Eating dinner at this Afghan restaurant was a very unpleasant experience except for the presence of our friends, Jean and Tim. Even though it was Jean who recommended this place.Now let's see, how can i start telling you about this dining event? Let me count the ways.
It is a dirty place. Tables were not cleaned and remained not cleaned during our lengthy stay. The only other diners, during our lengthy stay, (oh, did i say this already?) were relatives of the owners. There were tables in the middle and booths around the edge which we had to sit in because of the angle of the bright sun coming into the restaurant. Now the booths were enclosed by thrift store looking musty gauze fabric; i'm sure to give the feeling of foreign adventure. To sit in these booths, I had to pretzel my legs so i wasn't gnawing at my knees or the other option was to sit with my legs akimbo; both positions were not very comfortable.
The service was absolutely horrid. It took forever just to get glasses of water and i bet we waited at least 30 minutes before any food came out. And this consisted of an iceberg lettuce salad with wilted and rotten and brown lettuce and just drenched in a highly spiced curry and yoghurt dressing. No pita bread.
Bill and i split an entree and also had an extra vegetable side. The rice was delicious and very tender and nicely flavored which was good because this was literally the bulk of the entree for $14. Underneath this smoldering pile of rice was the tiniest chicken leg i've ever seen. This came with a side of pumpkin in a yoghurt sauce. This was good but only lukewarm. and our extra side was a small small dish of mixed vegetables (so-so) for $5.
Jean and Tim split a kabob combo; a skewer each of lamb, chicken and beef. I tasted one of the dumplings on their combo and it was a gluey and glutinous envelope limply encasing a tasteless meat-appearing substance.
I couldn't wait to stretch my legs and back and hobble out of that restaurant.
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