Borsh (5.50)Category: Bistro (££)The visit to the small restaurant Tamada in St. John’s Wood was my first encounter with Georgian cuisine.  Georgian, my lunch companion who has visited Georgia on many occasions told me, is one of the most interesting cuisines of all the states formerly comprising the USSR.  It is rich in vegetables and influenced by  Mediterranean, Europe and The Middle East.Some Russian friends recommended Tamada as  ”a cheap and wonderful little restaurant serving the best Georgian cuisine in London”.  I don’t have much comparison,  but sadly I felt the food was, even though nice, a long way from being excellent and we paid 35 pounds for 4 starters (also called “Georgian Tapas”), a small portion of bread and a bottle of sparkling water.  Not exactly cheap…The Georgian House Salad (6.50) was the clear winner.  If all dishes had been on this level, I would be a daily visitor of Tamada.  Very simple, fresh and full of flavours, this salad consisted of only tomatoes, cucumber, spring onions and red pepper which were dressed with the most amazing walnut based sauce.  Heavenly. (and I usually don’t even eat peppers!)I’m a sucker for the famous Russian beetroot based soup borscht,

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