Trying Every Restaurant on the NYT 2025 Top 100 List – Village Cafe
This is Village Cafe, a restaurant that made the New York Times Top 100 list last year and is literally tucked away in a parking lot. You’d only find it if you knew to look for it.
Of course you have to order a bunch of soups and dumplings while you’re here. I enjoyed my meal, but honestly I liked it more when I came last year. Still a solid spot, just didn’t wow me the same way this time around.
📍 Village Cafe – Sheepshead Bay, NYC
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33 Comments
How do you normally decide whats best to order at places w such big menus or if ur unfamiliar with the cuisine? ❤
Lamb testicles 😮
How does one not order lamb testicles when offered?
How many times would you let someone mispronounce your name before you stopped speaking to them?
wow, that lamb testicle
really jumps out at you😮
gives fear factor vibes.
Lamb testicles on the menu took me out LOL
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Those prices seem rlly good? Idk I don’t live in the US
I’ve found some really good Georgian spots here in Philly, have you found any similarities between the two cuisines?
The zoom in on the lamb 🏀⚽️’s…😅how big could that entree be?
i think i would get everything on the menu and just face defeat (or victory depending on how you look at it lol) bc WOW everything looks amazing!!!
bread club hype
Been here a bunch as my inlaws are Azeri. It's our favorite along with Baku Nights. The latter has better shashlik (kabobs) but this spot is better for homecooked dishes
❤🎉 hey Kay
😊
@dzaslavsky
that's not Azerbaijan cuisine it's eastern european mostly
and lot of dishes here like the spinach filled flatbread are actually Armenian
I’m coming to NYC for my daughter’s wedding in October and I’m fully making a list of places to go based on your videos.
Where’s your sweater from!!
balls
Looks fantastic
Cool how similar "plov" and "pilaf" are, for rice dish names.
Love that you take the time to research native pronunciations instead of “westernizing” the names
Do people really eat lamb testicles ??😭😭😭
lamb testicles 💀
i love pelmeni
I've never seen rice made separately from meats in plov💀 interesting
YASSSS FREAKING FINALLY,AS AN AZERBAIJANI I CANNOT EXPLAIN HOW MUCH JOY YOUR VIDEO BROUGHT ME ,AND THE FACT THAT YOU ENJOYED IT MADE ME SOOO HAPPY,THANKS KAITLYN LOVE YA 😭❤️🫶🏻🥹
Am I the only one that finds these overlapping voiceovers overwhelming? Just talk normally and cut out the parts you need to😂
Hi, I’m not a native russian speaker myself (Though I am learning Russian) so I can’t give the best advice, but I’d recommend looking up terms on the russian version of wikipedia or an english to russian dictionary, because often times they will indicate the stressed syllable with a marker. And to add to that, if an о is not part of a stressed syllable in a word, it’s pronounced like an а
Can’t believe you tried Azerbaijani food, it’s so good
Lamb TESTICLES????
Okay but why seeing something so similar to my nation cuisine is so surprising