A job posting brought Vadim Zubovskyy, along with his wife Alena and son, to Singapore in 2004. Sixteen years later, Zubovksyy and Alena opened Singapore's only Russian-Ukrainian restaurant.
Russian restaurant in Singapore, and, unlike Zubovkyy's restaurant, it is heavily influenced by Hainanese cuisine.
"I got curious what Russian and Ukrainian food was like when I saw news of the war," she said."When I read [Zubovskyy] was born in Ukraine, I wanted to support," she added. One of the restaurant's most popular items is a platter of 12 dumplings with different fillings , including lamb, beef, chicken, and salmon. It was a mix of Russian-style pierogi and Ukrainian-style vareniki and halushki. It was my first taste of Russian-Ukrainian food, and I devoured the whole plate.Marielle Descalsota/Insider