Eating in Ulaanbaatar: Mid-range

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• American Ger'll, (right across the Peace Bridge on the right). Best American-style, thick crust pizza in town. The large pizza will feed 5-6 people for about US$20. They also have an extensive foreign menu, including good coffee drinks. You should get there early, because this place is a favorite among Mongolians and expats alike.

• Chez Bernard, (On Peace Ave, 1/2 block east of the State Department Store). In the past this cafe was very popular with backpackers. It closed and another restaurant replaced it for about 6 months. Now back in operation

• City Cafe, (across the street from Sukhbaatar Square). Great food and location, wonderful staff, good prices. If you want tasty and healthy Malaysian/Chinese food, this is the place to go.

• California Restaurant, (on Seoul Street not far from the State Department store). Extensive foreign and Mongolian menu. Beautifully decorated, this is one of the best restaurants in town. It's a bit small, but in the summer there is additional outside seating. Reservations are advised.

• El Latino Restaurant-Cafe! (Cristo Camilo), (On Peace ave., on th eastern side of State Department Store), ☎ 976-11-311051/976-99282459, www.samarmagictours.com/en_rest.htm. Daily 11AM-10PM. Mongolia's First Cuban-Latin American Restaurant-Cafe with a good selection of Latino and European style dishes including vegetarian food, fried bananas, Spanish omelettes and Huevos Rancheros, you can wash it down with expresso, wines and cocktails. $5-$7.

• Ko-hyang-shik-dang, (next to Metro Mall there is a BBQ chicken and facing that second restaurant on your left). Great Korean food. 6000 MNT ~ 7000 MNT.

• Millie's Espresso, (West side of the Choijin Lama Monastry), ☎ 330338. 8am-8pm. Good selection of American style cafe food with some vegetarian, excellent coffee, Free WiFi Brunch on Sunday 9 to 3 $10.
• Mongolian BBQ, (Sukhbaatar District, Seoul street – 9, in the right side of Ayanchin Outfitters). 12pm. The first US franchise restaurant and it offers a lively interactive and celebratory atmosphere. The food is cooked to a very high standard and works as an interactive buffet: diners select ingredients from an open buffet and give it to the grillers who cook it up on a Historical Mongolian Style grill and add a dash of one of the many, tasty chef’s own sauces. All ingredients are sourced locally and the menu reflects the franchise’s BD’s Mongolian Barbeque moniker. Its unlimited “Create Your Own Stir-fry”, features fresh vegetables, meats, sauces and spices.
• Nayra Cafe, 35-1 Tourist Street (2 blocks west of the Government House), ☎ 317098, www.nayracafe.mn. 8am. Good pizza and sandwiches, good coffee, Free WiFi, Under $6.
• Chinggis Club, Sukhbaatar St. 10 (On the street that passes on the west side of Sukhbaatar Square, from Sukhbaatar Square go north past the second traffic light, on your left about 40m north of the intersection.), www.chinggisbeer.mn/english/main.html. 10-24. Co-located with the Chinggis Brewery, German style cooking and beer. Their own locally brewed light and dark beer on tap. UDS10.
• Hishig Mongol 2 (Khshig Mongol 2), 10th District, 46th Building (On Peace Ave, several km west of the Department store, near the 3rd hospital), ☎ 70180585. A very good Mongolian Restaurant, no foreign language menu or staff, if you want to experience modern Mongolia cuisine this is the place. Roasted Sheep head, roasted ribs, buuz, dried meat soup. USD6 - 10.
• Budweiser Bar, (Across from the NW corner of Suhbaatar Square). Fish and chips, steak, English Breakfast USD6-10.

• Abdaranta Bulag, a stream in Dornod Aymag
• Altatin Toyrom, a marsh in Dornogovi Aymag
• Ara Tsagaan Hudag, a well in Dornod Aymag
• Bat Oldziy Bulag, a spring in Dornogovi Aymag
• Boro Tologoyn Nuur, a lake in Dornod Aymag
• Dzuun Modni Am, a ravine in Dornod Aymag

• www.samarmagictours.com/en_rest.htm
• www.nayracafe.mn
• www.chinggisbeer.mn/english/main.html