Restaurants in Tajikistan
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Al-Sham
This Lebanese and Syrian restaurant (Al-Sham is the Arabic name for Damascus) has sophisticated décor, with craved wooden grills and outdoor seating and there's an authentic range of meze (starters), plus all your main-dish grills and kebabs. There's no English menu, so take a knowledgeable friend if you don't know your kubba (croquettes of lamb and cracked wheat) from your baba ganoush (smoky eggplant dip).
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NBM Restaurant
Rivalling the Merve is this equally excellent Turkish café, with pleasant open-air seating overlooking Rudaki. The food is great, from pides (Turkish-style pizzas) to excellent Iskender kebabs, and don't overlook the salad counter inside for some great aubergine dishes. Top it off with a sweet pastry rather than the unjustifiably popular homemade ice cream.
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Salsa Restaurant
Just what you didn't expect in Dushanbe; an Ecuadorian restaurant serving everything from carrot cake and cocktails to Mexican and Italian dishes, complemented by a decent selection of wines and real coffee. This is definitely your only chance in Central Asia to try Ecuadorian llapingachos (fried potato and mozzarella cheese with peanut sauce).
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La Grande Dame
If you need a slice of Western familiarity to go with your Lavazza coffee, try this cool French-style brasserie. The menu (available online) offers everything from lunchtime baguettes to 'salmon blinis with sour cream and caviar' and a Sunday brunch with treats like French toast and eggs benedict.
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Georgia Café
Expand your culinary horizons with dishes like khachapuri (like a pizza with no toppings), solyanka (beef in tomato sauce) and sacsivi (cold chicken with nuts in cream sauce) in this intimate little café, washed down with a glass of imported Georgian wine.
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Café Merve
Our favourite eatery in town is this excellent bustling cafeteria, churning out Turkish kebabs, Turkish borek (little pies), pizza, salads, cakes and coffee, plus the best breakfast bets in town (feta cheese and olives!). It can be hard to get a seat at lunchtime.
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Chaykhona Rokhat
This unusual, Soviet-era attempt at a grand Persian-style chaikhana is great for people-watching but is perhaps better for a drink or snack than a meal. Lose yourself in the ceiling paintings while you wait for your waiter, as the service borders on neglect.
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Kellers
A mix of expats and local business people come for the house-brewed German-style beer (around TJS2 for 0.5L), pleasant outdoor seating, and authentic Chinese and European food.
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Delhi Darbar
The self-proclaimed 'gateway of Indo-Fusion cuisine' offers popular Friday night buffets. The food is more 'fusion' than Indian but it's not bad. Offers takeaway.
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