Ukus

The awning of this small restaurant proclaims it a cevabdzinica and buregdzinica, a shop that prepares the skinless sausages called cevapi and the savory pies called bureks. Ukus also serves a Bosnian soup ($5.50), whose glistening surface posed a photographic challenge even when not reflecting a televised soccer match. Beneath the surface I found dark-meat chicken, firm chunks of okra, bits of carrot and celery, and submerged dollops of sour cream that slowly emulsified in the broth. The sour cream, too, was less easily captured in pictures than in words, or with a spoon.

Ukus
42-08 30th Ave. (42nd-43rd Sts.), Astoria, Queens
718-267-8587