Choopan Kabab House in Flushing, NY
Choopan Kabab House
43-27 Main Street
Flushing, NY
718-539-3180
Take out: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Credit Card Accepted: Yes
Opened until 11PM on Saturdays
Flushing is an ethnically diverse neighborhood with many different restaurants to choose from. I have always thought that Flushing is predominately home to East Asians, in particularly Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. But that is only one part of one the neighborhood. The other side is home to a lot of South Asians like the Pakistanis, Indians, Bangladeshis, and Aghanis. I am sure when you are driving into Flushing, you’ll notice a lot of South Asian stores. I have never really been to the stores there nor have eaten in the restaurants because I’m not familiar with their culture. I have eaten at Indian restaurants, and that’s probably it for South Asian cuisine, but slowly and very surely with the help and encouragement from my friend, I will get more exposure to that cuisine!
My friend introduced me to this Afghani restaurant called Choopan Kabab House. Like many South Asian restaurants that I have personally encountered, like Ali Baba (Turkish Cuisine) by the Horace Harding Expressway in Flushing, there are neon lights flashing right outside the restaurant! I guess that’s a good way of attracting customers, but in a very old and tacky kind of way which is cute in my opinion. Moving forward, I believe the only time I’ve had Afghani food is really the chicken and rice platter by the vendor on 53rd and 6th avenue in Manhattan. Scratch that. I have been informed that the chicken and rice halal cart on 53rd and 6th is Arabic! I really need to eat Afghani and Arabic food one after the other so I can distinguish the two cuisines!
Now, unfortunately I did not take a photo of the outside of the restaurant because it was raining really hard. But rest assure that I do have photos for your enjoyment, so make the jump to the next page to see!
Interior of Choopan Kabab House in Flushing, NY
