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Khyber Pass has wonderfully authentic cuisine. A bit cramped inside, and busy nearly nightly. Even for 7pm on a Tuesday there was a crowd, reservations are a good idea here. Despite that though, it's quite quiet inside and you never feel like you're sharing your table with your neighbors elbows.
The food is comforting and warm. My dining companion and I both opt'd the Table D'Hote #2. Her the soup Mashaba, myself the Maison. The Maison was a well spiced, filling, and warming red lentil dish.
For mains, I had the Ashak, a Afghani dumpling, filled with beef, leak, topped with garlic yogurt and tomato sauce, all this served on three styles of rice. Savory and filling, the pasta shell delicate and thin. My companion ordered the lamb chalaw, a fall off the bone lamb shank, with rice and raisins, be warned, it is a bit sweet for the unsuspecting.
Dessert, a rice pudding flavored with rose water was a nice finish.
It's short a star as the kitchen is a bit slow, but not obnoxiously slow. That said, this is by far my favorite location in Montreal for Middle Eastern Cuisine. If you're going to be in the neighborhood, and are looking for something to try, this is certainly worth it.
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