San Francisco: Moscow & Tbilisi Bakery

When TeamLab opened an exhibit at the Asian Art Museum in SF, we made a day out of it.  In our typical fashion, more thought was put into where we were going to eat after the exhibit than into the actual exhibit itself.

Dim sum has been the one persisting craving that all my friends and I have had during the pandemic.  Our usual go to in the city, Hong Kong Lounge II, had closed due to an unfortunate fire, so we decided to branch out and go all fancy at Dragon Beaux.

So why am I talking about dim sum when this post is titled Moscow & Tbilisi Bakery?  Well, my friends, because the wait was so long at Dragon Beaux, we walked down the street for an appeteaser first.  And what did we happen to come across?  Moscow & Tbilisi Bakery:

Maybe getting pastries before dim sum wasn't the best idea, but we were too curious to resist:

We probably could have shared one or two between the eight of us, but that's not how we roll.  Our eyes are always bigger than our stomachs and boy, was there a lot to look at at Moscow & Tbilisi Bakery:

DK walked out with a gigantic khachapuri with cheese ($5.99):

The rest of us were more occupied by all the piroshkis on display:

We got one with potato ($3.25):

One with beef and cheese ($3.25):

And lastly, one with mushroom and egg ($3.25):

What's not to love about fried dough with savory filling?  Each piroshki could have been a meal in itself.  They were huge and well stuffed and so very delicious.

As if that weren't enough, we also got two blintzes and a donut with custard:

One of the blintzes we got with meat ($1.95):

And the other with cheese ($1.95):

We were a bit disappointed at the lack of filling in the donut ($2.75):

The piroshkies were definitely the stand outs at Moscow & Tbilisi Bakery.  Filling and cheap?  Sign me up!  The mushroom and egg was surprisingly the biggest hit among us, though both the beef and cheese and the potato were fantastic as well.

The blintzes were just okay, maybe because they weren't hot anymore.  As for the sweets, we probably just haven't tried the right one yet.  Besides the donut, we also got a slice of Napoleon, which tasted kind of stale.  

Loading up on carbs right before dim sum might not have been the smartest decision, but did we regret it?  Not one bit.

Too bad going into the city is such a hassle.  Otherwise, I would definitely be a regular at Moscow & Tbilisi Bakery.

Moscow & Tbilisi Bakery

5540 Geary Blvd

San Francisco, CA 94121

(415) 668-6959

http://ordermoscowntbilisibakerystore.com/