No. 01
Kebabs
Charcoal-grilled lamb, beef, chicken. The cornerstone of Afghan home cooking.
North London · Highbury Plaza
From the
cliff country.
Brought to north London.
Bamyan is a valley in central Afghanistan, framed by limestone cliffs and a thousand-year tradition of slow-cooked rice, charcoal kebab, and hand-folded dumplings. We brought the table to Highbury Avenue. Independent, family-run.
What we cook
Charcoal, rice, dumplings, bread.
In that order.
Afghan cuisine is the older cousin of Persian and Indian cooking. Saffron and cardamom from Iran. Yogurt and dumplings from the Silk Road. Charcoal kebab from the steppe. We cook all of it in one kitchen.
The Six Pillars
An Afghan table.
No. 02
Qabili Palaw
The national dish. Rice, lamb, raisins, julienned carrots, slow-baked together.
No. 03
Mantu
Hand-folded dumplings filled with seasoned beef, finished with garlic yogurt and tomato sauce.
No. 04
Ashak
Leek-filled dumplings, mint-yogurt, ground meat sauce. Bamyan is a region; ashak is its table.
No. 05
Bolani
Stuffed flatbread with potato, leek, or pumpkin. Crisp outside, soft inside.
No. 06
Doogh & Chai
Salted yogurt drink to cool a meal, cardamom black tea to end one.
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Find Us
1295 Highbury Ave N.
Highbury Shopping Plaza, north London. Free parking. Dine-in and takeout welcome. Call ahead for larger orders.
Hours
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