PanARMENIAN.Net - The grand opening of Mayrig restaurant took on October 5 in Yerevan to celebrate the richness of the Armenian cuisine with special food and music.
15 years ago, Mayrig opened in Beirut as the first Mediterranean Armenian restaurant and soon grew to become the reference and guardian of the Armenian culinary heritage of the Diaspora. Since then, Mayrig has introduced the Armenian cuisine in Dubai, Riyadh and the Maldives.
Mayrig’s kitchen offers an ever new array of Armenian delicacies. Its dishes are characterized by a play of contrasts in texture, flavors and colors, combining Mediterranean freshness with the rich flavors of silk road spices.
For Aline Kamakian, the owner and founder of Mayrig, opening in Armenia has a very special meaning; it is a tribute to the Armenian history and people.
"Our lands have always been important havens for merchants traveling on the silk roads between East and West. This has given us our big variety in spices and aromas. Our lands have been conquered by the Mongols who brought the dumplings with them. Then came the Seljuks with the bastirma. Our history is a long one, a tough one too, but here we stand and celebrate the immense richness that history brought us. A history that can be written only when looking at our food," Kamakian says.
According to her, it was ...
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