The Daily Life

Bazaar worker

Plating and running food

Seamstress

We purchased some material in the bazaar.  There was a seamstress who helped us sew the material into tablecloths. We also spotted some nice dress work on a wall.

Chainik and Pialas

We’ve been drinking lots of tea. I caught a good image of our tea pots. One of the most difficult things to find here were local fabricated materials. Since we’re in close proximity to China most everything is made and sent here via modern caravan (car and truck) to Kyrgyzstan.  We looked everywhere to find some plates but the only kind we found were from Uzbekistan.  We wanted to get some made just for the project but we found out that they wouldn’t be made in time because of the border being closed between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

Bread

Here’s an interesting little bread we found during our project. We really did like them for the aesthetic alone. These breads were quite unique from the other breads because they had a hole in the middle. The texture of the bread was harder and more sour than any of the breads we had tasted before. At first we wanted to use these for our hamburger buns but they proved to be inappropriate when we tasted them.–Daniel

We are open !

We are busy with customers…….more as soon as we can.

Laghman with Meatballs/Marco Polo Pasta

This is of one of our dishes that uses western and eastern recipes. Laghman is a noodle dish common in Central Asia. This dish uses meatballs and tomato sauce instead of the local laghman sauce.  By adapting our recipes we were able to make our menus readable to the local context. There is a subtle irony to this recipe that we all quite liked.

Tandor Ovens and Samsa

I took some nice images of a tandor oven with samsa (Samosa) or large dumplings. They are baked crispy on the outside and are often prepared with meat and onions inside. I noticed that the local version of samsa common with many of the street side vendors here are very large. These samsa should be eaten with a fork on a plate because they ooze with hot fat and broth that could very well burn you.

The Bazaar