Mannam — Restaurant in Tashkent

🇺🇸 Kuksi, a popular cold noodle soup served in Korean restaurants of Uzbekistan. Koreans have started immigrating to Russia as early as the 19th century. In 1937, fearing that Japanese might be infiltrating the Soviets using Korean spies, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin forcibly relocated Koreans from Far East to Central Asia. Since then there are now close to half a million ethnic Koreans in Central Asia. Most of them live in Uzbekistan. Koryo Saram (Korean People) - as they refer to themselves - have been living in harmony with locals and other ethnicities in what is now their home. Koryo Saram introduced locals to kimchi and various other ethnic Korean dishes. However, Koryo Saram cuisine differs significantly from South Korean cuisine: they don’t make bulgogi or bibimbap. Instead, they have created their own unique dishes, such as morkovcha (spicy carrot salad) and kuksi, which is so appreciated in hot summer days of Uzbekistan. According to my friend who took me to Mannam House, the best kuksi in Tashkent is served here. 🇺🇿 O’zbekistondagi an’anaviy koreys restoranlarida dasturxonga tortiladigan kuksi. Koreyslar 19 asrdan boshlab Rossiyaga ko’chib o’ta boshlashgan. 1937 yilda Yaponiya koreyslardan xufiya sifatida foydalanishi mumkin degan havotir ostida Sovetlar rahbari Iosif Stalin koreyslarni Yaqin Sharqdan Markaziy Osiyoga majburan ko’chirgan. Shundan beri hozirgacha Markaziy Osiyoda yarim milliondan ziyod koreyslar yashaydi. Ularning aksariyati O’zbekistonda yashaydi. O’zlarini Koryo Saram (ya’ni Koreys xalqi) deb ataydigan bu xalq mahalliy aholi va turli millat vakillari bilan tinch-osoyishta yashab kelishyapti. Koryo Saram mahalliylarni kimchi va boshqa an’anaviy koreys taomlari bilan tanishtirishgan. Ammo Koryo Saram taomlari Janubiy Koreya taomlaridan farq qiladi: ular bulgogi va bibimbap tayyorlashmaydi. Buni o’rniga o’zlarining mahalliy taomlarini o’ylab topishgan. Masalan, morkovcha va kuksi. O’zbekiston chillasida ayniqsa kuksi zo’r ketadi. Meni Mannam House restoraniga olib kelgan do’stimga ko’ra, Toshkentda eng zo’r kuksini aynan shu yerda tayyorlashadi. #koryosaram #koryosaramfood #tashkent...

Good local Korean cuisine café. We have ordered pulgoki (small pieces of fried beef), a bowl of rice and beef soup. Everything we ordered was delicious. The soup had tasty flavor though there was just bouillon and meat. However, the variety of complement salads was poor, you can see on the photo. Overall, you can come and have Korean food here if you are in this area. The atmosphere is a simple cafe for a quick eat and go. No need to come here...

What an excellent place. We came with little russian and the waitress translated the menu for us. We in the end asked her to bring us some dishes as we arent fussy. She brought us beef with veg in a really lovely tomato spicy sauce, ribs in an onion sauce with rice and kimchi sides. We had 6 beers and was 240k soms what a great price and excellent food with brilliant service helping 2 stupid English people 🫣 our last meal in Uzbekistan an...