Going on an excursion to Kiev, you naturally think about what to bring from there, which is really original and characteristic for this city.
Gourmets
Naturally, the first thing that comes to mind is the famous Kiev cake. Buy Kiev cake in Kiev has long been a tradition of visitors and tourists of this city. Recipe and technology were developed in 1965 at the confectionery factory. K. Marx in Kiev. Now it is a confectionery factory Roshen, widely known outside of Ukraine. The Kiev cake was a gift to Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev on his seventieth birthday. That cake weighed more than five kilograms, and its original recipe is still not declassified. But you can not take the cake. It is better to try it on the spot, in Kiev, and compare it with domestic culinary.
One of the products that can be brought from Kiev is wine. Ukraine is a producer and supplier of the famous Crimean wine. The wine "Koktebel" and "Black Doctor" of this quality can hardly be bought anywhere else.
A lover of strong drinks will appreciate the Ukrainian gorilka with pepper, the more that it is spilled, maybe in a gift clay bottle.
Another delicacy that is brought from Kiev, traditionally is bacon. Where without it. It is this product in Ukraine in honor, and you can be sure that it is the most delicious in the world.
It is best to buy lard in the market, together with a heated discussion and the opportunity to immediately try it. And strolling between the trading rows, you can taste and buy home-made sausages , smoked bacon , or find cult vareniki. Upon returning home, it will be possible to arrange a Ukrainian dinner for friends: home sausages and lard for snacks, vareniki cooked in any way, in a large bowl in the middle of the table, a drunken Crimean wine or a burning gorilka - both fun and unusually tasty.
However, if the road home will be long, the notorious bacon, coupled with the gorilla, you can not resist and do not take home to the house.
On a long memory of Kiev
If there can be an ill luck with products, then we need to think over what souvenirs to bring from Kiev. Kiev souvenirs are so diverse that you will definitely find out what to stop at: dolls, nesting dolls, gzhel, khokhloma, pottery, linen products, Cossack maces and wreaths. And you can also buy handmade gifts by visiting a tour of Kiev. It can be dolls, motorcycles, carvings, embroideries, painted bottles, candles.
Vyshyvanka is clothes (shirt, shirt) with hand-embroidered characteristic patterns. But now there are a lot of fakes, which are almost indistinguishable from real handmade work. Today vyshyvanka has become a stylish element of the costume, and it can be found in the modern version.
An interesting handmade souvenir is linen shoes or technical hemp. That's really really exclusive. You can buy a traditional model, or choose from a variety of modern options with authentic production principles and ethnic motives.
There are no Chinese counterfeits and gift boxes, wooden carved decorations, for the simple reason that not
The Motanka doll is an amulet. This is a special niche in Ukrainian culture. It is the most characteristic, ancient and, moreover, a beautiful symbol. It is produced exclusively by hand. Each doll, depending on the mode of production, bears its destiny. And if you find a good store, you can buy not just a souvenir version, but a real doll-motanku with a pedigree.
From any trip you aspire to take the most characteristic for visited places. But everyone has his own idea of the peculiarities of this or that place. Therefore, what specific gifts to bring from Kiev, you can decide only.