Comments on: Salang Pass: Reviews

By: Lucki Herrera

Lucki Herrera — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:41:29 +0000

I would like if KQED can do a review of my favorite restaurant ; Nick's family restaurant in San Leandro / San Lorenzo. It is by the Kmart near Bayfair mall.

By: Raymano

Raymano — Sat, 26 May 2007 04:46:57 +0000

Salang Pass is truly one of the best Restaurants I've been to, mainly in terms of food.

First, you would in and theres this traditional floor seating area that they have made as a stage type thing and its covered with Lots of color ful drapes within it. I can really explain the decor, you would have to check it out yourself, but its very unique.

They have a large murual in the table seating section illustrating a country side. Lots of other Afghan Decor all over.

Thats not even the best part about it, the FOOD was excellent!!!! This is really good food,. I love Afghan food and have tried most if not all the Afghan restaurants in the bay, but this has the best FOOD. I ordered Mantu, Qabilly pallow, boloni, and Jala for dessert. I was so full by the time I finished that I took advantage of this floor cusion seeting and just layed down. The owner approached me and informed me that is why traditionally people sat on the floor duuring food, was so that they could just lay down.

The server was very attentive to our needs and we got good service. The manager on duuty, zak, I believe is his hame is very nice man, he'll come and talk to you and explain afghan culure.

I will come back many many many times again.

By: kimi_kimi

kimi_kimi — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:18:08 +0000

I just came back from a delicious lunch at Salang Pass. I was seated right away and there were only 2 other tables that were taken as this is a Sunday afternoon. The ambience is exotic yet comfortable. Patrons have the choice of sitting at a table or on the floor. Of course I opted for the floor. A salad with italian dressing was promptly served to me as I was going over the menu.For appetizer, I had the Aushak Afghani styled ravioli stuffed with leek and seasonings, topped with ground beef and a special yogurt sauce. It was very rich and flavorful but a tad mushy for my taste. Entree was Lamb Korma which was rich as well with lots of basamic rice. For dessert I had the rose water homemade ice cream. Overall I liked the service and music was soothing. Parking is sparse and as I've never had afghani food it was a great experience. Please try to eat there for lunch between 2-4pm where it tends not to be busy. Good luck!

By: Juliet

Juliet — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 02:18:40 +0000

I ate at Salang Pass the summer of 2005. It was my second experience at an Afghani restaurant. I was not familiar with Afghani food at all. Both times were a delightfully delicious experience. Afghani food is very tasty. My companion had the Mantoo which she raved about and I had the Quabili Pallow. Yummy!! If you've never been to Salang Pass, you're in for a treat!

By: Kim Nguyen

Kim Nguyen — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:06:43 +0000

My boyfriend and I went to eat at Salang Pass yesterday evening. This was our first time eating Afghan food, and boy were we surprised. It was delicious. We had the Borani Kadoo, Mantoo, Bolani, and Quabili Pallaw. My boyfriend describes the Mantoo as being similar to a creamy lasagna; very flavorful. He ate everything off of his dish along with almost all of mine. The only things that weren't great was the salad and the Naan (dry and stale). The basmati rice in the Quabili Pallaw tasted great topped with some yogurt and hot sauce. We will definitely come back again.

By: Sam Ramirez

Sam Ramirez — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:21:10 +0000

The Salang Pass is a very cozy place. However, there was not one thing except the salad that I enjoyed. It needs something to get your teeth to work on that gives you that feeling of having eaten.!! It is ggenerally a bit of that and a bit of this. Perhaps, being raised on steak and eggs has a bearing on my comment

By: Roxie and Leslie

Roxie and Leslie — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 03:45:26 +0000

We've eaten at Salang many times and have never been disappointed. Wonderful flavors. I agree with Franci regarding the pumkin dish – wow! Also the garbonzo bean side dish is very tasty. The spiced tea is a great beverage with this food.

The service has always been excellent. The more you go the more you learn about the food and the culture. They love answering your questions.

It's been too long – we "need" to get back to Salang.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:45:17 +0000

I've even several times at Salang, and even had them cater my otherwise American-style wedding. My favorites are the bolani, quabili pallow and teka beef kabobs. We have brought several friends there who had never tried Afghan food before. They all came with trepidation, and left raving about the food!

By: gg

gg — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 18:14:40 +0000

I've eaten three or four times at Salang, and I agree it is a fine restaurant experience. Not only are the food options unusual, and tasty, but the elevated eating area, with rugs and low tables is interesting. I've also had very good service, very patient. I would remind Dion that this is Check Please! Bay Area, not San Francisco, and that if you live in Fremont, Isa is just as far away as Salang is for him.