Belarus Girl Invites Me for Lunch...I Have To Pay!

We visit a traditional restaurant in sunny Minsk to try Belarusian food with a local companion. We taste solyanka soup, kvass, vodka, draniki with machanka, pork, and potato-and-mushroom dumplings, discussing Belarusian cuisine and its fondness for potatoes, meat, oil, and sour cream. We enjoy the meal, with solyanka as our favorite, and note that the entire feast costs only 17 US dollars.