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| - After reading the Yelp reviews and looking at the mouth watering pictures, my Hubby and I decided to support local business and try Rania's for lunch today. Yelpers are right and Rania's lives up to all the hype. The service was exceptional and so was the food! We have never tried Afghan cousine so, with the exception of Kabobs/Naan/Hummus, we weren't familiar with the menu items and it doesn't help that the descriptions of the menu items ALL sound delicious! With the help of our super friendly & patient server and I believe the owner/manager, Wally, we had an excellent meal- he provided us with some awesome recommendations!
With Wally's recommendation, we started off with the Beef Mantu and Spinach/Cheese Samosa... All I can say is Oh.My.Goodness!! The Beef Mantu is incredibly delicious, I could seriously eat an entire bowl of it and will definitely be back for seconds! The Samosa was also delicious and my Hubby & I both appreciated that the spinach was the star of the dish. I ordered the Chicken Breast Kabob platter with spinach rice and garlic naan... again, Oh.My.Goodness! The chicken was tender, juicy, and had a great flavor to it- in addition to the rice & naan the dish is also accompanied by an "afghan pico" (a pico de gallo using cucumber in place of jalapeno) and a delicious yogurt sauce. The flavors alone are yummy but my mind was blown when I put the rice, chicken, pico, and sauce on the naan, seriously sooooo good! My Hubby had the lamb shank, also recommended by Wally. Again, completely delicious. In addition to the lamb shank, he had the kabuli rice and jalapeno naan. The lamb shank is braised in this amazing tomato sauce/gravy and is fall off the bone delicious! The gravy was so delicious that my Hubby asked for a container of it to go! lol! The naan is homemade, fluffy, and yummy!
Rania's has been only open for a year and Wally told us about some pretty exciting things they are going to be doing. Support local business, try something new and give Rania's a try! If you are like us and not sure what to order from the menu, just ask Wally :)
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