Russian Food and General Conference Weekend

We heard about a Russian restaurant called Ida-Russkie in Idaho Falls. Since Marc served in Ukraine he really wanted to try it. The food is all the same. We never got around to going until this weekend. We went with our friends Steve and Christine and their cute little girls. When we found the restaurant, we were pretty disappointed to find out that they closed at 4pm, it was a little after 5. Marc went in and began talking with the owner, the restaurant is in a little office area and there is no door. He said that we wanted to try some food, she asked if we could come the next day, which we couldn't. Marc told her that he had served in Ukraine. She immediately "chastised" him for not speaking to her in Russian. She then told him that she would make us dinner and showed him on the menu the things she would make for us. We went in and sat down and she began bringing us food. We started with borsch, which is a beet and cabbage soup. It was delicious! Here is Marc eating his borsch, it was a very nostalgic moment for him, he said the smell and taste reminded him of his mission.

We then had gollopse (not sure about the spelling) which is basically a meatball made with ground meat and rice wrapped in cabbage, with a sweet red sauce. Yum, it was so tasty! Here again is Marc eating and enjoying his mission memories, and excited that he can still speak Russian fluently!

The last and final course was blini, or a crepe with tvorog, which is a type of cheese. Marc says the cheese isn't very good, but we had strawberry and chocolate mixed in ours and it was so good! I could eat it all the time! Here is Marc showing off on of his favorite treats!

The tvorog help fill our friend Steve's April part of his New Year's resolution to eat a new food, we were glad we could help him, and spend time with their family. As we were leaving Marc saw this dog in a car and couldn't help but take a picture, I'm posting it just for him!

Saturday between sessions of conference we made a huge traditional conference breakfast of homemade cinnamon rolls, breakfast casserole, and fruit. We invited Steve and Christine to come over and help us eat it. We watched Ratatouille while we ate. I took this cute picture of Belle cuddling Marc on the couch watching her movie.

We had a great weekend! Thanks Steve and Christine for hanging out with us and letting us watch your cute girls!