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While none of Sofia's restaurants could be classed as truly outstanding, you'll at least find a greater choice than anywhere else in the country. Mainstream restaurants aiming at modern European cuisine tend to be disappointing, and you would be better off sticking to the increasing number of establishments rediscovering the virtues of
traditional Bulgarian cooking
. Many of these restaurants feature live music - usually an inoffensive mixture of folk and international easy-listening. There's also a number of
foreign-cuisine
restaurants which, although few would pass muster in their homelands, add to the variety. Decent, inexpensive Chinese restaurants are thick on the ground, especially in the streets just west of the centre around the Zhenski pazar. Summer brings out the best in the city, when places with outdoor seating remain packed well into the evening.
For a quick daytime bite, the many fast-food joints around the Banya Bashi Mosque and along bul. Vitosha serve kyofteta, kebapcheta and other indigenous dishes. You'll find a bigger choice of snacks and light meals in the city's cafAŠs, most of which serve light lunches and an appetising range of sweets.
The
market
on ul. Graf Ignatiev, alongside the Svet Sedmochislentsi church, is the handiest place to pick up fresh fruit and veg. Well-stocked supermarkets include Oazis, in the basement of the Tzum shopping mall (Mon-Fri 8.30am-8.30pm, Sat 8.30am-7.30pm); and Billa, at ul. Sofiiski Geroi 4 and bul. BA?lgariya 55 (Mon-Sat 8am-9pm, Sun 9am-5pm). Other useful information
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Bulgaria,
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