Minsk is a great city indeed. IT is pretty strong, many startups evolved recently (Wannaby, OneSoil, MSQRD (aq. by Facebook), Fabby (aq. by Google), PandaDoc)
Sorry for the meals - Belarusians love their potatoes. There are some 300+ dishes recorded in Belarus - that it came to be considered the core of the national cuisine.
P.S. Not quite related to the meals, but Belarus bans use of plastic plates in restaurants recently.
https://eng.belta.by/society/view/ban-on-single-use-plastic-...