Halushky are inverted dumplings – cubes of baked dough mixed with whatever is used as a filling in conventional dumplings. Come here to sample the famous Poltava variety, served with chicken meat or liver, as well as halushky's overseas cousins from as far as China and Italy. East Asian–influenced set-meal trays work neatly with this most Ukrainian of staples.
Halushky are essentially dumplings for lazy cooks. In one of Nikolai Gogol's short stories, they were rising from the plate and flying into the mouth of a Poltava Cossack character who couldn't be bothered to reach out for them with a spoon.
