{"id":13593,"date":"2021-04-14T08:15:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=13593"},"modified":"2021-04-14T08:15:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:15:05","slug":"samis-kabab-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=13593","title":{"rendered":"Sami’s Kabab House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part of what I\u2019m calling the \u201cGolden Oldies\u201d series: photos I had posted on Instagram in bygone days that surely belong here as well, from restaurants that are still doing business, still relevant, and still worth a trip.<\/em><\/p>\n

Authentic Afghan cuisine – from a visit in September 2017 to their Astoria venue at 35-57 Crescent St.<\/p>\n

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\nWe started out with two from the Appetizers section of the menu: Ashak (you might see this as aushak elsewhere), steamed dumplings stuffed with leeks and scallions, topped with garlic mint yogurt sauce and garnished with lamb gravy and yellow split peas.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd Manto (you might see this as mantu elsewhere). Steamed dumplings stuffed with ground beef, onions, cilantro and spices, topped with more garlic mint yogurt sauce and a splash of lamb gravy and yellow split peas.<\/p>\n

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\nBurani Badenjan (you might see Borani Banjan elsewhere). Fried eggplant seasoned with an Afghan style sofrito topped with garlic mint yogurt sauce. A vegetarian option.<\/p>\n

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\nKobida Kabob. Ground chicken seasoned with fresh herbs and spices, skewer-grilled and served over rice with qabuli (raisins and carrots).<\/p>\n

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\nLamb Chops. Our favorite that day \u2013 served over rice with qabuli.<\/p>\n

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\nOur dessert was Shir Birinj, Afghan Rice Pudding. Thick, sweet, and delicious, prepared with almonds and topped with ground pistachios.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Helicopter Tabletop Shot, a vestige of Instagram days.
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\nSami\u2019s Kabab House<\/a> has two locations: 35-57 Crescent St, Astoria and 284 Glen St, Glen Cove.
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Another in the “Golden Oldies” series: a delightful Afghan dinner at Sami’s. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,6],"tags":[132],"class_list":["post-13593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-instagram","category-restaurants-food-courts","tag-afghan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13593"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13596,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13593\/revisions\/13596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}