The enchanting St. Petersburg, with its numerous canals and islands, white nights and architectural monuments has always been a city surrounded by myth and legend. It exudes a certain mystical force that has helped to attract both art and people to the area, writers and poets of whom have proved some of the most important. In the 19th century St. Petersburg was the home to writers now known all over the world including Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and many others. When meeting to discuss their work, these literary figures didn’t meet only in fashionable salons, but in what were dubbed “literary cafes.” One such meeting place was Nevsky Prospect’s Wolfe and Beranger Confectionary, which opened in 1816 and closed for good in the middle of the 19th century. After the confectionary shut down, the building hosted several other establishments including the restaurant that has been there for the past 20 years – The Literary Café. RTG TV host Maria Mumicheva visited this historical building where she discovered some of the café’s culinary traditions, learned about the famous writers’ favourite dishes and even got to prepare one of them.