Taste of Afghanistan
03 539 0500 Order online
Lamb shank on Qabuli rice with raisins and carrots, salad beside it, on a red Afghan carpet runner
Qabuli Pulao Afghanistan's national dish. Slow-cooked lamb shank, fragrant rice, raisins, carrots. $25.99
Taste of Afghanistan chef logo, a smiling chef with a moustache making the OK sign and holding a cloche

Taste of Afghanistan
& Kebab House

Takeaway menu · open 6 days

11:00 am to 9:30 pm, Tuesday to Sunday

Where Taste meets Tradition

Order online Call 03 539 0500

227 Hardy Street, Nelson 7010

From the charcoal brazier

Skewers and kobeda grilled to perfection over charcoal, every plate served with Qabuli rice.

Grilled lamb pieces on Qabuli rice with carrots and raisins, flatbread and a fresh salad on a carpet runner
Lamb with Qabuli rice, naan and salad

Pots, pans & rice

Cooked slowly and served with pride: the dishes that taste like a family kitchen.

Three lamb meatballs in orange gravy in a flowered bowl beside a big round naan in a basket, on a carpet runner
Meat Kofta with fresh naan

Dumplings & starters

Steamed mantu with tomato, yogurt and lentils, bolani hot off the pan, and the soup that starts a proper meal.

Four Afghan mantu dumplings topped with tomato sauce, yogurt and lentils on a flowered plate, on a carpet runner
Mantu, topped with tomato, yogurt and lentils

Green things & beans

Fresh, wholesome vegetarian dishes with real comfort in them.

A mound of cumin basmati rice beside a plate of dark slow-cooked spinach topped with chickpeas in chilli, on a red carpet runner
Sabzi with cumin basmati

Turkish Kebab Menu

A plate piled with spiced shredded chicken over chips, with salad and garlic sauce, on a carpet runner
Meat on Fries

Feed the whole table

  1. $79

    Family Pack 1 serves 3

    Chicken skewer, lamb tikka skewer, minced lamb skewer, lamb shank with Qabuli rice, a curry of your choice, 2 naan and salad.

  2. $129

    Family Pack 2 serves 5

    Two of each skewer, lamb shank with Qabuli rice, a curry of your choice, 3 naan and salad.

  3. $45

    Turkish Kebab Family Pack

    Lamb, chicken or mixed, with rice or fries, topped with salad and sauce.

Four Afghan mantu dumplings with tomato sauce, yogurt and lentils on a flowered plate, on a carpet runner

Sweets & desserts

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