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Kevin, I'm standing right off Avenue M
on East 13 by a hidden gem called
Lasova. This is a hidden gem. What
people already for months are telling
me, you must come out here in Flatbush.
People from Borisburg come all the way
out here.
I don't believe it.
>> Is the best. Wow. Wow.
>> Hello. Hello. Shalom. Shalom. The best
food in Brooklyn grad. There's nothing
like it. Come [laughter] here to eat.
>> Happy boys being here now.
>> Best food.
>> Hands down. Yeah.
>> Hands down. Best food.
>> Best fries. Best fries in the world.
>> I feel like I might shook over here.
Anyway, Yonathan, here. Give a clip over
the mic. Give a clip the mic off your uh
silver jacket.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> Explain me why. I literally heard from
lots and lots of friends. They come all
over Bur Park, Williamsburg, all the way
out here to this little cute gem. what
they call they call it a gem. A hidden
gem. Nobody knows about it, but after
this video, everybody don't know about
it.
>> So, you tell let's hear a little about
this place.
>> Okay. So, uh we have a a weekday menu.
We're open Sunday through Friday. Um we
do we have a little bit of everything on
the menu. You can order 20 different
people and everyone can find something
they like. We have Mexican, we have
Chinese, we have burritos, wraps,
burgers, sandwiches, rice bowls, tacos.
Cholin. On Thursday nights and Fridays
we have two different types of chonish
kishka overnight kougal. You name it we
got it. We also do maza which is like
you know and panadas and laajin. We make
everything in house. Everything is made
handmade. The fries we make inhouse. Um
all of our sauces are inhouse. The
pickles that we put in our sandwiches
are made here at Lassova.
>> Really? You ferment it here?
>> We ferment it here. We make spicy
jalapenos. We make sweet and spicy
pickles. We also make all different
types of dips and salads for shabas.
Everything's made in house. Wow. Okay.
And besides for uh our regular menu and
our maza and dips menu, we also do uh
platters and packages, we do we have a
full catering menu for any type of simka
or any type of office party or a shiva
call, whatever it is. We do it all. 9
by13s, platters, full trays. We do it
all.
>> Can I just ask you a personal question?
>> Sure. Sure.
>> I see this. It's count's a small place
over here. About uh what do you say
about 30 square ft here? Maybe 20 20 ft.
It's a little small.
>> It's pretty small over here. About six
people go in here and it's packed.
>> Uh yeah, a little more, but yeah, 10 12
people.
>> What was the catchment?
>> Um so originally we were going to be
fully takeout. Uh we actually had three
takeout fridges where the tables and
chairs are now. And we used to make
Shabas food and salads and dips and and
you name it, we made everything in
house. And when we just opened, people
didn't know who we are. We're on the
side street. So like the people were
coming in were blown away. They would
buy the food, but we were getting, you
know, wasting too much food every week.
And people, the ones who were coming in,
kept asking, "We need seating. Why is
there no seating? Like, I want to bring
people here. I want to share the food."
Whatever.
>> Say they want, they demanded seating.
>> They demanded seating. So, we got rid of
all of the takeout fridges and we put
the tables. And ever since then, it's
been just, you know,
>> come packed.
>> You come in here, it's packed. And And
the people were we're fivestar rated on
Google. We have almost 850 reviews.
We're open.
>> 850 reviews.
>> 850 reviews. We're only open for a year
and a half.
>> So we have the highest also we have
tarniple, we have kahila, everything is
everything is everything's bet for the
if they want to come through. Uh you
know uh and just other than that we
we're just here to make you happy. We
want you to have some good food, some
delicious food, some things that you've
never tried before that are unique. Um
and uh once you come you you won't stop
coming.
>> I can say that cuz I have a good friend
of Yiddi. Yiddi he's here every day. Oh,
once you come you can't see.
>> We have this guy. This guy's been here
with us from the beginning since we
opened and he's here every single week.
Aliara Galavo on on Thursday to have the
rest
>> clockwork. How do you enjoy it?
>> I'm here on a weekly basis. It's great
food, good vibes.
>> This is my second time coming today,
[laughter]
>> man.
>> Can't complain.
>> Second time coming today was so nice.
And there's somebody who lives in Barber
who can't make it out here. You guys
have
>> So, not only are we all on all of the
delivery apps, uh, Uber, GrubHub, Door
Dash, but we also have online delivery
or you can call in and that anything
over $40 is free delivery.
>> Yes. And if it's under $40, it's also $3
flat flat rate and there's no fees or
anything like that.
>> It's much cheaper than Uber Eats.
>> Much cheaper. Yes. Much cheaper.
>> Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Okay.
>> We also So, I forgot to tell you, we
actually have a lunch menu. We just
expanded. Everything's $15. You get
either a fries and a drink or a drink
with your lunch special. There's eight
items on the lunch special from 11:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It's a sick deal. No
one has things like this for $15. And
they're full portions. They're not
smaller portions of their lunch. It's
the same portion you get for dinner.
You don't you don't care.
>> Yeah, you see them somehow. No,
>> I grew up in Bar I was born and raised
in Bar. I love I love I worked in
takeouts from when I was a little kid.
And then I opened this place up and uh
it has it has a
>> I see that. All right. Listen.
>> So this is our regular chillin and we
also have something called rice chillin.
Um people are very big fans of both.
Sometimes we have a person who's ate
regular cholin their whole life and then
we switch them to a rice chillin for the
rest of their life. They come here and
they only get rice ch. They love it. So
so it's really it's a different taste.
It's something you never had before.
Something really delicious. Please dig
in. Try it out. And I'll bring you I'll
bring you some of our in-house sweet and
spicy pickles to go along with the chud.
You ready? Let's go.
>> And here's some of our sweet and spicy
pickles. This is pickled daikon and cars
that we actually put in our bani
sandwich. But it's so good. I wanted you
guys to try it.
>> Okay, you you tell me what you think.
The
>> food here is legit.
>> I think the going to come here just to
taste this rice sh. is out of the world.
Woof.
>> Thank you. There's something about it. I
know Israelis.
>> So, this is really it originates. It's a
it's a chillin that Bkharians eat every
shabas. Um, and I I grew up on it. I I
never ate it, believe it or not. I'm not
a chillin person, but uh I know every
other person in the world loves it. So,
uh I got the recipe for my mother and
for my wife and I perfected it and I
decided to implement it and people
really fell in love.
>> People like it.
>> Yes.
>> Kevin, you're going to love it. The rice
chant over here with the in-house
homemade pickles. Woof. Akla. Akla.
>> He just had it.
>> He just had it. Know what he [laughter]
>> All right. Here we have our sesame
chicken, which are is one of our most
popular items on the menu. Even though
we have a vast menu, this happens to be
a very, very famous dish of ours. I'm
also going to bring you some tacos and
you're going to have some appetizers as
well.
>> Ah, Jonathan, I don't know why I feel
like I'm sitting in goula. In gula, I
don't know. You know why? Cuz over here,
I'll tell you why. Over here, we when we
give, we give first of all with a full
heart and with a smile always. Our our
customer service is number one. You
know, you can read it online if you
want. Ask anyone who comes here. They
they always get treated like royalty.
And uh we want you honestly to come out
of here full and satisfied.
>> Hey guys. Wow.
>> Here's some of our appetizers that we
have. We have poppers, we have fingers,
we have wings, we have homemade fries.
I'm going to bring you sauces on the
side so you can try a little of all of
our sauces that are made here in house.
Everything is in house.
>> Everything is in house. We have a bunch
of dipping sauces. We have two different
types of popper sauces. Actually, really
five different types of popper sauces.
We now are soon going to have sesame
chicken poppers. Wow.
>> So, they're poppers with sesame chicken
sauce. It's a new concept. I don't think
anyone really makes it and I think you
guys are going to love it. So, give me a
second.
>> Look at this. Look at this. Jalapino.
>> Yes.
>> Garlic mayo. You made it.
>> Yes. Asha, give them one of each.
>> Barbecue sauce. Garlic mayo.
>> Sweet chili.
>> Okay. And how how can we forget?
>> Wow.
>> How can we forget some potato kougal and
homemade kishka?
>> The good old potato kougal and kishka.
You don't forget about that.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Unbelievable.
>> You have some wing sauce. You have
classic popper sauce. You have honey,
Sriracha, papa sauce. Try them all. You
tell me what you think.
>> Kevin, this is your number one stop
shushi or lev or leushi.
>> Any night any night and you're having a
great time and you're going to come out
full and you're going to be happy too.
>> Kazak. Wow.
>> And let's not forget some of our most
popular tacos from our Mexican menu. Uh
they are all delicious. This is the
shredded beef taco. This is our chicken
tacos. And this is our seasoned ground
beef tacos.
>> Yonathan, I'm telling you, this is just
beyond. Look at look at look look what's
going on. I'm telling you that there's
sesame chicken over here.
>> And this is not even I think this is 10%
of our menu. 10% not enough room on the
table.
>> We have we have a lot of other stuff on
the menu.
>> By the way, your homemade um dips over
here. Your homemade sauces are out of
the world.
>> Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. I
appreciate we put a lot of uh our our
saying here is savor the flavor number
one, but it's also love is the main
ingredient. Mom is I'm telling you, you
can't cook like this without putting
love in. You know, I think that's you
should keep your store like this cozy
small because it's something to it.
There's something to it. It's cozy. It's
it's, you know, a charm.
>> Charm your
new everything. Wow. Wow.
>> Unbelievable. Then I tasted a couple of
the sesame shings here. Woof. Really out
of the world.
>> Thank you. Thank you.
>> Really out of the world. No sadic. What
do you say?
[laughter]
Yonatan. Yonatan. What should I tell
you? I've been around the corner. I've
this is my business. I've been out
there. This is a hidden gem in Flatbush.
It's wanted to come from Monty and
Lakewood. Mark my words. What is the POS
promotion today?
>> So the promotion is you mention Pearlo
with the status. You get a free Belgian
fries on the house. We make our Belgian
fries here inhouse. It's a $7 value and
it's probably one of the best fries you
can ever have.
>> Nice in-house fries. Kevin, come out
here. The address is
>> The address is 1301 East 13s between
Avenue, M and Elm Avenue, right off of
M. Our phone number is 7186769005.
You can place orders for the delivery on
uh over the phone. Also, you can go on
our website www.lenova.com
lassova.com and you can also place
orders over there for delivery and you
get your food fast and delicious.
Lasova C. We came back for dessert, man.
Yi, we were hungry. We came back for
dessert. And [laughter] now we have Amn
serving us dessert. Amnown, what do we
got for dessert?
>> All right, so here we got our uh smash
burgers.
>> Smash burgers.
>> Smash burger. Yeah. Our uh lettuce, our
special blend of uh beef. We make our
own
>> homemade sweet and spicy pickle chips,
caramelized onions, brios buns, freshly
toasted. Here we got our burrito from
our Mexican section.
>> We have seasoned ground beef, black
beans, cilantro, lime rice, mango pico
deayo, and guacamole. Guacamole
guacamole wrapped in a in a toasted
tortilla.
>> Our hand cut homemade French fries.
>> You guys make your own fries like we
>> make our own fries, our own seasoning.
We don't play games over here.
>> We don't play games.
>> For a real dessert to uh clean the
pallet, we have our number one seller
sesame chicken
uh with uh white rice. We also offer
with fried rice, but I know you guys are
trying to watch your figures, so we give
you white rice.
>> Ready for dessert? Dessert is enjoy,
guys. Look at this. Look at this. Look
at this. Wow. Edi, you going to take the
sandwich? The the cheese. Cheese. The
mac and cheese.
>> And let me get you some sauces to uh
>> No, no, you you take the cheese. I think
this place is the place to go. We have
night, man.
>> This is mus. Oh, mazo
>> mazo with
>> the sauces.
>> We have a homemade lemon crema goes
nicely with the uh
burrito jalapeno if you want a little
kick.
>> Amen.
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