Havlabar review: Cheesy khachapuri and Georgian soup dumplings

When it comes to former Soviet Republics, Armenia has long dominated L.A.’s culinary conversation. That makes sense given that an estimated 500,000 to 1 million Armenians live in Southern California, compared to countries like Lithuania or...

Meet khinkali, your latest obsession. Khinkali are soup dumplings from the mountains north of Tbilisi, Georgia. When you check Google Maps for the mountain village in which they may have been born, khinkali is the only word you will be able to...

The first time I pulled open the blacked-out glass door of the windowless Havlabar in Glendale — the subject of this week’s review — I didn’t know quite what to expect. The white and orange sign out front said “Georgian cuisine,” and I found...

If you are anything like me, you turned to this week’s review of Tumanyan Khinkali Factory hoping to find news of a new, Georgian restaurant serving something close to the cooking you find at the better places in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach...

Amy Scattergood / Los Angeles Times Salutations, This week’s review is of Tumanyan Khinkhali Factory, a slick, well-watered delivery system for the massive Georgian-style soup dumplings called khinkali, which are undoubtedly among the best things...