Cafe Lily
| Cafe Lily | |
|---|---|
 Storefront (2024) | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 2015 |
| Street address | 42 Avenue O |
| City | Brooklyn |
| State | New York |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°36′37″N 73°59′01″W / 40.610140°N 73.983605°W |
| Website | www |
Cafe Lily is a Korean Uzbeki restaurant in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, New York, United States.[1][2] It opened in 2015.[3]
The restaurant serves Uzbek, Koryo-saram cuisine, and Russian cuisine.[1][2][3]
Description
[edit]For Uzbek cuisine, dishes like manti, kebabs, and plov (pilaf) are served.[1]
For Koryo-saram cuisine, dishes like morkovcha (a Koryo-saram carrot-based variant of kimchi), kuksu (loosely similar to janchi-guksu),[1] and u-kadya are served.[4] There is also khe (based on hoe, similar to sashimi), begodya (similar to jjinbbangmandu, dumplings), and sundya (similar to sundae, blood sausages).[1][3]
Background
[edit]The restaurant is run by Uzbekistanis from a population of Koreans from the former Soviet Union called Koryo-saram. Chef Lilia Tyan grew up in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Her ancestors were Koreans who lived in Eastern Russia, until they were forced to migrate to Central Asia in 1937.[1][4] The restaurant is also run by Tyan's son, Dmitry Pyagay.[4]
See also
[edit]- All Nations Baptist Church – a church for Koryo-saram also in Brooklyn
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Mishan, Ligaya (February 16, 2017). "At Cafe Lily, the Korean-Uzbek Menu Evokes a Past Exodus". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
- ^ a b Kang, Matthew (September 19, 2017). "Watch: A Korean-Uzbek Restaurant Offers the Best of Two Worlds". Eater. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
- ^ a b c Silberstein, Rachel (July 29, 2015). "Cafe Lily, Bensonhurst's Second Uzbek-Russian-Korean Restaurant, Opens On Avenue O". Bklyner. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
- ^ a b c Wharton, Rachel (March 29, 2016). "Eating along the N line: Diverse dining options in Bensonhurst include Korean and Russian food". New York Daily News. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
External links
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Media related to Cafe Lily at Wikimedia Commons