Russian pancake served with caviar and sour cream

Usage examples of blini.

While the Admiral of the Fleet munched away on a blini, and the Deputy Secretary bit into a tongue sandwich, Igor went to work on a helping of herring.

As soon as he was seated, a waiter brought several trays of zakuski, Russian appetizers: pickled beef tongue with horseradish sauce, red and black caviar and blini, mushrooms in aspic, pickled vegetables, herring.

Pendergast raised his eyebrows, then carefully placed a blini back on his plate.