Today's New York Times Dining section has a review of a place near the Brighton Beach boardwalk that sounds like one of those great, only-in-New-York spots, an Uzbek-Korean restaurant with a Russian name that translates into "At Your Mother-in-Law." From the review:
Russian is the lingua franca, on the TV and in conversations over B.Y.O. bottles of vodka, though the faces behind the counter are Korean. Cafe “At Your Mother-in-Law” — the lengthy translation of its pithy Russian name — serves an amalgam of cuisines that reflects the culinary history of ethnic Koreans who were forcibly relocated during the Stalin era from the Soviet Far East to Central Asia. Thankfully, the concept of “mother-in-law” as a stern figure who, once she accepts you, feeds you well survived the journey.
You can read the full review here.
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