Cafe Lily
{{Short description|Korean Uzbeki restaurant in Brooklyn, New York}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox restaurant
|website={{URL|http://www.cafelilybrooklyn.com/}}
|name=Cafe Lily
|established={{Start date|2015}}
|street-address=42 Avenue O
|city=Brooklyn
|state=New York
|country=United States
|coordinates={{Coord|40.610140|-73.983605|display=inline,title}}
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|image=Cafe Lily 01.jpg|image_caption=Storefront (2024)}}
Cafe Lily is a Korean Uzbeki restaurant in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, New York, United States.{{Cite news |last=Mishan |first=Ligaya |date=2017-02-16 |title=At Cafe Lily, the Korean-Uzbek Menu Evokes a Past Exodus |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/dining/cafe-lily-review-bensonhurst-korean-uzbek.html |access-date=2023-10-07 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Kang |first=Matthew |date=2017-09-19 |title=Watch: A Korean-Uzbek Restaurant Offers the Best of Two Worlds |url=https://www.eater.com/video/2017/9/19/16334238/korean-uzbekistan-food-cafe-lily-nyc-ktown-video |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Eater |language=en}} It opened in 2015.
The restaurant serves Uzbek, Koryo-saram cuisine, and Russian cuisine.{{Cite web |last=Silberstein |first=Rachel |date=2015-07-29 |title=Cafe Lily, Bensonhurst's Second Uzbek-Russian-Korean Restaurant, Opens On Avenue O |url=https://bklyner.com/cafe-lily-neighborhoods-second-uzbek-russian-korean-restaurant-opens-on-ave-o-bensonhurst/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Bklyner |language=en}}
Description
For Uzbek cuisine, dishes like manti, kebabs, and plov (pilaf) are served.
For Koryo-saram cuisine, dishes like morkovcha (a Koryo-saram carrot-based variant of kimchi), kuksu (loosely similar to janchi-guksu), and u-kadya are served. There is also khe (based on hoe, similar to sashimi), begodya (similar to jjinbbangmandu, dumplings), and sundya (similar to sundae, blood sausages).
= Background =
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.{{Cite web |last=Wharton |first=Rachel |date=2016-03-29 |title=Eating along the N line: Diverse dining options in Bensonhurst include Korean and Russian food |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2016/03/29/eating-along-the-n-line-diverse-dining-options-in-bensonhurst-include-korean-and-russian-food/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=New York Daily News |language=en-US}} The restaurant is also run by Tyan's son, Dmitry Pyagay.
See also
- All Nations Baptist Church – a church for Koryo-saram also in Brooklyn
References
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External links
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{{Restaurants in Brooklyn, New York}}
Category:2015 establishments in New York City
Category:Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Category:Korean restaurants in New York City
Category:Restaurants established in 2015
Category:Asian restaurants in Brooklyn