The article presents the author's digital project in the form of media text including linguistic and ethnocultural content designed for the advanced level foreign students who are actively interested in the Russian language, Russian everyday culture and Russian gastronomic culture. Due to the scientific literature analysis, meaningful and qualitative assessment of experimental data obtained from the group of Chinese students, the main characteristics of the digital educational environment as an effective Russian as a foreign language learning tool were determined. The foreign students’ intercultural communicative competence formation tool and interactive educational platform «Gourmet trip through the time» were considered. The content of the latter reflects the principle of the interconnected teaching of language and culture. The hypothesis on the effectiveness of its use in the educational process was advanced as well.