Since Matt Preston's glowing review of this restaurant last year, many diners have flocked to Afghan Village. My siblings and I dined there on Tuesday evening, earlier this week, and it was a full affair. Full as in packed with punters but also full as in our content bellies...ahh.
We were tossing up whether to have the $40 banquet but instead decided to order various entrees and mains to share. My sister being the only vegetarian in the group, was pleased that there were many veggie-friendly dishes on the menu.
We started with dips and naan, cauliflower and sticky rice, an eggplant dish and a similar dish made with potatoes. Unfortunately I can't access a menu to give you the correct names of these tasty morsels but we enjoyed every bite. Especially the cauliflower curry with sticky rice. The rice was a surprise side (which we didn't realise came with the cauliflower) and the gelatinous velvety texture of the rice was very inviting and moreish.
For mains we ordered chicken curry, okra curry, lamb kofta, jasmine rice and naan. All dishes were tasty with a nice deep rounded flavour from the spices. The okra was especially delicious, with a pleasant acidic flavour presumably due to vinegar being added to the dish.
In general the style of the food seemed to be a cross between African and Indian style cooking. The curries were Indian in style but with flavours that stemmed from an earthier, more robust range of spice combinations.
As Matt's review claims, maybe the stars had all aligned to form perfect constellations the night he dined at Afghan Village, and perhaps that was the case. However, they weren't far off the night we went either...
Afghan Village Restaurant
923 Burke Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
Ph: (03) 9882 2775
Mobile: 0408 018 001
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