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A decades-long West Broadway fixture serving Kashmiri and Mughlai recipes nobody else in the city is cooking.
West Broadway, Fairview
More infoAkbar's Own has held down West Broadway for decades as one of the only rooms in Vancouver cooking Kashmiri and Mughlai food, northern India's courtly cuisine. Think rogan josh the Kashmiri way, slow-braised meats perfumed with cardamom and saffron, regal kormas built on layered spicing rather than heat. It's the ideal 'let me show you something you've never had' date. Order the specials and get the breads.
This is the place to order what you can't get elsewhere, so go for the Kashmiri rogan josh and a Mughlai korma, the spicing is aromatic and layered rather than fiery, and that's the point first-timers miss. Ask for a quieter table toward the back of the lounge for the lingering, low-lit feel. Don't miss the breads to carry the rich sauces; budget about an hour and a half, with metered street parking right out front on West Broadway.
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