A visit to Uzbekistan is like a trip to Samarkand or Tashkent but without the heat. Its whitewashed walls are decorated with beautiful ceramic plates, traditional tubeteika hats and paintings of Silk Road caravans, while the floor is covered with Central Asian and near eastern carpets. Enjoy delicious shurpas (soups), hot non (bread), spicy manti (meat dumplings) and shashliks (grilled meat) galore. You can also watch your meat sizzling on the grill behind a glass partition to the left or have a seat on comfortable couches on its summer terrace outside.