Village Motivations: Kosovo restaurant among the top 10 in New York

When you enter the “what it's calling” it looks like you've ended up in a tavern in a village of Albania or Kosovo. In fact, the owner and chef have relatives on both sides of the border...” So start “The York Times” description of the Albanian restaurant in the Bronx, which has ranked seventh on the list of the 10 best restaurants in town for 2019, A2 follows CNN.

Even though it is located in a territory where Italian cuisine and restaurants dominate, the Albanian restaurant has managed to draw the attention of New Yorkers and stand out for the specifics and specialties it offers.

“first caught sight of the collection of musical instruments, then a farmer's tools of work, Albanian folk clothes hanging on the wall. Next comes the smell of baked bread in the oven. To begin with, you need to ask for some bread filled with pickled peppers, accompanied by different sauces, to go on with a ration of juiced meat, or steaks filled with meat and accompanied with yogurt. Of course you should order sausages. Desserts are cooked right there, the most special candy. Coffee is served with jazz. You know it as Turkish coffee, but as long as you're inside “what's on top of”, you can call it Albanian”, writes “The York Times” descriptions of the restaurant.

In a story to the same newspaper, Kosovo Albanian owner Ramiz Kukaj shows that many of the costumes or relics has taken them from the trips he has made to the country of origin. “Muret and floor seem to have been transported intact by a village home in Albania, while folk music and traditional instruments are heard in the background. The restaurant is steeped in the imagination of”, writes NYT.