Kashkar Cafe

"16th on The Infatuation Top 25 2025 Living in NYC is expensive, and sometimes exhausting. When you need a reminder of why you love it anyway, head to Kashkar Cafe. Steps from the ocean in Brighton Beach, this Uyghur-Uzbek restaurant serves life-affirming, lamb-centric food, in a curtained space that feels like a refuge. Even the fluorescent lighting is oddly comforting. Eat some reassuringly soft hand-pulled noodles, fried to the slightest char, a plate of petite dumplings in a fat-accented broth that could probably cure the plague, and kebabs that have us looking up synonyms for the word “succulent.” Bring cash, and a group so you can order as much as possible. The scent of smoky meat will keep you company for hours after—a souvenir of one of the best meals you’ve had in recent memory."

@nchavotier

"ig reels reccomended uyghur place"

@sabram

"The fried lamb bao style dumpling is incredible. Get noodles. Don’t sleep on the kebab, the ground lamb one is great"

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"Infatuation 2024 best restaurants"

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"Uyghur restaurant - try juvova, khushang, bosu lagman"

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"Uyghur food. Lagman noodles. "

@michaelwsherman

"Tea, manty, pickle plate, noodle dishes"

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"24.Dec.2020: lamb and noodle and manty with Nicole and Steve stupid good, manty had too many onions for me, but they were delicious"

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"Order: geiro lagman (noodles with lamb and peppers), manti (small lamb dumplings), samsas (meat pastries)."

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"Geiro legman, manti, samsas "

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"“I’m crushing hard on Café Kashkar lately, especially as we head into cooler weather. Their Uyghur offerings like mantys (spiced meat dumpli"

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"Recommended by Ben from food meet-up "

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"Geiro lagman, manti, samsas "

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" Bon appetit to try, Uzbek"

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"consideted best restaurant. try different appetizers, but the best Manti"

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"Uzbek food! Hand pulled noodles, lamb, dumplings "

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"cuisine ouzbeke et ouïghoure"

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"Uyghur- geiro lagman noodles. Manty dumplings"

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"Geiro lagman (noodles lamb & peppers), manti, samsa, sig. dishes gusht nan-flatbread meat & onion baked in a pan, dapanji-big plate chicken "

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"Recommended from someone on my twitter feed who would know this place is great "

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