Having just returned from a trip to Turkey where I enjoyed several good meals, I was anxious to visit Caravan, a restaurant on South Orange Avenue near Sand Lake Road.
Caravan features both Turkish and Uzbek cuisines. Why, you might wonder. The two countries aren’t all that close geographically to each other. Uzbekistan was never part of the Ottoman Empire, which centered around Turkey. Both were part of the fabled Silk Road, but then so were many other countries. So why a menu with the two cuisines?
“We have a Turkish chef and an Uzbek chef,” I was told. That’s good enough for me.
And the food is more than good enough that no further questions need be asked.
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