Kabab King
In 2019, I interviewed a young rapper known as Mr. Cardamom who had shot a music video at this proudly scruffy Jackson Heights institution, where the attitude is as brusque as the kebabs are tender. “The service is horrendous, and it’s beautiful,” he told me. “You can make direct eye contact with someone and they will not come to your table.” That rapper is now the mayor of New York City, and if the biryani here is good enough for him, it’s good enough for you.
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In 2019, I interviewed a young rapper known as Mr. Cardamom who had shot a music video at this proudly scruffy Jackson Heights institution, where the attitude is as brusque as the kebabs are tender. “The service is horrendous, and it’s beautiful,” he told me.
“You can make direct eye contact with someone and they will not come to your table.” That rapper is now the mayor of New York City, and if the biryani here is good enough for him, it’s good enough for you.
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