kyrgyz nummies in the states?

Hey yall chillin' back in the states! I be representin' the `stan up in dis piece!

So anyway...

There's a Kyrgyz Restaurant in New York! I know! Isn't that cool? If you live in the big apple (or the "chong alma" as I like to call it), hey Aliza! I know you're out there! This means you!, or are visiting there and want some grade A+ (okay, maybe A-) food, go there. I'll figure out what it's called so you can find it. Something like more shells on the beach or beanie babies in a kid's room or something like that.

The reason that I say A- is that Kyrgyz food isn't the best food out there. Very potatoey, noodley, greasy, fatty, and boney. I guess that's why there's only one restaurant in all the states. That must be why there are about a billion Japanese & Indian restaurants in the states. Because their food is good! Kyrgyz food is "eptep septep" or "yeah, I've had better."

If you do go to said restaurant, I reccommend the Lagman most of all. Lagman is a soup w/ fun noodles and very little meat in it. Why do I talk about "very little" meat? Because in Kyrgystan 80% of the meat has fat on it and 15% of that 80% is the fat that feels like eating little rocks when you eat it. But don't be afraid. If you don't want meat just say "men et jebeim" which means "I don't eat meat." The besh barmak and monte (askabak is the best kind) are "national dishes" and they're pretty good. Stuff with fish (baluk) in it is suprisingly good supposing we're a landlocked country. Steer clear of ordering the haladets though! My god! If you want something that tastes like the most un-food-like food ever, hey man, they're your taste buds! I had this stuff in Ak-Beshim and it was the closest I've ever come to barfing eating somthing called "food." Imagine goose-bone jello. Yummy-Yummy!

I'm sorry to do all this bashing on Kyrgyz food. Hey, I'm still here! The food hasn't scared me away yet! Haven't gotten a goose pectoralis-major bone (hey, I'm not an anatomist, gimme a break) stuck in my throat or some strange kind of fat poisioning! Just look at it this way: you'll be getting to experience some of the exceptional culinary experiences I have every day @ the Restaurant Issyk-Kul*! Just tell 'em Talibek sent ya!




http://kyrgyzinfo.kg/eng/?art=1090233229 <--- a web page telling about the restaurant

* hey! that's where I am! There's one on both halves of the world!

Phrases to impress restaurant kishiler:
salamatsysby: hello
jakshi: good!
menin atym (your name here): my name is (your name here)
sizdin atynz kim?: what you be called cat daddy-o?
jegile! jegile!: Eat! Eat!
chi ich sem bolobu?: May I have more tea please?