New world Uyghur Cuisine — Restaurant in New York

Fresh, tasty and very friendly! Love it ! Thank you! Uighur cuisine is the national cuisine of the Uighurs. It is distinguished by a variety of flour dishes and the use of a wide range of spices. An important place in the cuisine of the Uyghurs is occupied by vegetables. To prepare hot dishes, a cauldron is used, built into special ovens - ochak. Uighurs often cook noodles with meat and various seasonings - lagman, halvash, myanpyar, sumyan, etc. On holidays, dumplings are served in spicy meat broth - cheshchurya and manty, made from unleavened or sour dough with various steamed fillings in a special bowl - kaskan ( metal pressure cooker), jumbil (wooden pressure cooker). If you want to try the amazingly beautiful and authentic cuisine of one of the oldest peoples of Eastern Turkestan, then you are in the right direction. East Turkestan is the homeland of the Turkic-speaking Uighurs and other peoples of Central Asia. The territory of modern Xinjiang is inhabited mainly by peoples of Turkic and Mongolian origin, such as the Uighurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Uzbeks and Mongols, as well as...

This restaurant has been on my radar for awhile and I finally tried it out. Sadly, it was a off-putting experience. The restaurant is B-rated and you can see raw meat sitting out beyond extended periods of time, next to dirty rags, and other prepared food that should be refrigerated sitting out on top of appliances. I saw the man at the register use his hands to handle cash and then used those same unwashed hands to grab handfuls of noodles/other ingredients, and put it in to go containers then handing it to customers-including myself. Usually, I give places with lesser food ratings more of a chance but this clearly was gross and probably should receive a lower score. I ordered the samsa (which was missing in my order and I had to go back), the scallion beef, and the lamb skewers. The samsa felt like a boiled burger patty in dough, the scallion beef was watery and meat was a unpleasant texture, and the skewers lacked any char or flavor. I don't think I could give this a second chance because of what I saw regarding cleanliness and the cost also being too expensive for...

i've been here twice and loved it!

uyghur food is such a rare find in nyc and we were intrigued when we saw it in the new world mall food court. we got here around closing time during our first visit and unsurprisingly, they didn't have much food left. we went with the lamb pilaf as recommended by the staff and the last remaining samsa. the lamb pilaf came with a lamb shank that was super tender, flavorful, but not gamey (i reaaaaaaally dislike the gaminess of lamb). i took a few bites of the rice and it was pretty good too.

the real star was the samsa. it's a baked pastry with a mixture of lamb and beef filling. there's cumin in the seasoning and the flavor/texture of the samsa reminded me of the cumin lamb burger of xi'an famous foods, sans the veggies. soooo, if you like the cumin lamb burger from XFF, you will prolly like this too.

i got the same things during my second visit. lamb pilaf was kinda greasy but i did make two meals out of it. samsa was as good as the first time. the staff is super friendly and i'd definitely come back to try...