FOOD

With a name like Myata, or “Mint”, the cafe down by Novodevichy Convent was always going to be a summery kind of place. Now the eatery has just given its summer menu a makeover, adding even more warm-weather dishes for the summer season. New nibbles include salmon carpaccio with citrus fruit under a smoked basil sauce (450 rubles), warm seafood salad with cream of sea scallops (550 rubles) and passion fruit panna cotta with berry sauce (290 rubles). And for those looking to chill out, there is also a new collection of cooling cocktails such as “Summer Evening in Gagra” in a frozen pomegranate (700 rubles), “Summer Queen” with Irish cream, strawberries and cream (350 rubles), and a “Summer Freeze” with currents, rum and soda (350 rubles).

1a Luzhnetsky Proyezd, (499) 245 2245, m. Sportivnaya

Say goodbye to Chilean sea bass and say “privyet” to some local fi shy friends. Through to July 28, Filimonova & Yankel is holding a Russian Fish Festival. Regional exotica on the menu includes fi llet of silver carp with a lemon cream sauce (630 rubles), fried saff ron cod (480 rubles), catfi sh steak (630 rubles), fi llet of cod (480 rubles) and the undisputed king of fi sh – sturgeon in cream sauce (890 rubles).

See www.fishhouse.ru for addresses

The new Latvian coffee chain Double Coffee plans to distinguish itself from the countless other coff ee shops around town by positioning its cafes as casual dining restaurants.

17 Tverskoi Bulvar, bldg 1, 697 9999, m. Pushkinskaya 13 Ul. Arbat, 697 9999, m. Arbatskaya