![]() Ring-shaped pyshki, Saint Petersburg | |
Type | doughnut |
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Pyshka or ponchik (Russian: пышка, pl. pyshki пышки; пончик, pl. ponchiki пончики) is a Russian variety of doughnut.
Pyshki are either ring-shaped or without a hole.
In Saint Petersburg and Novosibirsk, the dish is called "pyshka" and the cafe is called "pyshechnaya". In Moscow, it is called "ponchik", the doughnut eatery is called "ponchikovaya".[1][2][3]
Pyshechnaya, Bolshaya Konushennaya Street, Saint Petersburg, founded in the 1960s[4]
Novosibirsk Pyshechnaya, Leninsky City District, opened in the mid-twentieth century[3]