Привет and welcome back to Five Things I Ate! If you’re new, check out past posts here, and please follow my Instagram @fivethingsiate. Eggplant salad at Café At Your Mother-in-Law 3071 Brighton 4th St, Brooklyn, NY 11235 I spent the majority of my childhood and early teenage years under the rule of two strong, post-Soviet female figures: My mother, who grew up during the Cultural Revolution in Beijing, and my gymnastics coach, a petite, extremely toned and terrifying blonde woman in her fifties who hailed from the Russian city of Voronezh.* In one particularly vivid memory, I remember driving to a gymnastics competition several states away in our little white Toyota Corolla, while listening to a cassette tape of Mao era pro-Soviet songs on loop for the whole drive, a nostalgic soundtrack for both women.** Perhaps that’s why I felt oddly at home in Café At Your Mother-in-Law, a homey, popular Korean-Uzbeki cafe in the Russian Jewish neighborhood of Brighton Beach, with its mixture of Eastern European and Eastern Asian cultures. There isn’t too much fusion going on here — it’s more of a respectful cohabitation than melting pot (you can read more about
The Брайтон Бич chronicles
The Брайтон Бич chronicles
The Брайтон Бич chronicles
Привет and welcome back to Five Things I Ate! If you’re new, check out past posts here, and please follow my Instagram @fivethingsiate. Eggplant salad at Café At Your Mother-in-Law 3071 Brighton 4th St, Brooklyn, NY 11235 I spent the majority of my childhood and early teenage years under the rule of two strong, post-Soviet female figures: My mother, who grew up during the Cultural Revolution in Beijing, and my gymnastics coach, a petite, extremely toned and terrifying blonde woman in her fifties who hailed from the Russian city of Voronezh.* In one particularly vivid memory, I remember driving to a gymnastics competition several states away in our little white Toyota Corolla, while listening to a cassette tape of Mao era pro-Soviet songs on loop for the whole drive, a nostalgic soundtrack for both women.** Perhaps that’s why I felt oddly at home in Café At Your Mother-in-Law, a homey, popular Korean-Uzbeki cafe in the Russian Jewish neighborhood of Brighton Beach, with its mixture of Eastern European and Eastern Asian cultures. There isn’t too much fusion going on here — it’s more of a respectful cohabitation than melting pot (you can read more about