The restaurant specializes in potato pancakes, brisket of beef, Hungarian goulash and deli sandwiches for $5.45.

The menu currently includes slow-braised Hungarian beef goulash; and caramel strudel with Italian plums.

Hungarian beef goulash brought fatless chunks of meat, sweet onions and excellent paprika - a simple but winning effort.

Other Polish favorites included beef goulash, sausage, and pirogi.

Not quite German but near enough was that middle-European favorite, beef goulash.

The meal started with Ukrainian borscht, moved on to a hearty beef goulash, with ponchiki cookies for dessert.

With sudden resolve she began to prepare a beef goulash for dinner.

By comparison, a meal at a cafeteria nearby - cabbage salad, beef goulash, mashed potatoes, fruit and tea - was 20 rubles.

A busy burger ($9.95), with cheese, onions, mushrooms and bacon, and rich beef goulash ($11.95) are much better.

Roast goose ($15.50) and beef goulash ($13.50) are both excellent main dishes.