Moscow and Tbilisi Bakery - San Francisco - 3 stars

Visited on: Sep. 9, 2006

Cuisine type:Russian bakery

Comment: Recommended

Ordered items:
White meringue
Meat pirosky
Cherry napolean

General description:
I was shocked by the size of the pirosky they sold. They're about 10 inches long!! This is a lot larger than the well-known Pirosky Pirosky. Also, the dough looks different, more like a deep fried and breaded donut than the smooth bread exterior in Pirosky Pirosky. The filling is very savory, with a lot of meat, and the thickness of the dough is just right to balance the filling, yet not so thin that the juice of the filling will leak out to make a gooey mess. If worried about the oil, use kitchen towel to soak it up, but it's not that bad. Cherry napolean is very good, nice thick cream without being over sweet, delicious cherry compote. A huge slab of it, about 7 inches long, 3 inches wide, 3 inches high. Meringue must be the size of a softball, but so crumbly, and melts entirely in your mouth like a dream, not one bit of stickiness that sometimes appear in poorly made meringue. Will go again. The counter opposite of the pastries is said to be Georgian food, but as I have no experience in Georgian food, cannot be the judge of the quality just from the looks of it.

Basic information:
5540 Geary BoulevardSan Francisco, CA 94121(415) 668-6959
Pirosky: $1.75 Meringue: $1.00 Napolean: $2.00 Other pastries: Usually under $5.00