The restaurant features a large carpeted stage for diners who prefer to sit on the floor while they eat, a custom in many Middle Eastern cultures. An Afghan doctor who worked with the U.S. Army ...

Ismail said that as part of Afghan culture, they sit on the floor and eat with their hands, which is also an option at the restaurant.

At Jaji, diners sipped cumin-infused cocktails and shared plates of confit duck mantu in the candle-lit, high-ceilinged space on the ground floor ... Afghan cuisine. Most Afghan restaurants ...