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In my last post I told you how we flew to Kazakhstan from Thailand and got caught in the spring snow. Today we decided to visit the national cuisine restaurant NAVAT. This is a place we visit every time we are in Almaty. It attracts us not only with its delicious Kazakh dishes, but also with its stunning interiors, made in the national style.
Kazakhstan has many delicious traditional dishes that are worth trying. Here are some of the most popular:
Beshbarmak - is the main Kazakh dish, which is boiled meat (lamb, horse meat or beef) with noodles, served with broth.
Kazy - is horse meat cooked in the form of sausage, popular among locals.
Kuyrdak - is fried meat offal with potatoes and onions.
Shurpa - is a rich meat soup with vegetables.
Baursaks - are traditional deep-fried pieces of dough, served as bread or dessert.
Lagman - is a dish with stretchy noodles, meat and vegetables, which came to Kazakh cuisine from the Uyghurs.
Kumiss - is a fermented milk drink made from mare's milk.
Shubat - is an analogue of kumis, but made from camel milk, with a thicker consistency.
Although we miss Russian cuisine, we always give preference to Kazakh and Uzbek cuisines when we travel in this region. However, today we will talk not only about food - I want to show you the interiors of this wonderful place.
The main entrance of the restaurant immediately makes it clear that its owners love traditions. On the way, I took a photo of the summer terrace, but on this day it was empty due to the cool weather.
A girl in a national costume met us at the entrance and, apologizing, said that all the seats were taken.
However, she promised to find a table for us, and a few minutes later we were already comfortably settled in the hall. We ordered a lot of dishes that we had long missed, and while we were waiting for the order, I took pictures.
Look at these luxurious lamps and handmade carpets - it was as if we were in an oriental fairy tale!
In one of the corners, I noticed interesting national decorations. Were they decorative elements or could they be purchased? I still haven't figured it out, but they looked amazing.
Photos of the dishes may appear in one of the next posts, and our dinner ended with a fragrant dessert - chak-chak with honey - and ginger-raspberry tea.
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Something I really love from this part of the world is that rug/pattern culture. The colours are really beautiful, and some of the designs reach deep into the nation's tradition and culture with certain symbols. I haven't seen so many of them in Georgia, though the rug culture is sometimes seen when people clean them on the side of their balconies. Armenia really loves that rug/pattern culture though, it's everywhere.
I actually went to an exhibition on Armenian rugs in Yerevan last year, they had some really old ones. Very cool to see their contexts and the history of how they're handmade.
Yes, I also like Asian culture - if you have not been to Uzbekistan, then you should definitely visit this country. I was in Kazakhstan for 2 days and Uzbekistan can be easily reached by train, but this time I did not have enough time. I saw your posts from Georgia and I even know that you have a drone) - do you live there permanently or is this your temporary stay in Tbilisi?
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I haven't been to Uzbekistan yet, I'd like to go though. The former Soviet republics are really fascinating to me, especially from an architecture perspective. I'd love to visit Kazakhstan as well at some point, I can be there for 30 days without a visa.
I'm actually planning to leave Georgia and move back to Armenia next month. Georgia isn't my place. I love the nature, I love the previous culture and the architecture, but the mentality of the people is honestly a nightmare, and the quality of life here is honestly shocking sometimes. Just yesterday there was a report on how the largest milk producer in the country had been feeding its cows (paid for) chicken shit, and then additional tests after this lawsuit had concluded revealed new results that showed they'd been feeding the cows fungi. This is the company that most other companies rely on here for dairy. There's just no order here in the slightest, and despite the development of Tbilisi and Batumi, there isn't really anything to do. Armenia despite being more troubled and significantly smaller is in better order.
I spent 8 months in Armenia before coming to Georgia and I think in total it has been almost a year here in Tbilisi. The longer I stay here, the more I realise it's not worth it. I don't have residency here, I have a British passport so I can be here for a year without a visa and it's fairly easy to just exit for a few days and re-enter, the same applies with Armenia but it's 6 months without a visa. Really looking forward to going back there though, it certainly has a few issues but I love the people, the culture, and the way of life. Yerevan is a dream with all it offers. A small city but with plenty to do, less noise and dangerous roads.
I came to Georgia via train, I loved that experience, the landscapes that we passed were stunning. I had never seen anything like it. And with all the old Soviet towns and the buildings that were just tucked away in the middle of nowhere. I wouldn't have seen any of it had I taken the usual bus route. I really want to have more train rides like those in the future. It was like a tour through the past.
This is useful information for me - thanks for the detailed comment - it was educational. Kazakhstan is of course good but in first place for me is Uzbekistan, you just can't imagine what delicious food there is and many very ancient monuments especially in Samarkand and Bukhara. I think 3 years ago I was there last time. If you scroll through my feed you will find 3-4 posts about a trip to Uzbekistan.
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Yeah I wouldn't really bother coming here, especially if you're Russian. Georgians are oddly rude to each other, but more so to foreigners. They also cut the visa free stay for Ukrainians the other day from 3 years to 1. It's as if they're trying to burn every bridge with every potential partner they have/had. Doesn't matter where you're from or who you are.
This gave me some flashbacks to Armenia. I can't wait to have Armenian food again. I miss lavash! And all the pickled things imaginable. Also Lahmajo! I put on so much weight when I was there, it was impossible to not. Though moving back there I've told myself I'll avoid such temptations a bit more and also start attending a gym/swimming pool. :^)
I'll try to find those posts of yours a little later.
You hit the nail on the head) - in Uzbekistan in 10 days I gained 7 kilograms. Everything is delicious, but very high in calories! If you still decide to go to Uzbekistan, then I advise you to go in September. This is the best time, it is not so hot (in summer it can be up to +46) and all the fruits and vegetables are ripe. The prices for all this become ridiculous and you will enjoy the food, nature and architecture to your heart's content!
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The sun doesn't bother me that much. In Tbilisi it's a very humid environment and everything is hot but feels damp. In Yerevan it's a desert environment, it's insanely dry. I don't know how I managed to tolerate it. I didn't even get any sunburn. They only recently started to plant more trees around the city which is good, but when I first arrived and the sun came out it was like being slowly roasted. So you can imagine how it is to be outside of the city where it's just a seemingly endless landscape of rock and dust.
In some parts of Armenia it's such a dry environment that it's highly conductive. I get electric shocks indoors just touching anything. :^)
The storms there are incredible though, I loved that. Such heavy rains and the loudest thunder I've ever heard, and last year it lasted for about two weeks; it was incredibly cozy spending that time indoors with the windows open, or walking around Yerevan under the rain. It hasn't rained nor stormed much in the past year of being in Tbilisi oddly.
Unbelievable photo shoot. You have so many amazing shorts here, it's hard to choose. Congrats!
Thank you 🙏 - why are you being downvoted ?
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Me and so many others. It's ok, just deranged people looking for attention.
I (and not only me) have been downvoted by Ukrainians for the last week because I am Russian - it's stupid, but they devalue people's work, but we have no way to combat such behavior - maybe in the future the system will have more fair methods of expressing your dissatisfaction. 😎
Downvotes have their purpose and it's good to use them in case there is abuse, but downvoting someone based on their nationality is sheer stupid.
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