{"id":9581,"date":"2025-02-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=9581"},"modified":"2025-02-02T10:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T16:54:10","slug":"touch-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=9581","title":{"rendered":"Touch of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TouchIt’s easy to miss Touch of Ukraine<\/a> when you’re driving on E. Washington Avenue, as it’s tucked away in the Union Corners development, but it’s worth a detour.<\/p>\n

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The bright and roomy space was once the home of a brewery and now is decked out in blue and white. The menu features many dishes that would please an American palate.<\/p>\n

For example, the Chicken Baked Ukrainian Style ($17) consisted of tender, thin chicken buried in Swiss, cheddar and mayo. It was quite tasty, and I am surprised this dish–or at least a version of it–is not on more menus, especially in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

I also loved the Holubtsi ($18). The cabbage rolls were tightly rolled (unlike most cabbage rolls) and packed with a wonderful mix of ground beef, rice and tomatoes.<\/p>\n

\"TouchOther entrees include the Ukrainian delicacy pork ($18), which is a pork loin covered in cheese, and Chicken Kyiv ($18), which is chicken stuffed with butter.\u00a0All the entrees come with your choice of potato, and you can’t go wrong with either the roasted potatoes or the mashed potatoes.<\/p>\n

Among the appetizers, you’ll find a nice array of native dishes, including varenyky ($8 for 10), which are dumplings filled with potatoes, and various mlyntsis ($5-$6 for two), which are crepes. For the less adventurous eaters, you can order the fried cheese curds ($8), which I thought were average.<\/p>\n

Friday means fish fry, too, at Touch of Ukraine, with your choice of parmesan-crusted\u00a0whitefish ($20) or glazed salmon ($19). I got the fish soup ($5), which warmed me up on a cold day. It had chunks of salmon, cod, potatoes and an egg, but the predominant flavor was dill.<\/p>\n

Touch of Ukraine is open for dinner Tuesday-Saturday and lunch Friday-Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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