Meaning of bifshteks | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Duck is also a feature of the menu and the bifshteks is reasonably tender, though not so good as that served by the Natsional’.”

“On the menu were chicken soup with noodles, “bifshteks” — a form⟳ of hamburger patty — and sliced cucumber salad. The soup was actually quite good, but the bifshteks were on the greasy side.”

“One of the first places you come⟳ to heading up the street from Okhotny ryad, Kafe Sadko, is actually a cut⟳ above the others, with waiters, individually prepared food, and drinks: a bifshteks, chicken or fish⟳ main course is around US$5.”

“There was little variety in the daily fare of “kasha” (hot whole grain cereal), bread, “bifshteks” (a hard lump of beef) and potatoes.”

“Bifshteks is a slice of broiled beef and can be almost any cut⟳ of steak, not tenderloin as sometimes translated on the menu (regrettably for the eager diner).”

“Kids’ menus are uncommon, but you shouldn’t have⟳ much problem getting the littl’ uns to guzzle bliny or bifshteks – Russian-style hamburger served without bread, and often topped with a fried egg.”

“Taking almost literally the opposite viewpoint from the 1972 Russian Cuisine, the authors wrote that while they were “not against internationaliztion^([sic]) of dining,” they wondered “why should entrecote [rib steak] and bifshteks [beefsteak] be the favorite dishes of a Russian when their names themselves point⟳ to their overseas origins?”⁵⁸⁴”

“We waited for a long time (30 mins for a bifshteks), hamburger salad was small and not much meat, just some herbs. Bifshteks itself looked like⟳ appetizer!!”

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