Where locals queue up: morning shashlik, samsa with fat-tail, gumma, shashlik in bran bread, whole fried fish, beshbarmak and night-time Chigatai.
🔥 Morning shashlik in KukchaA square grill with the cook in the middle and everyone sitting around it — the skewers land right in front of you.
Champion samsa with fat-tailBig and crispy, filled with meat, onion and a piece of fat-tail — the best samsa of old Tashkent.
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Gumma & khanum at AlgoritmThe tastiest gumma in Tashkent — if you have the time, it’s worth the trip.
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Shashlik in bran breadShashlik served like a hot dog in bran bread with a secret sauce — 6,000 to 10,000 sold a day.
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Whole fried fish at YallamaA small 500–600 g carp fried whole — so crispy you can crunch the bones.
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Beshbarmak by the Kazakh borderLamb, hand-rolled noodles and a rich broth — “tastier than in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan”.
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Chigatai night bazaarYou won’t get it until you try it: late-night shashlik, kalla-pocha and rich “collagen” dishes.
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Seoul MunThe city’s biggest food court: cuisines from almost every nation and an evening show.
Chorsu food courtThe food court inside the bazaar: hot bread, samsa, khanum and tea in one place.
Tashkent City Mall food courtCool, clean and quick — the easiest lunch on a hot day.
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Shawarma & non-kabobHot meat, flatbread and sauce — the tastiest snack on the go.
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Naryn — Tashkent’s own dishFinely cut noodles with horse-meat sausage — a true Tashkent breakfast.
BochkaA big food court near Charvak where Tashkent people come for mastava, shashlik and marinka fish.
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Sukok samsaThe famous samsa of a mountain village — Tashkent people drive to Parkent just for it.
Shashlik with a Charvak viewShashlik with a view over the lake — there’s no view like it anywhere else.