There was a time, 10 years ago, say, when I could have told you where to find good Uzbek manti, adorable boiled gyoza, fist-sized Georgian khinkali and everything in between. But for simple ...

Kavurma lagman with chicken and vegetables. Olot samsa. Lamb and chicken shashlik. Uzbek breads. Steamed manti. Tashkent salad.

The manti with squash, or Uzbek-stuffed dumplings, has cubed squash throughout the soft dumpling dough, and is best paired with an herbed yogurt sauce, which is conveniently heaped in the center ...

Another popular Uzbek dish is manti, which is a large steamed dumpling filled with spiced minced meat and onions. They are usually accompanied by sour cream or a garlic-infused yoghurt sauce. Soups ...

While Dastarkhan was likely the first restaurant to introduce manti — a type of boiled, savory dumpling popular in countries that once surrounded the Silk Road, from Uzbekistan to Turkey — to ...

Uzbekistan has a large Uyghur community ... I’d choose the former over the latter, but I would take the manti over both in a heartbeat. Like the lagman, the dough is made in house and encases ...