Cafe Lily

Cafe Lily is a Korean Uzbeki restaurant in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, New York, United States.^[1][2] It opened in 2015.^[3]

Cafe Lily
Storefront (2024)
Restaurant information
Established	2015 (2015)
Street address	42 Avenue O
City	Brooklyn
State	New York
Country	United States
Coordinates	40.610140°N 73.983605°W / 40.610140; -73.983605
Website	www.cafelilybrooklyn.com

The restaurant serves Uzbek, Koryo-saram cuisine, and Russian cuisine.^[1][2][3]

Description

For Uzbek cuisine, dishes like manti, kebabs, and plov (pilaf) are served.^[1]

For Koryo-saram cuisine, dishes like morkovcha (a Koryo-saram carrot-based variant of kimchi), kuksu (loosely similar to janchi-guksu),^[1] and u-kadya are served.^[4] There is also khe (based on hoe, similar to sashimi), begodya (similar to jjinbbangmandu, dumplings), and sundya (similar to sundae, blood sausages).^[1][3]

Background

The restaurant is run by Uzbekistanis from a population of Koreans from the former Soviet Union called Koryo-saram. Chef Lilia Tyan grew up in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. Her ancestors were Koreans who lived in Eastern Russia, until they were forced to migrate to Central Asia in 1937.^[1][4] The restaurant is also run by Tyan's son, Dmitry Pyagay.^[4]

See also

• All Nations Baptist Church – a church for Koryo-saram also in Brooklyn