On the last day of the month of Ramadan 2025, friends invited us to the new family restaurant ASIQ (formerly the Money / Siberia / etc nightclub) for an auzashar.
As can be seen from the photos of the interior, the designer of the project did his best to make the Kazakh ethno style literally immediately conquer and arrange the guests to sit comfortably and start exploring the menu of the establishment.
The color palette is made in light and beige tones with bright accents of handmade wall mats. The lighting is quite bright, each chandelier has its own shanyrak and mini lamps on the walls imitating the flame of a kerosene lamp, which used to illuminate Kazakh yurts.
Separately, it is necessary to highlight the design of the ceiling - its niches are lined with wood, but not with slats, namely with thin trunks of young trees, and looking up at this natural material, you immediately feel protection and peace.
Here and there in the hall on the walls, guests can observe household items of the nomads of the XIX-XX centuries - musical instruments, clothing items and hunting trophies.
Having saturated their eyes with contemplation, the guests begin to eat - the ordered dishes appear quickly and well-trained waiters bring and change the plates promptly and without much delay.
The cuisine is very tasty. Salads of fried eggplant slices with pomegranate and sour cream sauce will whet your appetite. So we started with the horse meat Naryn sorpa dish and moved on to grilled lamb shoulder blades with fried potatoes and sun-dried tomatoes.
The restaurant's signature teas are the dream of every tea lover, and Kazakh sweets and newfangled desserts will delight both children and girls.
Live music on folk instruments is very organic and immerses the guests even more into the atmosphere of Kazakh hospitality.
The first person who met us in this hall was the girl Azalea, as I understood the trilingual administrator, but if you want to quickly call out to her, it's better to address her as kyzym or karyndas.
The guests at the neighboring tables changed, and our company just sat there, talking and not noticing how the clock was running. It was so convenient and comfortable, and delicious for each of us, adults and children alike, in this family-friendly restaurant.
I'm not a big fan of Asian cuisine, but I've been passing through here, I really didn't like that the waiters had to shout, I always pay for a very long service, my personal time is the most expensive for me. The kitchen was not impressed, but it did not charm, I hoped that all the food would be spicy, but the sharpness was quite acceptable