Confused between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Hi all We are a group of college students, planning to visit either of the two countries mentioned for about 7-8 days during the last week of March/first week of April. For context, we rarely drink, and would prefer non beef and vegetarian options as well ideally (which I feel is a little tough given the countries we have chosen). We do not intend to spend above 1000USD/100K INR.

From what we have researched:

It would be a really great time to visit Uzbekistan, pleasant weather and almost perfect, but it kinda lacks the adventure aspect of the trip, but the food here is amazing and we will have plenty of options here.

Kazakhstan would see the beginning of spring and Almaty will be a nice place to visit during this time, not quite sure about the other places. It has the right amount of nature+urban feel that we are looking for, but our concern is the food and the weather there, and slightly worried about being disappointed about not being able to see the colours as vividly as we have seen online.

Any advice/insights would be greatly appreciated, and if there are any corrections or any factors that we might be overlooking, please feel free to let me know. Thanks.