CANTEEN of the SOCIALIST type. How Soviets ate? | RUSSIA

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

Do you have food places like this in your countries?

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

@@proudamerican3595 I didn't feel that when I was there. But there is a myth in Russia that it's much cheaper. I believed it. At least in the capital in Minsk where I was prices are quite similar for everything.

[@gina2838]

Yes, these kinds of restaurants in Ontario Canada exist. I call them cafeteria style. Usually in universities, office buildings ,the Ikea has this style too. The Chinese Buffett style is different that was suggested by another post.

[@Cairol58]

@@CrazyRussianSergey Доброе утро Сергей Владимирович 😋 and thank you very much for your very interesting video about "Stolovayas" in Russia. The one you visited on what looks like Nevsky looks really good indeed 😎. Other KZbinrs have also pointed out to visit these canteens when travelling in Russia. The one in your videoand the food looks really good and I would definetly prefer it to American junkfood from McDonalds, Burgerking, KFC and the like. But don't you regrett having missed the opportunity for 'Big Tasties'? Coming back to your question: yes, we do have things like this here as well. But often things are organized in a different way (canteen food) or you go to restaurants providing 'lunch menues' for a cheaper price (obviously not American junk food chains). Very similar to yours. Writing this while having breakfast in my garden 😎.

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

Cairol, I notice you wake up early when I go to sleep hah

[@Cairol58]

@@CrazyRussianSergey Sergey, I am recovering from a mental health issue which left me awake for so many nights! I am now returning back to something like a more natural schedule 😎. And of course we don't have the magic SPB White Nights here ....

[@paulgrant421]

In America "Cafeterias" very similar to your video were very popular decades ago, but they've fallen out of favor. About the only places you find a Canteen/Cafeteria in the USA these days are in college dormitories and hospitals. All-you-can-eat buffets where the food is just out and you serve yourself are still very popular, though.

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

Oh yeah. I think I know what is buffet. Is it where you pay for entrance and eat as much as you want like a true capitalist? Russians would eat there until pain in the stomack haha and even would take some food with them!

[@ДмитрийШайтура]

у нас многие из них закрылись в 90е годы, потом, лет 10 назад начали снова открываться повсюду, в разных городах.

[@lawrenceo7372]

I still enjoy watching your videos and learning about Russia. we need to get you more subscribers.

[@scarletred8888]

That’s amazing value for money-so much food! I haven’t seen these canteens before and I’ve watched so many Russian videos- this is fantastic, valuable information!! Well done Sergey !👍

[@luther1546]

Looks really good.I love cafeteria food.

[@sjlopez87]

Amazing video!! I hope to visit one of these canteens when I go. You eat with locals and it’s an experience in itself.

[@Zangieff]

That’s great man 👍

[@ontariobushcraft536]

America and Canada use to have these canteens everywhere. but it's gone now. and i actually miss this style of eating and restaurants. Use to be all run by Greeks and Italians and the food was better than most "greasy spoons" (western lower class food restaurant) now.

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

interesting! I didn't know that they existed there widely in North America! Thanks for the info

[@ontariobushcraft536]

@@CrazyRussianSergey It was actually a socialist in NYC that killed them named of Saul Alinsky.

[@baron6379]

Now we are talking! This is great content

[@Roy_Gaber]

Thank you Sergey, your video was very nice. Cпасибо большое! (thank you very much!)

[@Fievelavie]

IKEA and Hema ( department store) have something similar like this in their stores in the Netherlands.

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

We loved to eat some round meat balls in IKEA when it opened in Saint Petersburg. Also to steal some free ✏ pencils!😄

[@lessparks9388]

In America these are called cafeterias. They are found mostly in the south. Some have very good food and some do not.

[@rjc9]

meal on a limited budget. useful video! 💯

[@mauer594]

Something I haven't seen mentioned is in the South in the USA we have "meat-and-threes" which serve a meat dish and three vegetables for a given price. Similar to those cafeterias. Mostly old people eat there I think.

[@richardmcleod9015]

That food looks amazing and good value. Been in cafeterias in Spain - similar but different

[@keithbessant]

That looks like a good place, with good value food and plenty of space to find somewhere to sit. When I was a kid, we used to have a lot of working class canteens in the UK like that, eg in Woolworths or Littlewoods. But they went out of business. Now everywhere is small, expensive and cramped.

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

Yeah. I like canteens also because you can eat fast the good home food!

[@wishuponastar3179]

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 👍👍😍😍fantastic!! Thank You Comrade Sergey!!!🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@Shikamaru233]

Great video, you gain a subscriber comrade..

[@randywatson8347]

Looks like a chill place to eat.

[@ericdixon2898]

This is making me hungry!

[@pierrecaron8731]

Can't wait to go back to Russia. I love the My My restaurant chain, do you still have them?

[@mickthurston9883]

Restaurant near me. Next to Royal hospital. It's Bishmala Hotel. Biriani for £2.98 . Fish curry rice £5. That's double rare for London. Mick London

[@elnet1]

I worked at a shipyard in the US where they had similar cafeterias all around. The food was like homemade, not fancy, but it was filling and cheap. If you didn't watch out, you could get fat real quick, lol.

[@B1900pilot]

Looks delicious!

[@BestRussianGuy]

Cool half-spy video, comrade Sergey! 👍 I think that soon the Motherland will again send you on a mission to the Western world. The food looks really tasty despite the reasonable prices. But of course in the Soviet canteen it was far from the case (prices and dishes). I still remember the taste of these strange fish cakes.😂

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

Let's imagine it's a canteen for a Soviet Communist Party Elite!

[@BestRussianGuy]

@@CrazyRussianSergey 😂 Why imagine - that's how they looked. But, apparently, other visitors have already eaten black caviar and sturgeon. You should wake up early - work isn't waiting!

[@michaeljhirz]

It was moderately popular in the USA at one time, called cafeteria style. There are some similar called buffet, however those are one price and all you can eat. Such a restaurant style requires rotation and if not popular they can waste a lot of food as it dies in trays. So, workers must be very responsible and keep the rotation to maintain quality and most cannot and most of these types of restaurant have long since closed, replaced with burger in a bag or just full service or carry out made to order, there are still some buffets and those do better because all you can eat attracts more traffic, not practical though because it feeds obesity and overeating is not healthy. Buying by the pound or by a serving is called cafeteria style and exist in schools or universities, hospitals too have this type of food service, its institutional.

[@primordialmeow7249]

Looks exactly like the hospital cafeteria where I work in the US. 😋

[@latinoheat300]

Man I miss these places. During my month in Russia I would not eat on one day and gorge on these canteens the second.

[@juanDE1703]

Very nice video

[@cruzergo]

There are many of this type of eateries called Carinderias in the Philippines.

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

I liked in the Philippines small businesses in barangays they had big variety of food 🍱

[@allsmiles3281]

Use to eat cheap and good like this in Thailand the canteens were outside.

[@hamburglar83]

Im Iranian and we call it salad oliveah…..we use chicken instead of salami/ham like in Europe. My father remarried to a Lithuanian and we were amazed to find completely different cuisines but had one dish that binded us. Her family preferred chicken (which is not common in Lithuania).

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

Ohh wow! Cool you also call it oliveah! The only other country I now know call it the same as us. 🇮🇷

[@Leatherkid01]

i would say, in the US and Canada that would be a buffet ....or Diners , but diners are still ala carte/served at the table

[@marthasimons7940]

We have places like this in Florida, USA until Covid hit. One served themselves. You paid one price to eat everything, from salad, soups, breads, pizza, vegetables, pasta, meats, desserts,. Drinks costs extra.

[@Javy_Valen_Tain]

Hi, are these available in Moscow?

[@nb12341000]

Yes. Many variates of canteens under different brands and of different types.

[@chhhhhris]

Apparently during the Stalin-era money was different. People were not paid hourly! Instead, workers were paid according to how effective at working they are, how much they produced [miners, farmers, teacher, etc]. _Money was not life's objective!_ Since healthcare, education was free! Rent and food very cheap. Money was not as necessary. ^^ According to Stalin's last book. Economic Problems of Socialism in USSR

[@wishuponastar3179]

Comrade Sergey, this is great for us to experience Soviet, Communist, Socialist way especially for capitalist westerners never experience before. Your pride and nationalism is refreshing because we are restrained and prohibited in west. 😶. I hope we see and learn more.

[@zippymufo9765]

Another weirdo Communist

[@rebelcolorist]

Hi Sergey!! It's been so long since I've seen your videos! This place reminds me of the Polish bar mleczny, or milk bar. In those, the current mode is table service, but you can still find a few that do cafeteria-style service. I will always love them, just because they are very good, and so cheap! My theory? The canteen is what killed Communism... Too much good cheap food... Makes people save rubles... Excess rubles lead to wanting to spend on decadence... capitalism! 😜👌 Loving you large here!! 🤩🤩🤩

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

Interesting theory about Soviet Communism collapse😁😂😉

[@sandyseibelhager7131]

Canteens remind me of buffets here in America but our buffets cost a lot more than that.

[@wishuponastar3179]

Will you bring back the Wolfman look?👍😍

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

Do you mean my hair and beard?)

[@wishuponastar3179]

@@CrazyRussianSergey everytime I look at Tsar Nicholas II it's like he's reincarnated if you look at yourself in the mirror. but yeah, nice to have hair to hold onto. Your beard looks smooth like a pussycat not spiky and rough. Now you have like Italian model Sergio look, no hair, no beard just organic & raw! You're fairly versatile. It's fun to experiment. Thanks for filming. It's fun.

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

@@wishuponastar3179 yeah. I think with the long beard I really look like him a bit! But now as my mom says I look like bEckhem as she calls him!

[@wishuponastar3179]

@@CrazyRussianSergey yeah if only Beckham had your deep Soviet Comrade Russian accent! no, Russian USSR Tsar Man better!

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

@@wishuponastar3179 да, Вы правы!

[@mariakyprianou6625]

Доброе утро сергеи я живу на кипре город никозия я обожаю вашу страну потому что я там училась я приеду чтобы кушать сало и икру моя душа осталась в москве

[@edwardchesser8133]

This looks like a military cafeteria in the USA........everything looks delicious .....some of the menu is the same as USA. but we forgot where it came from :) No, I do not refer to the katsup....

[@clamsr8565]

I clicked because of your thumbnail, I thought this was those guys who talk about china.😂

[@mickthurston9883]

Superb those canteens still exist. Please don’t tell Bald and bankrupt. He might have a VLOGasm. Mick London

[@iljaoblomov]

stolovajas are 5/5 i love them!

[@BargSlarg]

The price seems high for Russia, still looks better than fast food

[@edwardchesser8133]

The meal you had would be much more expensive in the USA .....even at a cafetoria

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

Ohh yeah. I saw it in movies. Also in US schools maybe similar but less choise

[@baron6379]

In the USA we have buffets. Some are Chinese food and some are American foods but these American food ones are dying out in the West and East coasts.

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

I will eat in those buffets in America. Hope they'll survive. I don't like to talk to waiters and wait and stuff. Just to eat fast normal food.

[@baron6379]

@@CrazyRussianSergey and they are ALL YOU CAN EAT. The Chinese ones often have crab legs and shrimp too

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

@@baron6379 yeah, but I hate Chinese food, even though I liked my time in China. I don't eat crab legs and shrimps too. Crab legs maybe are good, but I never tried them. So I won't go there just for these hah.

[@baron6379]

@@CrazyRussianSergey this is American Chinese food. It is very very different. It’s American style.

[@CrazyRussianSergey]

@@baron6379 will see. I'll check it when go there

[@martindrewelius2425]

The price of that meal is fair.

[@AnandRaj-ho8nn]

Please don't waste food Fun facts: most of the people waste pasta Even I hate pasta

[@SankhaMoulik]

So cafeteria system came from Soviets

[@taminowissing584]

Real soviets dont habe to Paypal for Thair food

[@Vlad_the_inhaler69]

I expected a lot more 1984 type shit lol