Dumplings.ru @ Maxwell Chamber – You Can Find Authentic Russian Cuisine In Singapore Too
9 May 2021 SOURCE: SG Food on Foot (blog)Food review from an invited tasting. Introduces Dumplings.ru at Maxwell Chambers, “brainchild of Russian owners Vadim Zoubovski and Alena Zubovska,” using family recipes over 100 years old sgfoodonfoot.com . Describes dishes: a Salad Sampler platter of beetroot, eggplant, spicy carrot, potato salads sgfoodonfoot.com ; hearty Ukrainian borscht soup sgfoodonfoot.com ; the signature 12-piece dumplings combo with various fillings (salmon, pork, lamb, beef, chicken, plus potato/cheese variants) sgfoodonfoot.com , noting the potato-based dumplings were surprisingly tasty. Also reviews the fried chebureki pastry (“Russian curry puff”) which was flavorful but greasy sgfoodonfoot.com , an excellent stuffed bell pepper and a multi-layered Medovik honey cake (called “marvellous”) sgfoodonfoot.com . Concludes that authentic Russian cuisine can indeed be found in Singapore. VIEW NOW
Double it and pass it on: Slavic restaurant Kapitan gives out 128 dumplings to migrant workers
Sep 2023 SOURCE: AsiaOne (Lifestyle)Human-interest piece on Kapitan’s TikTok-inspired goodwill stunt. Describes a one-minute video (posted Sept 17) where Mark Zubovskyy started with one dumpling and kept doubling the offer for strangers, ending up giving 128 dumplings to migrant workers. Netizens were touched, and Mark shared with AsiaOne that he “saw how [his] parents were struggling to manage the restaurant” asiaone.com , so he leveraged social media trends to promote the business while doing good. VIEW NOW
Bored of local food? Here are 8 places selling less common cuisines in Singapore
27 Mar 2025 SOURCE: AsiaOne (Lifestyle) Listicle of eateries offering uncommon cuisines. The Slavic entry highlights Kapitan at Maxwell Chambers as a family-run restaurant known for its “ang moh” dumplings with various fillings (salmon, beef, pork)asiaone.com. It also mentions other menu items like cheburek (a Crimean fried pastry) and Uzbek plov (“angmoh briyani”)asiaone.com, portraying Kapitan as a spot for homely Eastern European fare. VIEW NOW
Giving up university, working 12-hour days: Meet the Gen Zers keeping their families’ food dreams alive
29 Jun 2024 SOURCE: The Straits Times (Singapore) Feature story about young Singaporeans taking over family F&B businesses. It profiles 23-year-old Mark Zubovskyy, who dropped out of NTU to run Kapitan – a nautical-themed Slavic restaurant in Maxwell Chambers – full-time, learning the ropes to keep it afloatstraitstimes.comstraitstimes.com. Discusses the restaurant’s rebranding (Fusion Dumplings → Dumplings.ru → Borscht → Kapitan) amid challenges during Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war, and how Mark uses social media (TikTok) to attract customers. VIEW NOW