Highlights of Uzbekistan – 14 Days of Meat, records, and Hospitality

Uzbekistan in principal Asia is home to an enchanting land of Silk street records, big quantities of meals, and a coronary heart-warming way of life of hospitality.

I had the privilege to journey to Uzbekistan with the Ministry of Tourism (thanks Bekruz!), mastering about their gigantic records, and experiencing Uzbek food and culture to the fullest.

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

word: this does not encompass each meal and detail about my journey to Uzbekistan, however it’s the main highlights, the top food and reviews I had at some point of my trip.

From Bangkok we flew to Tashkent, the capital and biggest town of Uzbekistan. Tashkent is an ex-Soviet metropolis in crucial Asia with a records of destruction and re-building more than one instances, from each foreign conquerors and earthquakes.

i was straight away surprised how clean, inexperienced, and spacious Tashkent is.

all through our time in Tashkent, we stayed at Wyndham Tashkent inn, a pleasing base, and their breakfast was extremely good.

Chorsu Bazaar

Chorsu Bazaar, the large conventional Uzbek marketplace, is one of the great locations to immerse yourself into the subculture of Tashkent.

It’s a feast for the eyes of fresh meat, spices, end result and veggies, and the whole thing else produced in Uzbekistan.

The dome shape of the market is iconic, and strikes a chord in my memory of a stock trade floor, a museum of a market.

in the food court docket segment of Chorsu Bazaar you’ll find an array of equipped-made meals to devour.

The girl in this image has been making these dumplings for over 25 years. She makes use of a noodle like wrapper, stuffs them with thinly julienne potato, then smothers them in tart tomato sauce.

Plov center

Plov (pilau) is the most loved food of Uzbekistan, a aggregate of rice, meat, commonly carrots, oil, and seasonings.

every metropolis in Uzbekistan has their very own model, and as Bekruz informed me, in Uzbekistan, “plov is love.”

In Tashkent, the place to go for plov is the Plov center, an opera residence like restaurant that prepares 1,500 pounds of plov per day… and sells out in a pair hours!

A delicacy in Tashkent

Naryn is a famous dish in Tashkent. Made with very skinny slices of raw dough, its then hand-mixed with minced meat. additionally which include spices like cumin and pepper, its in the end crowned via a couple slices of qazi, horse meat sausage.

I thought it become one of the extra particular dishes of Uzbekistan.

full of records

Tashkent is an high-quality metropolis to stroll around, so green and smooth, with massive wide open spaces and sidewalks.

one of the landmarks is the statue of Amir Temur, one of the best conquerors of critical Asia.

in the back of, the enduring motel Uzbekistan, a remnant of Soviet architecture.

Uzbek Somsa

I don’t think I went a single day, at some point of my complete ride to Uzbekistan, with out eating at least one or some somsa (or samosa).

This pocket of dough full of mutton and spices is the most not unusual snack or mild meal in Uzbekistan and throughout relevant Asia.