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Subject: Dinner Wednesday, 5/17, Kabul, San Carlos
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This Event:

	Wed 5/17, Kabul, San Carlos

Coming Events:

	Wed 5/24, Macarthur Park, Palo Alto
	Wed 5/31, Passage to India, Mountain View
	Thu 6/8, Sarovar, Sunnyvale
	Wed 6/14, MoMoYa, Mountain View
    Wed 6/21, Cha Am, San Francisco
    Wed 6/28, Suraj, Redwood City
	Thu 7/6, Celia's, Palo Alto
	Wed 7/12, Paradise, Mountain View
    Wed 7/19, Kabul, Sunnyvale
	Wed 7/26, Mountain House, Woodside
	Thu 8/3, Piacere, San Carlos
	Wed 8/9 Afghan House, Sunnyvale
	Wed 8/16, La Fiesta, Mountain View
	Wed 8/23, Mandarin Gourmet, Palo Alto
	Wed 8/30, Hobees, Redwood Shores
	Thu 9/7, Armadillo Willy's, Los Altos
	Wed 9/13, Don Giovanni, Mountain View
	Wed 9/20, Hunan Homes, Los Altos
	Wed 9/27, Del Monte, Sunnyvale
	Thu 10/5, El Paso Cafe, Mountain View
	Wed 10/11, Janta, Palo Alto
	Wed 10/18, Chef Chu's, Los Altos
	Wed 10/25, Yakko, Mountain View
	Wed 11/1, Straits Cafe, Palo Alto
	
Time:

	Wednesday, May 17th, 7:30pm

Place:

    Kabul
    135 El Camino Real
    San Carlos, CA  94070
    (650) 594-2840

Description:

    Kabul serves Afghan cuisine in an atmosphere where the host wears a
    black bow tie and comes by your table occasionally to sincerely
    inquire after your comfort.  The tablecloths are pink but the rest
    of "the atmosphere touches" ARE in good taste.

    The help is pleasant, knowledgeable, and available.  This is
    Ariana's favorite restaurant, one of my top three.  Several bay
    area restaurant reviewers and the friends we have brought there
    also express definite satisfaction.

    Nature of the cuisine fits what one would expect based on geography
    (if China were missing), similarities to Indian, and Burmese are
    apparent.  Most entrees are served with rice.

    Vegetables of note: Cauliflower, Spinach, Carrot, and Pumpkin.
    Animals of note:  Lamb, Beef, Chicken, and Yogurt.

    The menu lists four vegetarian entrees out of eighteen total.  All
    four side dishes are vegetarian.

    Entrees range from $9 to $16 and include salad.  Soups and
    appetizers are $3 each.  Deserts around $3.

    Kabuki last attended Kabul on March 1st.

Directions:

    Short:
	Kabul is set back in the corner of a small shopping center
	(San Carlos Plaza) on the east side of El Camino, exactly one
	block south of the San Carlos/Belmont city line.  Kabul has
	lighted yellow letters above the entrance.

    Public Transit:
	Take CalTrain to the San Carlos station.  As you disembark the
	train facing the station, proceed to the intersection of El
	Camino Real and Holly (which is in front of you on your right).
	Continue North on El Camino 0.3 mile to the next light which is
	Hull Drive and you are on the sidewalk adjacent to the shopping
	center.  Turn right, into the shopping center.

    By automobile:
	Holly Street exit from 101 is 3 miles south of the 92 interchange.
	Take 101 to Holly Street Exit.
	Proceed west on Holly Street 0.5 mile to El Camino Real.
	Take El Camino Real north for 0.3 mile to Hull Drive.
	Turn right/east into the parking lot of San Carlos Plaza.

    Parking Note:
	We have always found ample parking.  This is a "nice"
	neighborhood, but lock your car door anyway.

[review by NeilB]

-RichardT