The more compelling signs were the trays of fresh, savory pastries being shuttled outside.
On a sunny day, this informal Uzbek restaurant seemed to do the bulk of its business from a sidewalk table. One end was devoted to several covered trays of pirozhki (pih-rowsh-Key; $1.25), a generic name for baked or fried buns with various fillings. Potatoes, mushrooms, onions, and meat, in some combination, would be a more common filling for a Russian pastry; the peas in my pirozhk pointed to Central Asia. (In truth, though, if I'd known they'd be mushy peas, I'd have passed.) Also shown: a fresh-fried pork cheburek.
Home Cooking Cafe
504 Brighton Beach Ave. (near Brighton 5th St.), Brighton Beach, Brooklyn
718-934-4099
Just another drop in the bucket for Brighton Beach. Good find, nonetheless.
That inside meat looks awesome.
Posted by: JO | June 10, 2009 at 06:30 PM
Fair enough; I need to make a few more forays to the neighborhood this summer, undistracted by Coney Island or even Sheepshead Bay. When she's not so busy, I'll also want to ask the counterwoman at the outside table where she finds cooking from her home country, Kazakhstan.
Posted by: Dave Cook | June 10, 2009 at 06:38 PM