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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