Cinderella Bakery

436 Balboa St (between 5th Ave & 6th Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 751-9690
http://www.cinderellabakery.com/


Once a month, a group here at work meet up for lunch to catch up. This month's luncheon was different as one of my coworkers is pregnant and is leaving for maternity leave at the end of this month. Since she's the guest of honor, it was her choice to pick where to eat. She picked this Russian restaurant located in Inner Richmond (we had to order in). And let me just tell you, the food was so tasty, I can't imagine what the food would have taste had it been "fresh".


Salad "Vinaigrette" - boiled potatos, carrots, beets, and finely chopped pickles tossed in a vinaigrette
Borsch Soup (veggie kind) - chopped vegetables, shredded cabbage, cubed potatoes, and beets in a tomato broth...the parsley and herbs definitely pinched my taste buds up a notch. a light and hearty soup!
Pelmeni - some type of russian style dumplings filled with meat. it pretty much reminded me of wontons.
Potato Vareniki - veggie dumpling filled with potatoes and fried onions
Cherry Vareniki - fruit dumpling filled with sour cherries. these were my favorite-you probably wont taste anything that's half unique as these dumplings
Piroshki with meat - think a pastry stuffed with ground meats. We got them baked but man, i can't imagine how good they would be if they were fried!
Piroshki with spinach and feta cheese - meats were my favorite
Mushroom Stuffed Blinchiki - this was my favorite dish. it's pretty much a rolled crepe stuffed with mushroom.

Dessert:
Napoleon - just melts in your mouth!
Almond Cake - rich, moistened layer cake with something that tasted like amaretto? or kahlua? or maybe even rum? regardless, these were amazing
Eclair - i dont care much for chocolate so can't really comment on these.

I guess it helped that she was Russian herself and knew what to order.

All in all, the food was phenomenal.