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| - I really liked this restaurant...I had a particularly powerful experience while dining here, so much that I even took pictures of the meal and wrote a detailed blog post about the meal I had here. People who are concerned about the war and terrorism plaguing Afghanistan may find my post somewhat interesting:
http://cazort.blogspot.com/2010/08/afghan-tea-afghan-food-and-afghanistan.html
I don't really have anything I can say about the authenticity of this place, because I haven't had much exposure to Afghan cuisine. What I will say about the food here, it was simple, but very good. This is not extraordinarily complex cuisine--a simple bean soup, I had a dish with rice, eggplant, and yogurt. But everything was balanced, delicately spiced, and fresh. The meal was just the right amount of food for me. I ordered tea and the tea was outstanding--black tea with lots of cardamon. The black tea was aromatic but smooth and I happily got a second cup.
Service was outstanding. I can't think of another restaurant in which I've had better service lately, and to my knowledge, there was only a single waitress handling the whole place--a smallish restaurant, but fairly busy with the lunch crowd. The waitress was courteous and attentive and the food was served promptly.
This restaurant was FAR above the average quality of restaurants I've sampled in the Madison area. I would definitely come back here, although I'm also eager to try out other Afghan food, both in Madison and elsewhere. I find the other low reviews puzzling. I found the prices here to be very reasonable, especially given the good service and pleasant atmosphere. I understand that it's possible this isn't the best or most authentic Afghan food out there (I'm not one to judge this, however, and I personally thought it was tasty and interesting, without judging authenticity), but the 1-star ratings seem baseless and unnecessarily negative. Does someone have a bone to pick?
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