For a hearty Uzbek lunch and a break from sight-seeing, try the Ota Darvasa Teahouse. This provides a reasonable selection of local cuisine at cheap prices in an authentic, friendly and tourist-free setting. There is the double advantage of being able to get by with the minimum of language by pointing to the required food at the serving counter, as well as the opportunity to eat on an Uzbek 'supa' (raised platform).