Party Time

Well, today is the big celebration. Prepping the kitchen for tonight has definitely been an adventure thus far. Probably would have gotten a lot more done yesterday if I hadn't decided to crash into a parked car. Nobody got hurt (except perhaps the cars themselves) and everything is going to be taken care of, but boy did that leave me shook. For today, I think I'll take the bus to tie up any last lose ends outside of the kitchen.

Well, hope to see a lot of wonderful people tonight and to have a grand ole time tasting some scrumptious piroshki and savory soup.

Our latest tasting session

So today is the last day we are opening for free yummy piroshki and soups before our grand opening this Friday! We've got two soups today: a cabbage potato dumpling and a pinto soup with a delicious, all natural, local beef base. The piroshki for today are beef and onion and potato, onion, and a scrumptious maple bacon. Mouth watering goodness.... mmmmm.

Grand Opening Extravaganza!!

We are now preparing for what is sure to be the most amazing event in the whole of Olympia. This upcoming Friday shall be our Grand Opening celebration!! Expect to see fire dancing, raffling of Oly Piroshki gift certificates and other such Russian goodies, an introduction on our local farmers, lots of music, and of course delicious piroshki and soups! Plus, whatever talents I can round up in the course of the next week. It is bound to spectacular!

Bring your friends, your friends' friends, and have a fun belly-filling night.

If you have a talent you would like to show-off, contact me olypiroshki(at)gmail(dot)com

Working it out

Wow! What an exciting few days! We got a lot of great feedback from everyone who came out to try our delicious food. Now that we have a better understanding of where the rough edges are, we can take the next couple of days to work out the kinks and get those last loose ends tied up. We'll keep everyone posted and are thrilled to be opening soon.

More free yummies

Today's specials being cooked in the piroshki stand are a porcini orzo soup and we're revisiting our potato, onion, bacon piroshki. Come and get them! Everyone who came yesterday was super happy that they did.

Goodies

We've got goodies at the piroshki stand starting today at 11am! Baby portabello risotto piroshki for the vegetarians and a split pea soup with smoked meats for the carnivorous folk. Supplies are limited and delicious so come quick! Here's a pic of the soup:

This is how we roll

Mixing it Up

Time seems to be speeding up as we get closer to the opening of Oly Piroshki.
The other day we got our newest family member (pictured left)... and what an addition! With no time to spare, we began whipping up batches of piroshkis with the brand new mixer!
The first trial was full of fun.... though the dough was a bit lacking. Lesson of the day: if you know the dough isn't ready to be left alone, don't do it. Basically, it was late at night, we were tired, we knew the dough had another rise to go, but in the end, the tired won. When we got to the stand the next morning BOOM!, the dough was twice the size we wanted it to be. Woops!
Well, that motivated the second trial (which happened today). Oh my, was that delicious! Kale and cabbage piroshkis and garlic bread to die for. This week we will continue whipping up magical deliciousness. Soon to be available to the public :)

Almost there

Happy New Years!

It's really exciting to see there is already an interest in piroshkis in Olympia! Though the site may have been quiet for awhile, we have been bustling with getting the piroshki stand up and running. We're almost there, too! The pre-opening health inspection is this upcoming Monday and from there we just need to hire on some awesome people to work with us. Though, trying to figure out who to start a new business with has been quite the endeavor. But, really after that a couple lose ends and off we go! Russian food coming to Olympia soon... perhaps it will even be a debut of Russian cuisine (I may have to research that). Nonetheless, our will definitely be the best this town has seen. Hope to see everyone soon!