Food ReviewsDining Review: Avasa Pan Asian
Vaguely “modern” – read: there’s a cocktail list – the restaurant leans into the Arabic- and Turkic-tinged cuisine of Hyderabad
Vaguely “modern” – read: there’s a cocktail list – the restaurant leans into the Arabic- and Turkic-tinged cuisine of Hyderabad
Owner Miguel Peredo (whose more formal Agave del Scottsdale closed earlier this year) and 20-something chef Jose Rodriguez are proudly biased toward Mexico City and Pueblan cooking
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