Teaneck Kebab House
Teaneck Kebab House was a restaurant formerly located in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States.
Aqbal Qurbanzada founded the establishment in 2002; he had fled Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1985, and traveled to the United States where he began work in the food industry in New York City. Qurbanzada expanded a pizzeria into a restaurant focused on Afghan foods, and decorated the establishment with rugs and clothing from his country of origin.
The restaurant has received favorable reviews, in publications including The New York Times, Qurbanzada was a teacher in Afghanistan, and fled the capital Kabul in 1985 amidst Soviet occupation of the country. The Record described the decor of the establishment, "The Kebab House is a comfortable room whose walls are decorated with mostly dark red rugs and glistening Afghan vests and caps. There are scenes of the old country, unusual food-serving implements".
Cuisine
Dishes at the restaurant include flavored kebabs and an appetizer dish mantoo made from ground beef dumplings.
Reception
Victor E. Sasson gave the restaurant a favorable review for The Record in 2006, and commented, "You're adventurous, but there's always that one dish you order time and again at your favorite restaurant. At Teaneck Kebab House, a richly decorated corner of Afghanistan in Teaneck, that dish is an appetizer of meat-filled dumplings in a yogurt sauce that are made from scratch, just like all the other dishes on the full menu of kebabs, curries and vegetarian items."
David Corcoran of The New York Times commented that after dining at the restaurant, "I ... was rewarded with a couple of this year’s most delightful meals". In a 2009 review of the restaurant for The Record, Jeffrey Page gave the establishment a rating of three stars out of four, and concluded, "The Kebab House is a good place to strike up an acquaintance with Afghan cooking."
Aqbal Qurbanzada founded the establishment in 2002; he had fled Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1985, and traveled to the United States where he began work in the food industry in New York City. Qurbanzada expanded a pizzeria into a restaurant focused on Afghan foods, and decorated the establishment with rugs and clothing from his country of origin.
The restaurant has received favorable reviews, in publications including The New York Times, Qurbanzada was a teacher in Afghanistan, and fled the capital Kabul in 1985 amidst Soviet occupation of the country. The Record described the decor of the establishment, "The Kebab House is a comfortable room whose walls are decorated with mostly dark red rugs and glistening Afghan vests and caps. There are scenes of the old country, unusual food-serving implements".
Cuisine
Dishes at the restaurant include flavored kebabs and an appetizer dish mantoo made from ground beef dumplings.
Reception
Victor E. Sasson gave the restaurant a favorable review for The Record in 2006, and commented, "You're adventurous, but there's always that one dish you order time and again at your favorite restaurant. At Teaneck Kebab House, a richly decorated corner of Afghanistan in Teaneck, that dish is an appetizer of meat-filled dumplings in a yogurt sauce that are made from scratch, just like all the other dishes on the full menu of kebabs, curries and vegetarian items."
David Corcoran of The New York Times commented that after dining at the restaurant, "I ... was rewarded with a couple of this year’s most delightful meals". In a 2009 review of the restaurant for The Record, Jeffrey Page gave the establishment a rating of three stars out of four, and concluded, "The Kebab House is a good place to strike up an acquaintance with Afghan cooking."
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