| Connoisseurs know that Afghanistan is one of those | | | | a Westerner to receive unannounced guests, this is |
| regions that blend inside them all the savory and | | | | by no means a reason of annoyance to an Afghan. |
| tastes around it. However, food in this country is | | | | In Afghanistan, unannounced guests are so frequent |
| neither salty, nor as spicy as in other, more Western | | | | that not having food prepared for more persons that |
| civilizations. A perfect blend of refinement and | | | | one family has is unheard of. The same is to leave |
| exoticness makes the travelers fall in love with the | | | | from an Afghan house with hunger torturing your |
| exquisite tastes of Afghanistan. | | | | stomach. This simply never happens, no matter how |
| This specific domain is almost sacred in the land of | | | | poor or how unprepared the host was. It is always |
| Afghans. Although in Western civilizations food might | | | | an honor for an Afghan to have company for a meal, |
| be considered a way of quenching the stomach, the | | | | the guest will be seated in the best place, served the |
| Afghan people treat food with an utmost respect. | | | | first of all and given the best food the house holds, |
| Guests are seen as a blessing inside the Afghan | | | | even if the rest of the members will remain hungry. |
| culture, and although it might seem weird and rude to | | | | |