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BEST OF ANN ARBOR
Best University Pages 4 & 5
Find out the Best and the worst the University has
to offer from the Best place to Get Away (from
everything in life that was just born to bug you) to the
worst Dorm Meal (chosen from an infinite list of
gastronomical gutbombs.
DISCS ---------_________--------
Big followups Pages 28 & 29
Joe Jackson and the Eurythmics both have new
albums out. The good news is Jackson's is worth
checking out, and the Eurythmics has some merits.
MUSIC
Elvis takes aim
Page 30
Best Local
Pages 6-11
In a booming metropolis like Ann Arbor there's
bound to be a lot of "Bests." This year's polling
brought in hundreds of answers. Compare your own
"Best" with our favorites.
And now for the musical question, "What's so funny
'bout Peace, Love, and Understanding?" it's Elvis
Costello, back in Ann Arbor to present his blend of
creative cynicism and musical eloquence. The man
that has been called a legend will be performing with
T-Bone Burnett.
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Best Sports
Pages 12 & 13
It's been the best of times (and the worst of times)
for Michigan sports this year. With the help of the
Daily sports staff, we've compiled the cream of
Michigan Athletes.
European yawn
Pages 31& 32
Best Arts
Pages 14-16
Discover the Best places to go to be relaxed by
classical music or fine theater, or have yopr ears
challenged by the many rock acts who play in Ann
Arbor. Also, a showcase of the movies and clubs that
feed Ann Arbor's insatiable appetite for the arts.
If you thought that foreign films were an artistic
treat, you may reconsider after finding out what
Weekend has to say about Carmen. This Spanish im-
port figures to be a dose of dull dancing.
Michael Douglas takes a romantic romp as he
plays hero in the South American jungle in the action
filled Romancing The Stone. Lots of fun is the result
of this race for an emerald (not an Ark), and guess
who gets the girl?
THE LIST
Afghan
elegance
fAfghan Home Restaurant
3250 Washtenaw
Open for lunch everyday 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Dinner 5-10 p.m.
weekdays happy hour 3-6 p.m.
Open Sunday 11~6.m. - 10 p.m.
Phone: 971-7166
By Leslie Pettis
T HE AUGUST 1981 issue of Esquire
magazine named the Afghan Home
Family Restaurant as one of the 100
best new restaurants in America. (This
is conspicuously noted in their Yellow
Pages listing). Esquire will be glad to
know it still merits the accolade. Since
then the Afghan Home has moved from
its original location in the Maple
Village Shopping Center to the corner of
Washtenaw and Huron Parkway, ad-
joining the Varsity House.
Since most don't know what to expect
from Afghan food I think you'll be
pleasantly surprised - I know I was.
The menu lists authentic foods for ap-
petizers, soups, meat entrees (mostly
lamb), vegetarian entrees and desser-
ts. Beverages, including liquors, are
also available.
We started with aush, a soup of
legumes (kidney beans and chickpeas),
noodles and yogurt. This is garnished
with ground beef and mint. One of the
things I enjoyed most about all the food
was the subtle effect the spices had.
Although some have complained it may
be too subtle.
Along with the soup we had an ap-
petizer, bulannee Kachalu which is
coarsley mashed potato in a crispy
wrapping, simila' to turnover pastry or
fil dough. It's served with Afghan
sauce - minced herbs in a spicy/hot
vinegar base.
Each meal comes with a small cold(
salad of cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, a
few scallions and shredded carrots
seasoned with garlic and dill in olive oil.
I found the Afghan sauce was better on
this salad than on the appetizer. Along
with the salad comes unleavened flat
bread.
Our meat entree was sabzi chalan.
Comprised of very tender, maybe a lit-
tle overcooked, lamb chunks braised in
onion and served on a bed of garlicky
cooked spinach. The meat entrees come
with white rice - not Chinese-style but
tossed with oil to separate the grains
and lightly seasoned with fennel seeds
and/or dill seeds.
The vegetarian entree was aushak.
Again the familiar crispy wrapper
filled with scallions topped with a
slightly spicy tomato sauce and yogurt
sprinkled with mint. The yogurt had the
consistency of thin gravy. Happily, not
what I envisioned.
For dessert, shirbrinj, a cool,
creamy, very ricy pudding with a hint
of sweetness from cardamom and spar-
sley sprinkled with chopped pistachios.
As a lover of rice pudding I was
especially pleased. Needless to say, I
was impressed with the whole meal.
All ballots.sho.ld be retaned to the Mhlo.Daly.. 420 May.ard St.
or PARTICIPATING RETAILERS.f
Afghan Home: Exotic, enjoyable cuisine
Best miscellaneous
Pages 17-23
THEATER
Don't cry
Page 38
Sometimes something just doesn't excatly fit into
a category, but it's still good enough to be the best.
Best miscellaneous is a collection of those hard-to-
pigeonhole, but nonetheless vital services and
products.- Included in this section are a selection of
best discs, best classical music, best books, best
photos and even best films.
HOPWOOD
Selected works Pages 24-27
In this year's Best of Ann Arbor issue we feature
some selected works by a few winners of the 1983 Un-
dergraduate Hopwood Awards. These works
represent some of the best in creative writing and in-
clude both fiction and poetry.
Happenings
Pages 33-36
Your guide to fun times for the coming week in Ann
Arbor. Film capsules, movie previews, theater notes,
and bar dates, all listed in a handy-dandy, day-by-day
schedule. Plus, a roster of local restaurants.
BOOKS
Argentina comes to Ann Arbor in the production of
Evita at the Michigan Theater. The play is based on
the life of Eva Peron and features much of the
original broadway cast. "Stand back, Buenos Aires!"
RESTAURANTS
The food has character. You can taste
the different ingredients and tell that
care was taken in the preparation.
While it may sound like a lot of food, the
portions are moderate as sur-
prisingly are the prices.
As for the restaurants' physical
layout, it's well-lighted with a separate
dining area bathed in blue light. Reser-
vations are needed for this room.
Another room is outlined in large red
pillows where presumably you can eat
from, the floor. Native music plays in
the background of the dining areas. The
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The Afghan Home Family Restaurant offers such
dishes as Bulannee Kachalu and shirbrinj, if you
can't pronounce them you may enjoy eating them.
The Afghan Home is a highly rated restaurant, find
out more about its exotic flavor in this Weekend
review. FM
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Find out all of the light and serious details of doc-
torin' in The Official M.D. Handbook. Yes, giving
your life to medicine can be fun.
Best of Ann Arbor
Friday. Apri 13. 1984
Vol, II, Issue 2
AS ANOTHER school year comes to a close, it seems
apropriate to honor those businesses, services and
entertainers that have made Ann Arbor what it is. In that spirit
we present the Second Annual Best of Ann Arbor. We received
quite a few ballots this year, which made for quite a bit of
counting, but allowed a lot of people to voice their opinions
about what's "Best" in Ann Arbor. We would like to thank
everyone who took the time to fill out a ballot and encourage
you all do take part in next year's project. Our cover photo
collage is by Daily chief photographer Doug McMahon.
Mike Fisch
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Vol. I, Issue 23
Magazine Editor.......... ........Mare Hodges
Sales Manager .................. Debbie Dioguardi
Assistant Sales Manager ............ Laurie Truske
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