Dear guest,
We welcome you to our restaurant BAMYAN Narges.
The kitchen is each restaurant’s heart. Our kitchen is a true effigy of the traditional art of the Afghan cuisine. Fresh ingredients, products and dishes, refined with homemade spices, blended according to family recipes, are of the utmost importance to us.
The name of our restaurant derives from the famous Buddha statues in the valley of BAMYAN, where Narges, as a child, admired those huge sculptures. To everybody’s horror, they were destroyed by the Taliban in March of 2001.
The Bamyan Valley lies next to the old silk road and used to be a transit camp for travelers in ancient times. About 1500 years ago and with enormous efforts, Buddhist monks carved the sculpture out of the mile-long sandstone wall of the Bamyan Valley which by then was a Buddhist center. The valley itself lies 230 kilometers north-east of Kabul, at a height of 2500 meters. The sculptures were 55, respectively 38 meters tall and, in thus, comparable to the Statue of Liberty.
Narges, the restaurant’s owner, takes pride in her provenience and of her cultural heritage: “There is a certain memory of Afghanistan that will always stay with me. When I was a little girl, my mother and I visited the huge Buddha statues in the Bamyan Valley. We experienced a glorious sunset there, the sun was going down behind the mountains and the sand and the colors were just amazing.”
Narges projected her own biography onto her restaurants with atmospheric light and subtle details, and she made both places her personal haven. Hand-carved tables with crafted shiny decors, representing a lot of different denotations. Dreamy wall ornaments and subtle light are the perfect surrounding for a harmonious Afghan dinner. “There are no random elements. Every detail has a background and a personal meaning”, Narges explains. In between charming details of the restaurant’s decorations, there are visual components of culture on display. The impressive wall décor, for example, signifies the symbol of the guarding eye.
Afghan mythology tells us that the guarding eye protects from evil. The integrated shapes of daffodils have a certain meaning as well, since this flower is held in high esteem in Asia and signifies the human eye. The daffodil also protects and provides comfort. Narges brought the wisdom of the Orient to Munich. Discover the décor, personally designed by Narges, in our restaurants in Munich’s Gärtnerplatz- and Glockenbach districts. Native-born Narges loves to tell her guests about her country’s culture, its art of food and life itself in Afghanistan, best enjoyed in the cozy dinner lounge in Klenzestraße 47. In addition to a “classical” restaurant atmosphere, our guests are invited to experience Afghan flair and food on comfortable seat cushions.
Be enchanted by our food, prepared in our family’s culinary tradition according to our own recipes and refined with homemade spice compositions. Bamyan Narges offers a wide variety of delicacies, among them fish and meat fried on the lava rock grill, as well as special vegetarian and vegan dishes and unusual sorts of rice. Oriental ambiance, exceptional Afghan cuisine and the highest standards in hospitality go without saying.
But now we’d like you to enjoy our Afghan cuisine with all your senses! Enjoy your meal and have a good time!
LUNCH MENU
Monday to Friday, 11:30 AM until 02:30 PM
For each lunch menu we serve you a tomato soup
or a small mixed salad
VEGETARIAN
Dal Tschalau (M1)
Yellow lentils with a mild, creamy, slightly sweet coconut curry sauce
and fine spices. With Basmati rice, cooked in the oven.
7,90 €
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Bamiya Tschalau (M2)
Roasted okra fried with tomatoes and garlic in a vigorous
velvety sauce. With Basmati rice, cooked in the oven.
8,50 €
CHICKEN
Morgh Tschalau (M3)
Tenderly marinated pieces of chicken breast in a creamy
sauce with garden vegetables. Flavoured with cumin and chili.
With Basmati rice, cooked in the oven.
9,90 €
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Morgh bo Maska (M4)
Marinated pieces of chicken breast in a creamy sauce of tomatoes,
butter and curry. Refined with cream and exotic spices like coriander, cumin and
fenugreek. With Basmati rice, cooked in the oven.
8,90 €
BEEF
Goschte Gau wa Tschalau (M5)
Tender beef pieces in a strong sauce with vegetables and mustard seeds. Refined
with cumin, coriander, turmeric and cardamom.
With Basmati rice, cooked in the oven.
10,50 €
FISH
Mahi Tschalau (M6)
Fish fillet steamed in curry tomato sauce with garden vegetables and mustard seeds,
topped off with a light coconut sweetness. Refined with cumin, coriander, turmeric
and cardamom.
With Basmati rice, cooked in the oven.
9,50 €
LAMB
Goscht wa Tschalau (M7)
Tender pieces of lamb, with spinach in a creamy curry sauce, refined with coconut
milk. Refined with coriander and fenugreek.
With Basmati rice, cooked in the oven.
10,90 €
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Naan
Afghan bread with black and white sesame.
1,90 €
DESSERT
Ferni
Cream dessert with almonds and pistachios.
2,90 €
DRINKS
Mango Lassi
0,33 l 3,50 €
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Doogh Lassi
yoghurt drink with fresh herbs and cucumber
0,33 l 3,50 €
Menu
COLD STARTERS
Mixed Salad
Mixed salad with fresh coriander, mint and dill
(also vegan)
5,50 €
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Paner Salad
Crisp mixed salad with sheep cheese and olives
(also vegan)
7,50 €
SOUPS
Maschaua
Lentil soup with chickpeas, ginger, coriander,
red sweet paprika powder, wheat and herbal yogurt (mildly spicy)
(also vegan)
7,50 €
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Schorwa
Lamb soup with coriander, mint leafs and chickpeas,
comes with pita bread
8,90 €
WARM STARTERS
Pakaure Tarkari
Various vegetables, fried in spicy dough,
comes with a sauce of herbal curd
7,50 €
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Kadu Bamyan
Pickled pumpkin, sweet and hot, with curd cream
Bamyan Narge-style, comes with pita bread
(also vegan)
11,90 €
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Keema Bamyan
Grilled eggplant, rolled in minced meat, sheep cheese,
with garlic, chili-tomato sauce, refined with fresh coriander leaves
10,50 €
VEGETARIAN DISHES
Quabelli Palau
Brown baked basmati rice with raisins,
pistachios, almonds und carrot stripes
(comes with a side dish of your choice*)
(also vegan)
15,90 €
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Naregj Palau
Baked saffron rice with stripes of bitter oranges,
sweet and spicy, with almonds and pistachios
(comes with a side dish of your choice*)
(also vegan)
16,50 €
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* Comes with:
Potatoes – boiled in spicy tomato sauce with coriander and ginger
or
Spinach – boiled with spring onions, cardamom, delicate spices and coriander
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Aschak
Dumplings, stuffed with leek and spring onions,
covered with a spicy herbal curd-sauce
(also with minced meat or vegan)
(also vegan)
17,90 €
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Borani Badenjan
Fried eggplants with tomatoes, onions, peppers,
coriander and herbal curd-sauce, mildly spicy
(also vegan)
16,90 €
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Borani Torai
Fried zucchini with tomatoes, onions, peppers,
coriander and herbal curd-sauce, mildly spicy
(also vegan)
15,50 €
COOKED POULTRY
Korme Morgh
Boiled chicken in a spicy sauce of plums, saffron and lentils,
refined with fresh coriander and cardamom
Comes with a rice dish of your choice, cooked in the stove
Quabelli Palau
Brown baked Basmati rice with raisins,
pistachios, almonds and carrot stripes
18,90 €
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Naregj Palau
Baked saffron rice with stripes of bitter oranges,
sweet and spicy, with almonds and pistachios
19,90 €
POULTRY FROM THE LAVA ROCK GRILL
Kabobe Morgh
Pickled chicken breast on the spit, grilled Bamyan Narges-style,
fat-free, mildly spicy
Quabelli Palau
Brown baked Basmati rice with raisins,
pistachios, almonds and carrot stripes
(comes with a side dish of your choice*)
21,90 €
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Naregj Palau
Baked saffron rice with stripes of bitter oranges,
sweet and spicy, with almonds and pistachios
(comes with a side dish of your choice*)
22,90 €
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* Comes with:
Potatoes – boiled in spicy tomato sauce with coriander and ginger
or
Spinach – boiled with spring onions, cardamom, delicate spices and coriander
COOKED LAMB
Spinach Lamb Stew or Potato Lamb Stew
Comes with a rice dish of your choice, cooked in the stove
Quabelli Palau
Brown baked Basmati rice with raisins,
pistachios, almonds and carrot stripes
20,90 €
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Naregj Palau
Baked saffron rice with stripes of bitter oranges,
sweet and spicy, with almonds and pistachios
21,90 €
LAMB FROM THE LAVA ROCK GRILL
Kabobe Teeka
Lamb meat on the spit, grilled Bamyan Narges-style, mildly spicy
Quabelli Palau
Brown baked Basmati rice with raisins,
pistachios, almonds and carrot stripes
(comes with a side dish of your choice*)
24,90 €
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Naregj Palau
Baked saffron rice with stripes of bitter oranges,
sweet and spicy, with almonds and pistachios
(comes with a side dish of your choice*)
25,90 €
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* Comes with:
Potatoes – boiled in spicy tomato sauce with coriander and ginger
or
Spinach – boiled with spring onions, cardamom, delicate spices and coriander
AUTHENTC AFGHAN PASTA DISHES
Aschak
Steamed dumplings, filled with leek and spring onions,
covered with a sauce of curd and minced meat
17,90 €
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Mantu
Steamed dumplings, filled with minced meat, onions,
coriander and mint, covered with a mildly spicy sauce of curd and lentils
17,90 €