Do you know what specie the venison served in fancy restaurants in Moscow and St. Petersburg is from?

No, I do not.

That is the redtail deer.....

Usually moose, Altai elk, or roe deer (often Siberian roe deer, which is a distinct bigger species), and sometimes reindeer. Altai elk venison has become more common as it is the only species, apart from reindeer, that is bred on farms (venison is actually a by-product, they focus on velvet antler production). Other types of venison - moose, roe deer, and wild reindeer - often involve elaborate poaching/illegal trade schemes, especially with venison that comes from Siberia.

Thanks Tatiana. I have a relative currently visiting St. Petersburg and we were wondering.

I like the presentation.

Osky

Venison tartar from another restaurant, this one in Moscow.

I think you can get any kind of game you want in a restaurant. One Moscow restaurant offered me good money for beaver meat.

Usually reindeer

I told my relative to ask the waitress what animal the venison was from.

She said, “I don't have language for various deer types in Russian and she doesn't have it in English. it's not gonna happen.”

I don’t think it’s beaver though KOSOI, but I guess we’ll never know for sure.

What wine is that?

I believe it is a red Bordeaux.

There appears to be a purple form of wood sorrel or another species of Oxalis in this dish. Does anyone know if that's what it is?

Keith

I thought it was purple clover, but what do I know? LOL

I had to look up both cowberry sauce and apple tartar. Apple tartar is actually a tartar sauce made from apples. Weird. And cowberry sauce is what we Americans would call cranberry sauce

Beef tenderloin with beets from another restaurant in Moscow.

Can you get bearmeat in the restaurant over there?

I see that French Bordeaux wine is 17 Euro and 28$ Can over here

Cowberry is actually lingonberry. Like what us Swedes like on our Swedish pancakes.

Yes. No problem.