"In a small shopping plaza on the far southeast side of town, the kind you wouldn’t notice if you weren’t looking for it, is a cafe and bakery whose generic name isn’t likely to give you a moment’s pause either: House of Bread. But make no mistake—the goods are destination-level. Take the ajarski, a kayak-shaped bread bowl with a well-structured crust and a soufflé-like center of feta topped with sunny eggs. Or the megruli khachapuri—an equally eggy and cheesy, golden-brown puff of dough whose layers are somehow as light and fluffy as the flavors are intensely rich. Or the pizza-like flatbread known as lahmajun, topped with ground beef, spices, and herbs." - Ruth Tobias
