Traditional Central Asian specialties on offer include kazan kebab, nigella seed-pocked samsa, a Tajik take on plov, and shorpo, a derivation of a sort of catchall term for stew stretching from ...

Tajik, Kyrgyz, and other Central Asian staples. The puffy, cheese-filled khachapuri topped with an egg yolk is a non-negotiable, as is the plov with beef so tender you could break off hunks with a ...