If you have not been to Uzbekistan then you are seriously missing out. Sure, the Silk Road cities are every bit as stunning as people say they are, but what really surprised me was just how bloody good the food was. Uzbekistan might well have the best cuisine in Central Asia, with influences from Persia,…
If you have not been to Kyrgyzstan then you are truly missing out. The people are great, the scenery is stunning, and there is more communist tack than you can shake a shitty stick at. And then there is Kyrghiz food. Kyrghiz food, or Kyrgyzstani cuisine, is bloody awesome! And despite what you might think,…
Kyrgyz food is basically an epic mix of Central Asian and Chinese foods, which means some fabulous fusion noodle dishes, such as Ashlyan-Fu. This is basically a cold noodle dish featuring hard wheat noodles, as well as strips of starch jelly in a sexy vinegar broth. And its not only cheap as hell, but one…
If you are squeamish about eating horse meat and drinking horse milk, then you should probably give Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia a miss. If though you have the moxie, then you should have a bash at beshbarmak. To cut a long story short, this is boiled horse meat laid atop big fat Chinese style noodles….
Every now and again there is a food so damned that I will do some serious travel to eat it. Thus today I traveled on a fast train for 2 hours a distance of 300 km to eat goats feet (麻辣羊蹄 (má là yáng tí)). Yep I shit you not I primarily did this journey…
While I have long known that India likes spicy things, never did I expect that this would extend to ice-cream. At Buza Scoopa in Gangtok it not only exists, it is bloody good. If you prefer something a bit more vanilla, pun very much intended, then you will be pleased to know that Buza Scoopa…
