Or do you need me to go and make sure it’s legit first? Spent grade school years in Uzbekistan
Zira = Cumin.
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Nice menu.
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Address: 7422 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046
Phone: (213) 332-4086
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Looks legit and cute interior. One of these days…
On the list with Saqartvelo
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You probably know this, but Uzbek and Georgian cuisines are very different.
Yes but similar in that they are cuisines from former soviet countries that are underrepresented here (Tashkent in the valley is the only semi-Uzbek place I’ve seen and haven’t seen any true Georgian places) and I am very happy to see both of them
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My SO and I went the other day. I definitely tasted the cumin for a while afterwards but it actually wasn’t super prominent in the meal (navruz salad, plov with beef, dolmas, Stroganoff). Huge fan of the dolmas. I admit I am used to thinking of them as something of a cold-case afterthought, so these hot ones really changed my perspective. Plov is certainly rice-focused; there’s not much meat but I dug it anyway. The place was really filling up by the time we left (5:00 PM on a Saturday), which was nice to see.
Is this where Ta-Eem used to be?
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Yes, sounds like youre the right person to go/report back!
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Yes it looks like the old ta-eem spot RIP!
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I know nothing about this cuisine. Are there certain fundamental dishes that I should be ordering?
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Yeah same boat here. @Nemroz could you guide us in case anyone can pop by before you make it over?
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How was the Stroganoff? It’s one of the main reasons I added to our list.
–Dommy!
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I didn’t try it since I wasn’t in the mood for creamy stuff. But my partner said that the noodles were very similar in texture to the dan-style noodles from Woon (a positive). She mentioned that the meat was on the fatty side but that this complemented the noodle texture and general richness of the dish. I was glad we had the vinegary eggplant and bell peppers of the navruz for balance.
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Plov.
My first visit i’d definitely have to try the plov (rice)… their baked flat breads that we called lepeshka… lagman is noodles. if they have the lamb pies called Samsa i’d always have that. . i cant speak to anything until i go there. uzbek cuisine is as similar to georgian as their language and music.. but i get why you said what you said. we were one
hot dolma, especially the grape variety is a huge armenian thing. one of the finest things in in life.. sadly my guts cant’ take more than 3 or 4..
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Plov (aka pilaf, rice, meat, other stuff)
Shashlik (shish kabob)
Samsa (meat pie)
Lagman (noodles)
but if and when I go, I’ve got my eyes on stuff like the bukhara, chosu honum, their soups, and the suzma, because I don’t think I’ve seen those around here
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same.. i want all the weird stuff that i forgot about or never knew.. definitely dont need their kabobs.. though i’m sure they do lamb right.
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