Q: Where can I find authentic Uzbek food in Everett, WA?
A: Tabassum is the Pacific Northwest’s first and only Uzbek food truck, founded by Suriya Yunusova and her daughter Asal. The truck serves beef samsa, butternut squash samsa, chicken curry samsa ($5 each), and plov ($10) — all halal, with vegan and vegetarian options. Tabassum parks regularly at the Beverly Food Truck Park (6731 Beverly Blvd, Mon–Sat 4–7 PM) and various Everett and Seattle-area locations. Check tabassum.info or call (206) 909-4584 for current schedule. Last verified: April 2026.

Tabassum Is the Northwest’s Only Uzbek Food Truck — And It Regularly Parks in Everett

There is a lot of food truck content in Everett. Birria trucks, Mexican fusion, coffee carts, barbecue rigs. What there is not, anywhere in the Pacific Northwest, is another Uzbek food truck. Tabassum is the only one. It has been the only one since Suriya Yunusova launched it in January 2017. And it parks at the Beverly Food Truck Park, which means you can eat some of the most geographically rare street food in the region on a Monday night in central Everett.

In Uzbek, tabassum means smile. After one samsa, you’ll understand why that was the right name.

Where It Comes From

Uzbekistan sits in a part of the world that most Pacific Northwesterners have never had a reason to think about — a landlocked Central Asian republic tucked between the Caspian Sea, China, and Russia, geographically positioned at the heart of the old Silk Road trading routes that connected Europe to East Asia for centuries. That geography left its mark on the cuisine. Uzbek food is the product of thousands of years of trade, conquest, and cultural overlap: you find the pastry traditions of the Persian world, the lamb and rice techniques of the Mongols, the spice sensibility of the Indian Ocean trade routes, all compressed into a regional cooking tradition that most Americans have never encountered.

Samsa, the dish Tabassum built its reputation on, is one of those dishes. It’s a baked puff pastry hand pie — flaky, golden, sesame-seeded on top — filled with spiced meat or vegetables. The ancestry runs back nearly as far as the Silk Road itself. The version you eat off a Tabassum truck in Everett, Washington traces a direct line to street-food stalls in Samarkand and Tashkent.

The Owner

Suriya Yunusova launched Tabassum in January 2017, becoming the first person in the Pacific Northwest to put authentic Uzbek street food on wheels. She runs the truck with her daughter Asal. The family-run operation is small, intentional, and consistent — the same recipes, the same sourcing, the same commitment to halal-certified ingredients that they started with. In an era when food trucks often pivot menus based on trends, Tabassum has spent eight years doing one cuisine correctly.

Seattle Magazine covered the truck early in its life with exactly the right framing: this may be the only Uzbek food truck on the entire West Coast. That was still true when we checked for this piece in April 2026.

What to Order

The menu is short and intentional. Everything here is halal, and the truck accommodates vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free diners across the menu.

Beef Samsa ($5) — The anchor. Halal ground beef and onion with cumin, folded into puff pastry, brushed with egg wash, sprinkled with sesame seeds, and baked. The pastry shatters at the edges and gives way to a spiced, savory interior. Order two minimum. Order three if you’re eating alone and have no shame about it.

Butternut Squash Samsa ($5) — The vegetarian option and genuinely not a consolation prize. Roasted butternut squash with garlic and cumin inside the same golden pastry. The squash takes on a concentrated sweetness from the oven that balances against the cumin perfectly. This is the move if you want to understand why Uzbek food works even without meat.

Chicken Curry Samsa ($5) — Halal chicken with curry and green peas inside the puff pastry. The curry spice profile is a nod to the Central Asian trade-route heritage — the Indian subcontinent isn’t far in historical terms from Uzbekistan, and the flavor shows it.

Plov ($10) — The national dish of Uzbekistan, and the one that will convert anyone who thought rice dishes were boring. Halal beef over rice cooked with garbanzo beans, carrots, onions, raisins, garlic, and cumin. The slow-cooked technique renders the beef tender and infuses the rice with everything in the pot. Plov is a party dish in Uzbekistan — it’s what you cook when hundreds of people are coming. Tabassum makes a truck version that captures the essence of it. If you leave without ordering the plov, you made a mistake.

Finding the Truck

Tabassum parks at the Beverly Food Truck Park at 6731 Beverly Blvd (Mon–Sat, 4–7 PM) on a rotating schedule alongside other trucks in the park’s lineup. The park is in central Everett near the Beverly-Pinehurst neighborhood — it’s a gravel lot that’s become one of the better weeknight dinner spots in the city, and Tabassum is a big reason for that.

The truck also parks at various Seattle-area locations through SeattleFoodTruck.com’s booking system and takes private catering bookings. The best way to track the current schedule is tabassum.info or their Instagram. You can also call (206) 909-4584 to ask about the week’s stops.

For context on the broader Beverly Food Truck Park lineup — which rotates Mexicuban (Mex-Cuban fusion), Tabassum, Zaytoona (Mediterranean), and others on different nights — our full Beverly Food Truck Park guide has the complete breakdown.

Why It Matters That This Truck Parks in Everett

Everett’s food scene has gotten genuinely diverse over the last few years. The Hewitt Avenue corridor now has West African, New Mexican, and Florentine Italian within four blocks of each other. Casino Road’s international strip runs from Vietnamese to Central American to Somali. The Beverly Food Truck Park quietly added a Mex-Cuban truck and a Central Asian food truck to the rotation without making any noise about it.

Tabassum is the kind of thing cities much larger than Everett don’t have. Portland doesn’t have a dedicated Uzbek food truck. San Francisco has one. The entire Pacific Northwest corridor, as of this writing, has Tabassum. That it parks in Everett on a regular schedule is either luck or the natural result of a city that keeps getting more interesting. We’ll take it either way.

The samsa is $5. Show up hungry.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Tabassum food truck?

Tabassum is the Pacific Northwest’s first and only Uzbek food truck, founded by Suriya Yunusova in January 2017. It serves authentic Central Asian street food including samsa (baked puff pastry hand pies) and plov (Uzbek rice dish with beef and vegetables), all halal-certified with vegan and vegetarian options available.

Where does Tabassum food truck park in Everett?

Tabassum parks regularly at the Beverly Food Truck Park, 6731 Beverly Blvd, Everett, WA — open Monday through Saturday, 4–7 PM. Check tabassum.info or call (206) 909-4584 for the current weekly schedule, as the truck also serves various Seattle-area locations.

What is samsa and why is Tabassum’s famous?

Samsa is a baked puff pastry hand pie filled with spiced meat or vegetables, originating from Central Asian Silk Road cuisine. Tabassum’s samsa is brushed with egg wash and sprinkled with sesame seeds, with fillings including halal beef and onion, butternut squash, and chicken curry. Each samsa is $5.

What is plov?

Plov is the national dish of Uzbekistan — halal beef slow-cooked over rice with garbanzo beans, carrots, onions, raisins, garlic, and cumin. Tabassum’s version is $10. It’s the most filling and culturally significant item on the menu.

Is Tabassum food truck halal?

Yes. All meat at Tabassum is halal-certified. The truck also offers vegan options (butternut squash samsa), vegetarian items, and can accommodate gluten-free diners.

How do I find Tabassum’s current schedule?

Check tabassum.info for the current truck schedule and locations, follow @tabassumtruck on Facebook, or call (206) 909-4584. The truck parks at the Beverly Food Truck Park (6731 Beverly Blvd, Everett) on a rotating basis, Mon–Sat 4–7 PM.

Who owns Tabassum food truck?

Tabassum is owned and operated by Suriya Yunusova and her daughter Asal. The family launched the truck in January 2017, making it the Pacific Northwest’s first Uzbek food truck.