Astoria · Afghan
Afghan cooking in a small Astoria room — mantu, kabuli pulao, and bolani
Little Flower Cafe is a small room on 36th Avenue doing Afghan home cooking, and it is one of the more quietly excellent restaurants in a neighborhood full of them. Mantu — steamed dumplings filled with spiced beef, topped with yogurt and split-pea sauce — is the dish to start with. Kabuli pulao, the national rice dish with lamb, carrot, and raisin, is the one to build a meal around. Bolani, the stuffed flatbread, works as a starter for the table. Prices are modest, the room is warm, and the cooking has the specificity of a family recipe rather than a menu assembled for a market.
Little Flower Cafe is afghan cooking in a small Astoria room — mantu, kabuli pulao, and bolani. Regulars order mantu dumplings and kabuli pulao.
Little Flower Cafe is priced at $$ — approx. $20–$40 per person.
Little Flower Cafe does not list an online reservation system. Walk-in; small room, busy at dinner
Little Flower Cafe is at 25-35 36th Ave, Astoria, NY 11106, in Astoria. Street parking on 36th Ave