Moscow’s love affair with haute cuisine is a well known fact. So when it comes to fine dining one can do no better than one of the Russian capital’s chef’s tables. Here are Moscow’s top five.

1. Nedalniy Vostok, dishes prepared by Glen Ballis, executive chef.

Formerly of Harrods of London, Glen Ballis was then invited to become the executive chef of Moscow’s restaurant Nedalniy Vostok which was designed by the same architects as Zumo in Knightsbridge.

Russia’s second richest man Mikhail Prokhorov is set to rename his NBA team the New Jersey Nets. Just what the new name will be remains a mystery for now, but the executive committee has already submitted the documents to move ahead with the renaming.

With the hottest summer for a millennium in Moscow, the Russian capital’s restaurateurs are having a hard time persuading Muscovites to dine on anything warmer than ice cubes. And that is understandable; abnormal temperatures soared to up to 104 degrees Fahrenheit when the heat wave covered the capital more then a month ago. The French Riviera is packed with Muscovites who feel disinclined to swap the beach-front terraces for a sweltering city with melting asphalt. So the Russian capital’s eateries are pulling out all the stops with some dazzling menu ideas.