All of us on the Post editorial team used to love this place (everyone knew what was meant by “at Chinese.â€) First of all, it was conveniently situated downstairs next to our office; secondly, it served decent ethnic food for very modest prices – a combination rarely found within the Kyiv restaurant scene. Continue reading ‘Chinese restaurant Victory finally reopened; coffee-themed Mokko offers decent food’
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After holding the first Ukrainian ethnic music festival, Krayina Mriy (Dream Country), for two years in a row, Oleh Skrypka – the leader of the band Vopli Vidoplyasova – in conjunction with the whole Ukrainian rock movement finally came up with a full-scale rock event: Continue reading ‘Rock it with Rock Sich!’
FILMS
SATURDAY 6 – SUNDAY 7
Movie in English: Mission Impossible III
Raving scientologist and ultimate heartthrob Tom Cruise stars in the third installment of the “Mission Impossible†series. Continue reading ‘“Mission Impossible III†premieres in Kyiv - 7 Days in Kyiv’
Hunting for the best movie theater in the Ukrainian capital turned out to be a harder task than it seemed. In fact, movies are something the whole Best Of team can’t live without and therefore all of us have visited most of the city movie theaters – at least those worth visiting. Continue reading ‘Go to a Movie!’
Canadian Inna Gertsberg has been living in Kyiv for one year and working in advertising. For her one of the most memorable aspects of life in Ukraine has been the familiar sight of middle-aged expat men playing playboy lovers with girls half their age. If you could have seen these men in their own countries, she says, you’d be surprised too!
Despite the occasional rain or even snow shower, the weather keeps getting warmer, and as usual, the first days of spring send a thrill through all the Kyivans who have endured the seemingly endless winter and are craving fresh air and warm sun. Glimpsing the sunlit street from our window incites us to get outside and enjoy the season. Continue reading ‘Get outside! Enjoy all the capital has to offer while the sun shines’
The Kyiv Post has once again joined with The Ukrainian Connoisseur Club (TUCC) in an attempt to objectively quantify new and existing restaurants according to an established standard for fine dining in Ukraine. Approximately once a month the not-for-profit TUCC selects a Kyiv restaurant, and, on April 6, Continue reading ‘The Ukrainian Connoisseur Club (TUCC) takes a closer look at restaurant Taboo; oysters invade Kyiv’
FILMS
FRIDAY 14 – WEDNESDAY 19
Movie in English: “Tidelandâ€
Having dealt with the completely commercial project “Brothers Grimm†just to earn some extra money, unorthodox director Terry Gilliam makes a fabulous return to his trademark cinema with the movie “Tideland.†Continue reading ‘New Terry Gilliam movie sure to be bizarre - 7 Days in Kyiv’
The Third Kyiv Festival will take place 20 - 27 April 2006 in Kyiv at the National Philharmonic Hall and the National Music Academy and will continue the trends established by the earlier festivals.
Background
Once again works by Ukrainian and other composers Continue reading ‘Kyiv Festival 2006′
I’d like to know how the real estate agents sold the location of Taj, a lovely little Indian restaurant sequestered on one of the quietest streets downtown, to its owners. Did they say that being incredibly hard to find was the latest trend in dining or that patrons would only work up an even greater appetite if they Continue reading ‘Great kosher in Podil for Passover; solid Indian restaurant hidden away’
