Kabul #452

This restaurant provided us with many firsts;

1.  We have never before walked in to a restaurant where the background music is a pop FM radio station.  It doesn't really set the ambience.  We eat our food listening to a Carpet Call ad.  Just wrong.
2.  We have never been to an Afghan restaurant before.
3.  We are assailed and welcomed by the most amazing aroma.  This is due to the restaurant being in the restaurant with no real walls to delineate it.
4.  There are very traditional afghan weaved red themed carpets hanging from the wall separated by very blue themed modern paintings.  An interesting juxtaposition.  The carpets are backed with irregular wooden slats.

5.  The aroma and the whole menu reminds us of Danni's.  We are getting excited.  Another first.
6.  The quietest large family are eating beside us.  I mean, they do not say a word to each other and there is about 10 of them, kids included.  I have never seen such a quite, indian family ever.
7.  We have never seen Qorma spelled like this.
8.  We have never heard of most of the dishes on the menu;  "Mantoo", "Bulpi Borana".
9  The light fittings are drums.  Another first.

10.  The menu features a meatball sandwich

So, with all these firsts experienced, we order a trio of dips, Kabul style garlic prawns, lamb quorma, mixed kebabs, steamed cauliflower and the sides are rice, salad and chips.

A true feast.

The trio of dips are yogurt and garlic (nice), mixed vegies in a tomato sauce (tastes like a chutney/) and a pumpkin and date dip (yum.  recommended).  The serving size is adequate - not large.  The accompanying bread strikes us as "biblical", yummy, warm unleavened bread.

The steamed cauliflower is well steamed and spicy but I think the indian cauliflower dishes are better than this.

The prawns are crunchy.

The kebabs use those monster skewers.  We eat a chicken, beef, lamb, lamb cutlet (yum) and a mixed lamb and beef mince.  They are OK  The meat is tender but a little bland and they should not hold back on the spices.  The meal I had a the Albury RSL used spices better than this place.

The bill came in at $120 for 4 of us with our BYO wine.

So, for all the firsts we experienced tonight, we still recommend Danni's as the "Go To" middle eastern restaurant on Glenhuntly Rd.