Discovered attractions Duo Gastrobar and Tartartbar .
Pokras Lampas
Pokras Lampas, aka Arseniy Pyzhenkov, is the most famous young calligrapher, a self-taught artist, the creator of his own style of calligraphic futurism. He painted the roof of the Fendi headquarters in Rome, collaborated with Lamborghini, Nike and Star Wars, organized solo exhibitions in Dubai and Hong Kong, set a world record by painting the roof of Red October in Moscow - the street art canvas occupied more than 1600 square meters. m., it can be seen from space.
In Duo Asia, you can see two works by Pokras: on one canvas, the name of the restaurant is displayed in calligraphy, on the other, “Duoband” is written.
Rubinshteina Street has long been overpopulated with restaurants, but for the sake of the third Blinovsky restaurant, you can expand upwards - there was a room on the second floor of building No. 20, with luxurious windows and a main entrance between the MDT and "Rubinstein". In the first "Duo" from the design interior there was a gaping nothing and a turquoise sofa, "Tartarbar" was immediately known as brutal with cracks on the walls and vandal painted "Lady in Blue" by Gainsborough - the restaurant "Duo Asia" came out restrained and stately. Black and white decoration, marbled tables, wall paintings by star calligrapher Pokras Lampas, craftware from Matchast, gold appliances - and a forge-kitchen in the center of the hall (just forget everything you've heard before about "open kitchens").
The main precepts of "duoband" are unchanged: low prices (mostly 300-500 rubles), small portions (to master 4-7 dishes and survive), fast service(tables are booked for 2 hours). Do not expect authentic Asian cuisine, purebred - too. The menu includes author's dishes in the style of Asia and Latin America.
Key specialties are taken into account: Duo Asia chefs prepare smashed cucumbers, four types of sashimi, three types of dim sum, steamed bao buns with hearty and sweet fillings, ceviche, tacos and poke. For everything else, there is wasabi and miso, coconut and sesame sauces, yuzu and kaffir lime, chili and blue tea, which allow any dish to enter the exotic format of the new Duo.
Curious about the wine list. When the Duo gastrobar opened in 2014, the division of wines not by country, but into three armor-piercing sections “For No Reason”, “For the Holidays” and simply “Our Favorite Wine” seemed even defiant. A year and a half ago, Tartabar compiled a conceptual wine list, combining respected Pinot Noirs and Rieslings into separate chapters, dividing the wines into “interesting” and “daring”. Today, when every fifth sommelier divides wines subjectively, according to styles or according to circumstances, the Duo Asia team is switching to a classic format: they allocate one page to French, Italian, Spanish, German wines. As for the assortment itself, it is universal: there is a simple vinho verde and interesting autochthonous wines, grandcru for the enthusiastic, orange for the trendy and 13 wines on tap for 260-750 rubles per glass.
Until the end of the summer, Duo Asia is open from 18:00, in the autumn the restaurant will also open for lunch. The restaurant has no signage. A table must be booked in advance.
Menu excerpts
Yellowtail sashimi with wasabi 390 rub. Scallop tartare with coconut sauce 390 rub. Smashed cucumbers 220 rub. Dim sum with oxtails 390 rub. duck leg ramen 350 rub. Poke with salmon and avocado salsa 390 rub. Cod with hollandaise miso sauce and yuzu 450 rub. Zucchini Tempura with Carrot spicy sauce 290 rub. Bao with mascarpone and caramel 250 rub. Lemon cream with coconut 250 rub. Churos with melon and wasabi sauce 250 rub.In the same house as the E.D.A. and Coffee" gastrobar Duo opened on Kirochnaya Street - a small establishment with 25 seats, which, unlike its neighbor, is open only in the evenings. As you might guess, there are two owners - the former chef of the Freeman's restaurant Dmitry Blinov and Renat Malikov, who previously worked at the Mayakovsky bar of the same ZL-group holding.
The development of the menu in the first independent project was carried out for the most part by Blinov. His handwriting is easy to recognize: everything is prepared from simple products, which you can buy yourself, no more than three or four ingredients are used for one dish. At the same time, the menu, which fits on one sheet, is full of interesting combinations: smoked salmon, for example, served with a mousse of sour cream and fresh horseradish, and halibut with Parma ham and celery root cream. Among the chef's favorite dishes are beets and carrots baked with honey and thyme, scallops with buckwheat and smoked meat. duck breast and duck leg stew with porcini mushrooms and truffle (the latter, despite the expensive ingredients, costs only 320 rubles).
The wine list in Duo also tried to make it as accessible as possible. Almost all bottles (and there are about three dozen of them here) cost up to two thousand rubles, a glass of lambrusco, sauvignon blanc or malbec give 130 rubles each. Choice strong alcohol minimal - the emphasis is still on wine. The owners also learn how to brew coffee and prepare their own hot drinks - sea buckthorn, orange and mint, hot chocolate on the orange juice other.
Salads and snacks in the restaurant are prepared in front of the guests at the open counter. It occupies almost half of the room, leaving little space for the rest of the room. The interior of the Duo was designed by Lidia Shapovalova, who also worked at the recently opened Red restaurant. Steak and wine.
Dmitry Blinov
co-owner and chef
We wanted to make a new format for St. Petersburg - when the owners work in the restaurant, communicate with each guest themselves, cook food, pour wine and take away the dishes. We have only one assistant waiter, because the two of us can't cope with a full boarding. This is a very holistic evening format - delicious food, delicious wine, and everything is very democratic. It is quite possible to sit here together without spending more than two thousand rubles.
Halibut with parma and celery root cream - 420 rubles
Beef tartar with potatoes - 290 rubles
Smoked salmon with fresh horseradish - 290 rubles
Sea buckthorn juice - 100 rubles / 250 ml
Menu excerpts
Parma ham
190 rubles
Pate from chicken liver with port wine
190 rubles
Smoked salmon with fresh horseradish
290 rubles
Beef tartar with potatoes
290 rubles
Duck leg ragout
with porcini mushrooms and truffle
320 rubles
Roasted pumpkin salad
with ricotta and figs
230 rubles
Chicken fillet with morels and eggplant
390 rubles
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Opening date: August 2017
“Duo Asia is already the third project of the DUOband team led by Dmitry Blinov and Renat Malikov, who have previously been noted by such establishments as Duo Gastrobar and TartarBar. Restaurant with an area of about 320 sq. m with a seating hall for 70 guests and a large open kitchen (for the sake of which they actually come here) is located on the very restaurant street of St. Petersburg - Rubinstein, at number 20.
Like all Duoband projects, "Duo Asia" retained its restraint and stateliness in terms of interior design (black and white walls, tables with the effect of natural stone, Matchast craft ceramic dishes), but at the same time "dispersed" in the kitchen. We are very pleased that it was the Altek group of companies that was entrusted with the most expensive thing - equipping the kitchen-forge of the restaurant. And not only the back-kitchen, but also the main element and, frankly, the decoration of the establishment - a thermal kitchen island, which is installed right in the restaurant hall and occupies most of it.
The chefs of "Duo" work under the watchful eye of their chefs (this, by the way, is another "feature" of Duoband - Dmitry Blinov and Renat Malikov are not only the owners of the establishment, but also cook for the guests themselves), under the interested gaze of visitors and on very high-quality equipment leading brands - RATIONAL, MARENO, ELECTROLUX.
Cookers, induction and electric, MARENO frying surfaces are a combination of exquisite Italian style, power and durability. It is enough just to look at this equipment to appreciate its belonging to the premium-class professional equipment. The stove bodies and oven doors are made of high quality stainless steel. A minimum of seams, graceful lines, large recesses for collecting smudges, excess fat.
The MARENO NFT74EL frying surface heats up to +280 °C and signals the possibility to start working. At the same time, it has a cold zone in front (65 mm). The MARENO NI78TE induction cooker with 4 independent heating zones of 230 mm each has a power of 14 kW, that is, 3.5 kW for each burner (for comparison, the domestic counterpart has a power of 4 induction burners - only 7 kW, 1 .75 kW per burner).
The heating equipment zone is complemented by ELECTROLUX E7HOEH4000 slabs of the 700th series with the smallest heating elements of 10.6 kW, which quickly heat up to a temperature maximum of +400 ° C and reliably hold it for a long time. Thanks to the seamless 1.5 mm thick stainless steel surface, this ELECTROLUX cooktop allows you to cook using dishes of any size and, if necessary, deftly move the containers. For the convenience of service, all components are placed in the frontal zone, and the external polished Scotch Brite coating looks very worthy for the open kitchen of the restaurant.
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Since "Duo Asia" is a combination of author's European cuisine and adapted Asian dishes, there is also a wok here. For this we chose the HEIDEBRENNER induction wok. The Heidebrenner wok-stove is a complete unit with a solid stainless steel table and 2 glass-ceramic containers. 2 heating zones of 8 kW each provide fast-fast frying of products (which, in general, is what distinguishes Asian cuisine). Sufficient distance between work areas facilitates the use of the equipment. Tap cold water- with knee control.
In addition to a huge gray-metal heat island, illuminated by ceiling lamps, a large wine cabinet with full glazing. This is DUOband's own idea and development. In the wine list you can pick up drinks, originally from France, Italy, Spain and Germany, for every taste and budget. Upon entering the establishment, you pay attention to the bar area with a coffee machine, a bar station and a cash register.
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In the back kitchen, in the washing area, there are 2 dome machines from the Smart Line and Exus Line series. They differ slightly in the internal dimensions of the working chamber and, as a result, in the capacity of baskets and plates. In general, the machines are similar in performance, but the Exus series has more modern internal mechanics and a washing system and, according to the manufacturer, is more environmentally friendly.
All internal workshops of the restaurant are equipped with neutral ALTEK equipment. In this direction, we can offer a wide range of production tables (collapsible and non-collapsible configuration), shelves, racks, stands for equipment, sinks. Our advantage is the presence of our own production in St. Petersburg and the ability to manufacture stainless steel products of any size, according to individual customer requests.
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In addition to neutral, refrigeration and washing equipment, the internal kitchen is equipped with baking equipment - a GARBIN proofer, a PRISMAFOOD dough mixer, a 10-level RATIONAL SelfCookingCenter combi steamer with a system of intelligent functions and a touch-screen control panel. Its significant advantage, which was appreciated even by the experienced chef Dmitry Blinov, is that thanks to the “smart” functions, the device takes care of many cooking concerns, saving the staff from unnecessary trouble during the period of “steam” in the kitchen. For example, he himself regulates the temperature and cooking time with multiple openings and closings of the door, allows you to simultaneously cook different products through the iLevelControl tiered loading system and tells you when they can be taken out. In addition, the machine cleans itself at the end of the working shift… The RATIONAL is ideal for both steam and convection bakery baking, gastronomy (meat, fish, vegetables) and even smoking (with the VarioSmoker accessory). All in all, the RATIONAL SCC is a truly indispensable assistant for the modern chef. And this is noted without exaggeration by all users of devices.
37 126 ₽ -5 %In the kitchen of "Duo Asia" there were also a number of table-top appliances - a variety of VITAMIX blenders, SIRMAN meat grinders and slicers, juicers, scales, a HENKELMAN packer and, like a cherry on the cake, the Kitchenaid planetary mixer, beloved by all cooks (necessarily branded red).
In general, the DUO Asia kitchen turned out to be spacious and comfortable. We hope that it is also convenient and pleasant for the restaurant staff to work on it. And for the sake of such a beautiful open kitchen, which, perhaps, today is difficult to find in any other place in St. Petersburg, you should definitely come here. Although this could not be said, because the popularity of the institution is already at its peak, and places in DUO Asia (as well as in DUO and Tartarbar) are recommended to be booked in advance.
By the way, in October 2017, DUO Asia was recognized best restaurant Petersburg according to the restaurant award #WhatWhereEst in Petersburg, organized by the magazine SOBAKA.RU.
Duo Gastrobar
Duo Gastrobar
26.05.2017, 23:09
They really came, flowerbeds and tulips, and ...
I have long been intrigued by this place: divine cuisine at affordable prices, delighting some and bewildering others. I booked a table in advance in the evening, studied the menu, read that the chef and founder Dmitry Blinov personally ennobled the flower beds at the entrance and planted asters (imbued) and in general, a strict but hardworking person, without showing off and treats his kitchen accordingly.
Came, really flowerbeds and tulips, and tables are exposed, and blankets in a pile - it's nice.
The interior is laconic, but I like these blue (or turquoise?) velvet chairs, the name of the restaurant is unobtrusively present on plates, stands for cutlery. The people complained that it was crowded, firstly: in other foreign institutions it was even more crowded, and secondly: we didn’t think about it at all, it was somehow easy, tasty, and the people around were also some kind of organic institution.
Tartarus. a great creamy mousse from parmesan, we dipped forks and spoons there and rejoiced like children - delicious!
Duo Gastrobar
23.02.2017, 22:16
Great bar with delicious food. My husband and I are gourmets. were in many good restaurants, including abroad. Everything is already pall. Big fussy. It is really tasty and unusual here. It's impossible to cook at home. Portions are small. But we ate. Very pleasant, polite, friendly staff. We will definitely come again.
Duo Gastrobar
27.01.2017, 19:27
In my naivety, I scheduled this event for Saturday at 18-00, and did NOT book a table (((...
This was my first visit to the GastroBar, and not to a restaurant or cafe. Therefore, in this rather new topic, I feel more like a beginner than a connoisseur.
After reading quite emotional and even contrasting reviews in advance, I decided that it was time for me to make my own opinion about this new form of catering.
In my naivety, I planned this event for Saturday at 18-00, and did NOT book a table (((Naturally, once in the institution, we were faced with a full boarding. And here is the first plus: we were still able to be seated at the table, having warned that a little later it will be necessary to change seats for another.We were completely satisfied with this option.
The room is small, the tables are so close to each other that you involuntarily become a passive participant in other people's conversations. And I'm still that talker, I almost put my 5 kopecks into the neighbors' discussion a couple of times))) Because of this crowding, I could not take enough pictures of the interior - chewing visitors came across in the frame everywhere. ...Further
Gastrobars are gaining popularity among visitors every year. The simple and modern atmosphere of the institution is perfectly combined with an exquisite menu, like in the most expensive restaurant. People come here to try and at the same time feel relaxed without too much pathos.
Where is the gastrobar "Duo" and opening hours
The establishment is waiting for guests on the street. Kirochnaya, 8a. Doors are open to visitors daily from 13.00 to 24.00. It has a small parking lot next to it "Duo". Gastrobar in St. Petersburg is a small establishment, but very cozy.
Guests come here from all over the city and even the region. Many tourists return to the small bar-restaurant again at the first opportunity.
Features of the institution
The interior of the gastrobar "Duo" corresponds to the style of a small but spectacular bar. The furniture has modern forms and convenient design. For lovers of long gatherings, large and soft leather sofas are offered.
The walls are painted in soothing colors. The design of the room uses a lot of metal parts and lighting fixtures. The bar counter is made of wood and has simple shapes.
Compared to the uncomplicated interior, the menu is beyond praise in the "Duo". Gastrobar in St. Petersburg is famous for its exotic and originally designed dishes. There are chefs who have extensive experience in cooking dishes from different cuisines peace.
Gastrobar "Duo": menu
The restaurant has a small but interesting menu. It contains only the best dishes from the chef and his entire team. Aperitifs are popular among guests. In this menu category you can order:
- olive topenade;
- tuna pate with egg;
- parma ham.
There is sufficient demand squash caviar and bread with sour cream and herbs. After such an aperitif, the restaurant "Duo" offers to move on to snacks. In the gastrobar you can order:
- burattu with sun-dried tomatoes and parsley puree;
- baked sweet potato with medlar;
- celery root with sour cream and truffle;
- bone marrow with ginger sauce;
- veal tails with parmesan, etc.
Such unusual ingredients in dishes go well with different sauces and vegetables. After an exotic snack, you can start exploring the tastes of the main dishes:
- crab biscuit;
- cold soup with noodles and cucumbers;
- with parsnip;
- chicken breast with young carrots;
- catfish with roasted cauliflower cream;
- pig rib, etc.
Gastrobar "Duo" has in its menu pasta and risotto with original sauces and additional ingredients. For example, a very popular dish among customers is orzo pasta with lamb.
Desserts are represented by only three dishes, but such that you want to order more than one serving:
- chocolate ganache with blackcurrant;
- prunes with salted caramel;
- yogurt with block and tarragon.
Gastrobar "Duo" has a good range of hot drinks. These are several varieties delicious tea and coffee. Guests are also offered tea, which is brewed from useful herbs and fruits.
The wine list in the institution has a few positions, but they are all high quality and tasty. Several types of beer can satisfy the taste of any gourmet. Here you can have a glass of a good martini or gin. Cognac is represented by several positions.
