Kyrgyzstan Going Out
Food and Drink
Things to know: Restaurants in the capital tend to stop serving at 2200.
National specialities:
• Mutton is the staple meat, enlivened with Chinese influences.
• Shashlyk (skewered chunks of mutton barbecued over charcoal) and lipioshka (round unleavened bread) are often sold on street corners.
• Plov, rice fried with shredded turnip and scraps of mutton, served with bread, is a Central Asian staple.
• Laghman is a noodle soup with mutton and vegetables that was originally imported from Chinese Turkestan.
• Beshbarmak is noodles with shredded, boiled meat in bouillon. Around Lake Issyk-Kul, the noodles are sometimes served with jellied potato starch rather than meat.
National drinks:
• Black or green tea is the most popular drink.
• Koumys (fermented mares’ milk) is mildly alcoholic and can still be found in the countryside; refusing an offer of koumys may cause offence.
• Dzarma (fermented barley flour).
• Boso (fermented millet, resembling beer).
• Beer, vodka and local brandy are all widely available in restaurants.
Tipping: This is becoming more customary, especially in international hotels.
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