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Although there are an array of familiar fast food, Afghan food and Halal restaurant options all along the Thorncliffe Park community, Bamiyan Kabob has become a small local chain, with locations throughout the GTA that all began at this nondescript East York plaza, all run by an Afghani family*. Regardless, it's a decent option if you're craving a quick meal in the area and a taste of the people who live and work here. The place looks basic but respectable inside--heck, the built-in-place seating are decked with granite tabletops.
Afghan style kebabs are what they do, and apparently they do one of the best in Toronto. The meats are served on its own with a side of basic salad and an Afghan naan, as a "dinner" which includes also a liberal dose of rice, or in a wrap. You get your receipt with an order number (important!), and then wait maybe 10 minutes-ish for your order to be called.
All orders come with a hot tomato-and-pepper salsa in a small sauce container that you can dip that crispy soft and fresh naan to, or splatter on your meat and rice. An entire "dinner" meal (not that you have to order it at dinnertime) is a giant serving for one person to handle, so two small stomachs should consider splitting a dish. The rice is very floor-dropping fragrant, as is their tandoori chicken. Their tikka kabobs (beef) are tender and moist and packs a good grilled flavour; a good choice for those not big on hot-and-spicy, not that Afghani food is known for being heavy on the chili (which they are not).
Perhaps next time I find myself here I'll give the chaplee kebab (the so-called 'Afghan burger', or so I am told) and their kabilee rice a bite. It's hard to complain when you get so much good filling food without spending an arm for it here before you head back to work, life, or Target across the street.
{TTC: the 25, 81 or 100 bus to the eastern Thorncliffe Park Drive stop. You'll damn well know you're at the right stop when you see the Esso fuel station at one corner.}
* The now-defunct youth newsweekly The Grid did a feature on Bamiyan Kabob, with a backstory to the chain that probably is a more enjoyable read than an average review here: http://www.thegridto.com/life/food-drink/sticking-to-it/
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