One of the quiet pleasures of travel is the food.
As Jacky and her group journey through Central Asia on our Five Stans Silk Road tour, meals quickly become part of the cultural experience — offering a window into local traditions, ingredients and daily life.
In Dushanbe, Tajikistan, the group enjoyed a traditional dinner featuring plov, one of the region’s most loved dishes. Plov is a fragrant mixture of rice cooked with onions, carrots, meat, chickpeas and spices, particularly cumin. It is simple, hearty food and deeply satisfying after a day exploring — and our guests thoroughly enjoyed the experience of tasting such a classic local dish.
Earlier in the journey the group spent time wandering through the remarkable Chorsu Bazaar in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Located in the city’s old town beneath a vast blue-domed structure, the market has been a lively centre of trade and daily life for more than 500 years. Today it remains a bustling hub filled with fresh produce, spices, textiles and local handicrafts.
One highlight for our travellers was watching the traditional bread-baking process. Bakers work quickly around the ovens, pressing dough into large round loaves before placing them inside the clay tandoor. Sampling the warm, freshly baked bread straight from the oven was a simple pleasure that delighted the group.
These small moments, shared meals, busy markets and local flavours, often become some of the most memorable parts of a journey.
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