.
I just love this. This was just so interesting! I love visiting supermarkets when I travel and this is like that, just like that. Russia has so many wonderful foods!
How hungry you made this ole Russian girl living in an area with no Russian market any longer. I was so happy and nostalgic seeing the deli counter. Beryl, I think you made me drool hahaha.
I lived in Russia for 3 months and my favorite standout ingredient was Russian mustard. I'm not sure what they do but its 100x better than any mustard I've had anywhere else in the world. It's super sharp and pungent and just soooo good.
My favorite Russian film is a lovely romcom called "Office Romance" Part 1 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hR-1QGMK75c.html Part 2 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kUNy3NrxZAc.html
yaaaaay, a Russian-themed video! btw, that Russian music playlist is dope, and you put one of my all-time favourite bands in there! P.S. Correct me if I'm wrong, dear Belochka, but did I just witness you having a caviar sandwich, syrniki with sour cream, kvas and ryazhenka all in one meal and finishing it with a shot of vodka? I hope your stomach felt okay after that. P.P.S. Speaking of Russian movies, I'd recommend starting from movies made by Gaiday (the director of "Ivan Vasilievich..."), Ryazanov or Daneliya. If you want something more modern, try anything by "Kvartet I" ("Election Day", "Radio Day", and my personal favourite, "What Men Talk about") or Stilyagi (translated into English as "Hipsters", though it has nothing to do with 2010s subculture, but is actually a 1950s-themed musical). Most of the movies that I mentioned are on youtube with English subs. And if you're more into serious movies, try Tarkovsky or Sokurov. And if you have kids, you could watch Russian cartoons or Soviet fairy tales.
Ok, you have to watch a Russian or Ukrainian New Year's special musical. They are ✨something✨ and I absolutely love them. Lol But I am so happy to see this video. I have only been commenting about Eastern European food for months ;) On a side note, I hated Kvass as a kid in Kyiv, but as an adult, I've appreciated it a lot more. Last time I was back as an adult, I enjoyed going to the street vendors.
There is a movie you should add to your roster once it becomes available online, as it is still being run in cinemas. It's called "Major Grom: the Plague Doctor", and it is the first movie adaptation of a Russian comic series by the Bubble comics publisher. this movie is just incredible, but it is not getting nearly as much attention as it deserves: its been running in cinemas for two weeks or so and they still haven't even earned the budget back. I want people outside of the Russian speaking community to learn about this movie and the original comics, they are incredible. Here are the movie trailers, English subtitles are available: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aUi6fQRUP1o.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wNohFm9A7S4.html As well as the gorgeous opening credits: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RSwtAdKKekw.html
Kvas is VERY different. VERY different. There is sweet one, there is more malty one. its not like "coke" where every coke has a similar taste. You can have 2 Kvas and the only theme they share is: they're liquid, they have sugar (but different amounts of it), they taste malty (and here same, some more and some less). But heck, the rest, is so much difference possible in the rest. i had kvas that used honey as sugar and it tasted completly different.
wow, i’m really amazed by what a broad variety of foods your today’s guest provided. given he’s russian, i’m even more surprised he named many goods that i myself would buy when casually shopping groceries. sirniki is actually one of my absolute favorites to have for breakfast, they’re quite cheap to make, and i personally like them more cheesy (if it’s correct to say so in case we’re talking about cottage cheese) rather than bready and fluffy. what for the sweets, i’m not a real fan of any cliché russian chocolate treats, but what i do like are soviet themed soy bars of a brand called ‘rot front’ or соевые батончики in russian. AND OMG IVAN VASILIEVYTCH ON THE LIST! one of the very few russian new year movies that i can rewatch million times and every time it’d feel like it’s first time watching it! i’d add ‘Любовь и голуби’ и ‘Служебный роман’, they both create the same magical vibe whenever they’re on air! great investigation as always, beryl! lot of luv from russia, can’t wait for a new video to come 🤍💙❤️
Hi, a fellow Russian here! Ryazhenka can actually be very different, it doesn’t have to be as thick and sometimes it’s actually quite sweet. I thought that if you were to go to a Russian supermarket next time, make sure to try other dairy products like drinking yogurt or a thicker one. They are both much thicker than the ones you have in the US. As well, there is another fizzy sweet drink, which isn’t like kvass but is still refreshing, and it’s Буратино which tastes like pears. Another one is Тархун, which is green and takes like a type of grass that is similar to mint in a way, but the drink itself is sweet and fizzy. Love your videos!
Wow, this video was really eye opening! I never knew anything about Russian food, until today and it seems I'm missing out on so much. But its never too late, and I actually know a shop nearby that sells the sweet butter. Well, time to give it a try with some black rye bread.
Loving everything you do and have been following you since Great Big Story” too!! Can you please provide a link for me for the “micro greens” you use in your recipes? From one New Yorker to another, you got me through some of the hard days when we were on lockdown….thanks to your infectious smile and attitude about food! 💋☮️🙏🏼
Loved this video! I’m Israeli Russian and we also have Russian supermarkets like that here in Israel. I really recommend The Irony of Fate, it’s a really great movie! It’s a real classic and usually is broadcasted on New Year’s Eve. ❤️❤️❤️
If you every have to try Kefir again, try plain kefir and add a spoon of white sugar. That's now my mom got me to drink it as a kid. As for movies, try 12 Chairs or Neoboknovenie Chudo
Yes! Klass! This video is perfection. I've been obsessed with Russian/Ukrainian pop music for almost 10 years. Sovietwave is a great genre of music - I'd recommend "Na Zare" by Alliance and "I Got Love" by Miyagi, which is more rap/hip hop. Nyusha and Vera Brezhneva are also fun. Very well done!
didnt think i would be interested in watching this but your storytelling, video editing and overall personality made me watch the whole thing! im OBSESSED with your content!
I love mini cheese cakes/cheese curd snacks! When I was younger I loved the Philadelphia Cream Cheese "cheese cake bars" you could buy in US supermarkets, but they discontinued them. Then in my 20s I got to visit Lithuania and bought a cheese curd snack in a store and they were almost a better version of those cheesecake bars I missed so much!
Another great video, Beryl! I spent a few weeks in Russia many years ago and *really* loved both the place and the people. I was warned that the food wasn't great and that we would be getting a lot of bread and borscht as if this was a bad thing. It wasn't. They were both gorgeous. To this day I've never had borscht as good as there and miss it so much. So if people write off a country's food as stereotype or cliche try it for yourself all the same - you might be very pleasantly surprised :o)
I absolutely love Eastern European food! I basically lived on kvass, smetana, borshch, solyanka and dumplings (varenyky, pielmeni) during my few months through Ukraine, Poland and the Baltics. Can't wait to go back!
I’ve made syrniki with cottage cheese as well, they come out fabulously! Oh the things I could say about Russian food stores in the US :) Great episode!
So excited to see a whole episode about Russia! As Soviet for movie recommendations, you could try watching our traditional New year's Eve movies called The Irony of Fate (Ирония судьбы) and Office romance (Служебный роман) And if you're into something more modern, I would recommend the series called The Method that you can actually find on Netflix. It's a detective story that has a Sherlock vibe to it.
Beryl!!! This is literally my hobby. I google international speciality stores like Korean and Chinese stores or grocery. I take a vacation leave and travel and gosh dang I love shopping.
Здравствуйте! Been watching your videos for a while. Absolutely love those sirniki! Would paneer be a good substitute for tvorog? Also, a movie suggestion - Ironiya Sudbi. Could you please make more Russia themed videos, please?
Cool video! Some things I'd add if available in a Russian store- 1. Kotleti in the prepared foods section. 2. Honey Cake. 3. Tarhoun. 4. Гематоген/Hematogen. One of its ingredients is very interesting. 5. Russian chocolate bars. The chocolates are pretty meh but what's great are the drawings of Russian architecture on the wrappers. Also, cool to see you mentioned Tvorog :)
You asked about our Russian movie recomandations. I personally like this 1976 interpretation of Andersens "Little Mermaid". ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XDLNOFhA9Ro.html (The tchec "Little Meermaid" film from the 70s is a treasure as well) And the Russian Version of "War and Peace" is still one of the greatest works of art. There are many new and good Russian Movies today. But these masterpieces should not be forgotten.
I love this and really appreciate how you integrate art, cinema, and culture into your food discussion. A great video and now I want to make these pancakes! Looks so good.
I loved this video! I'm learning russian and i wanna try some recipes, but i didn't find yet anything like a Russian neighborhood here in São Paulo, Brazil. Amazing vídeo!
Greetings from Hungary! We have kefir too! And that sweet cheese cake like sticks also, it's kinda like túró rudi. And that dish in the end, we also make it here! It's so nice, often use instead of bread. Sometimes I don't get ricotta or farmers cheese,so I just make myself, it's so easy, you just need full fat milk and lemon juice (or white vinegar). Get the milk boil, then add 2 tablespoon of lemon/liter, it will split two part, one watery, one solid. Strain it, and the solid part is ricotta, yaaay. ^^
I personally prefer homemade mors/kompot, because you can adjust amount of sugar. As long as you have access to fresh fruits you can make it without effort. My favorite is the one made with sour cherries ❤️ Apples are good too, especially when you add a little bit of cinnamon. My mother makes kompot with mixed fruits to prevent them to go bad, for example: plums, apples and oranges :)
Makes me happy that eastern European food is getting recognition! As a Ukrainian, this is all the same food I grew up with. Its an extremely underrated cuisine! Some of my favorite Russian language films: Carnival Night (1956) super classic alyosha popovich i tugarin zmey. it's a kid's animated movie but I still laugh every time I watch it
Oh wow! In Denmark we actually also have dark rye bread with herring for easter lunches and wash it down with snaps (a very strong alcoholic drink). I didn’t know Russia had a similar dish, fun to see the similarities
My mom came to America from a small village in chukotka Russia. I’m always proud to be Russian even though it’s a bit of a controversy here in America. I’ve been once and fell in love with the food and culture. Plus staples like borscht and pelmeni.😋
