Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping took a break from meetings on Tuesday to show off their cooking skills.
While attending an economic forum in the far eastern port of Vladivostok, Russia, Putin and Xi donned blue aprons to cook up some traditional Russian pancakes, called blini.
After making a short stack, the pair ate their blini topped with caviar and washed it down with shots of vodka. See the photos for yourself:
The two world leaders whipped up pancakes at the Eastern Economic Forum on Tuesday. Both countries are notorious for spreading positive propaganda about their leaders.
Source: New York Post
While caviar is most commonly associated with Russian cuisine, China has actually become the world's largest producer of the expensive fish eggs.
Sources: Bloomberg, Caviar Star
In fact, Xi's first foreign trip was to visit Russia in March of 2013. Two years later, Xi and his wife were guests of honor at the Moscow Victory Day Parade.
Sources: The New York Times, AP
Source: Washington Post
Alexander Gabuev, chairman of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center think tank, told the Washington Post that Xi and Putin are "trying to signal" that "if the United States pushes too far, we are going to move closer to each other."
Source: Washington Post
