“Gagarin, I loved you!..” – How Moscow restaurants will celebrate Cosmonautics Day

If you were named after the first cosmonaut, or you’re Yuri Gagarin by pure chance, or you simply come from the Gagarin family and therefore bear that surname, on April 12th at the Voskhod restaurant, a surprise of astronomical proportions awaits you. Upon presentation of your passport, all Yuri Gagarins will receive a 65% discount on any bill, giving you the opportunity to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the first space flight in style! And all namesakes of one of the most recognizable people in the world will receive a complimentary Sunday brunch for two or dinner with a space menu featuring the cosmonaut’s favorite dishes. Book a table in advance: space is infinite, but the restaurant is not.

Voskhod Restaurant

This year Kofemaniya is celebrating Cosmonautics Day not only on Earth but also in orbit, becoming the first restaurant brand in Russia whose drinks have officially been sent to the International Space Station. Continuing its collaboration with Roscosmos, a themed dessert and a collection of limited-edition merchandise for those who dream of the stars were also released for the holiday: space pajamas, hoodies, T-shirts, and sleep masks. Chef-pastry chef Elena Zheleznyakova combinedla modern confectionery art and historical memory, adding a touch of space romance

: inside the dessert in the shape of a spacesuit helmet are hidden delicate chocolate sponge cake, airy “plombir” mousse, raspberries and blackthickcurrants. (Below you will learn about Yuri Gagarin’s favorite earthly tastes that he took with him into space.)

To commemorate the 65th anniversary of man’s first flight into space, the restaurant Ikura treats guests to a thick and tart cocktail “Cream Comet” with mascarpone, creamand sherry. The funny thing is that the drink is contained in a tube, like astronaut food, and it should be consumed from a wooden spoon

Моти “Космос” в Selfie — Cream Comet cocktail in Ikura

Pastry chef of the restaurant Selfie Egor Abramov was inspiredandby astronomical photographs and assembled a special space mochi: in a shell of delicate

rice dough is hidden creamy cream with vanilla, caramel and strawberry which, according to the author’s idea, should resemble the Andromeda nebula. From April 8 to 25, when ordering the “Cosmos” dessert, each guest will receive a gift from the Moscow Planetarium.

On the “space weekend” from 10 to April 12 at the “Rodnya” restaurant Chef Nikita Rakhmail will present a limited edition dessert in the shape of an astronaut sitting on a small moon. Inside the skillfully formed cake there is blackberry ganache, peanut praline and strawberry coulis, and on top there is white chocolate.

At the restaurant of modern Russian cuisine Relict for April 12 they created a twist on classic Aviation – cocktail “12/04”. This drink, a nod to Yuri Gagarin’s original background as a pilot, contains traditional gin,liquorer maraschinoo,fialka and lemonyjuice, as well as blackcurrantsoda and chocolate bitters, which are reminiscent of the first products to be carried on board the spacecraft – blackcurrantjuice and chocolatemousse. By the way, even the shape of the highball in which the cocktail is served refers to the “Vostok-1”, on which the historical flightwas performed.