With Georgian cuisine being all the rage in recent years (cue a boat-shaped adjaruli khachapuri bread oozing with cheese and picturesquely topped with a raw egg), neighboring Armenia and its food culture are on the rise among gourmets worldwide. The tiny country in the southern Caucasus—roughly the size of Hawaii and surrounded by Georgia, Turkey, Iran, and Azerbaijan—has every right to be extra cautious, given its troubled past and lingering tensions with some of its neighbors. And yet, Armenians welcome travelers with open arms, eager to meet each and every visitor who makes their way to them.