Farida — FoodNYC

in:Uncommon/underrated ethnic representations in the food scene in NYC?1 pts

replying to u/ThePreyingManta: I’ve only made it to a few of the places on my list, but the ones that have really stood out as unique: Bhutanese - The Weekender - Weird little place in Woodside, Queens, with a snooker hall in the back. The food was different from anything I’ve had but there were elements similar to Nepalese and Chinese cuisine that felt familiar. Cambodian - Bayon - Some similarities to Thai and Vietnamese with some completely unique dishes. I highly recommend the baked amok (Cambodian national dish of seafood cooked in eggs with a curry sauce). Central Asian - Farida - This place is a great restaurant to try food from a lot of different countries that you may not have had anything from before. The menu lists all items by which country they’re from. I focused mostly on Uzbek food when I went but they have food from a lot of countries in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Taiwanese - 886 - Really not all that different from some Chinese food I’ve had, but still really good, and there don’t seem to be many specifically Taiwanese restaurants in the city. Somali - Safari - Just found out about this place last week and haven’t made it there yet, but it seems to be the only Somali restaurant in the city. Reunion - Maloya - Another one I haven’t made it to yet, but my vote for most obscure cuisine in the city (maybe in competition with Koryo-Saram, which someone else mentioned). Reunion is a tiny French island in the Indian Ocean and the cuisine has influence from France, Africa, and Sout…

“I went there last year, and tbh, it was very disapointing. Service was attrociously slow. Food was _fine_ but waiting an hour just to get drinks was unforgivable.”

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