Kebab Al-Hojat

Merrylands in Sydney’s western suburbs is home to a large Afghani population.
There is a myriad of Afghani restaurants all a stone’s throw from the suburban railway station along with some well-​stocked Middle Eastern grocery and butcher shops and some other restaurants with a Persian and Syrian flavour. Which isn’t out of place as Afghan food is influenced by Iranian, Indian and Mongolian cuisines and ingredients.
Kebab Al-​Hojat is a hole in the wall and just does kebabs. Now when Sydney siders think of kebabs that usually conjures images of the typical late-​night hangover cure of a donar kebab — shaved lamb and salad with your sauce of choice all rolled up for convenience (extra paper napkins please)!
Kebab Al-​Hojat is Afghani — they don’t do donar kebabs. But as it is they’re only speciality they do a kebab very, very well and if you don’t there at about 11.30am you may have to expect to wait for a table in its small space.
The pick is the mixed kebab ($ 13) — you get three meats that come straight off the skewers — beef (absolutely tender and succulent), chicken (seasoned well and good), and what I would call lamb kofta which is second only to those wonderful cubes of meat mentioned before! All of this is accompanied with a basket of Afghani bread (it’s similar to naan and if you haven’t tried this type of bread its worth just coming here to taste it as they make it themselves), a yoghurt raita, chilli sauce and a plate of salad (usually onion, lettuce and red cabbage). There is a jar of sumac on every table so you can season your meats.
The menu is limited to the variety of kebabs they do (about six varieties including the minced plate). Order your kebab of choice and it’s skewered and placed in the clay «tonir» that resembles a tandoor (none of this shaved meat stuff that is rotated for hours on end in other «kebab joints») — it’s made fresh to order.
The interior is spartan but so what — you come here for food and not atmosphere and if it wasn’t for the Hondas and Toyotas buzzing past outside you could be at a kebab house in Kabul.
Kebab Al-​Hojat is a great place to experience Afghani street food before or after exploring the great food places that Merrylands has to offer.
And kids love it!

I was visiting from US and my friend introduced me to this place. The food was very authentic and delicious. I would like to recommend this place to any one who enjoys the authentic food and this place accepts only cash.