Pyshka

Ring-shaped pyshki, Saint Petersburg

Type| doughnut

Pyshka or ponchik (Russian: пышка, pl. pyshki пышки; пончик, pl. ponchiki пончики) is a Russian variety of doughnut.

## Contents

* 1 Types
* 2 Regional name variations
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Types[edit]

Pyshki are either ring-shaped or without a hole.

* Pyshki without a hole, Novosibirsk pyshki cafe

## Regional name variations[edit]

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]

## References[edit]

1. ^ 6 places to try legendary Soviet donuts in Moscow. Russia Beyond.
2. ^ Pyshki with cognac. NGS. Пышки с коньяком. НГС
3. ^ a b Pyshka, I know you: the taste of soviet childhood. NGS. Пышка, я тебя знаю: вкус советского детства. НГС.
4. ^ NTV.

## External links[edit]

* Searching for signs of the Soviets in St Petersburg. The Guardian.

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