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Dastarkhan

Austin, TX · Central Asian catering

Tastes just like home.

Central Asian home cooks across Austin make the dishes they grew up on — plov, manty, samsa, honey cake — to order, and deliver them to your door. A dastarkhan is the table a family lays for guests; we bring it to yours.

  • Catering for 10–100 guests
  • Delivery across Austin
  • Confirmed by a human
How it works

Ordering, made simple

Every order is a request — nothing is charged until we've spoken and confirmed it with you.

1

Pick the table

Catering spread for the whole party, or single dishes for tonight — all priced upfront.

2

We match a chef

Your order goes to the chef who cooks that dish best. Order from a chef's page and it goes straight to them.

3

Fresh handoff

Delivery across Austin or pickup at an arranged window — timing confirmed with you directly.

One order, a full table
Catering

One order, a full table

The flagship of the house: a dastarkhan laid out for your guests — plov in the center, dumplings and pastries around it, sweets and tea to finish — assembled across our kitchens and delivered before you need it.

  • The Dastarkhan — full spread
  • Office plov lunch
  • Tea table
Plan your catering
The menu

Explore the table

A taste of each part of the menu — plov and mains, dumplings, salads and the tea table.

See the full menu →

Office Plov Lunch (10+ boxes)

$15 a head · delivered warm

Plov boxed per person with achichuk salad and tandyr bread, delivered before the meeting starts. $15 a head, ten-box minimum — headcount and date confirmed by a human.

$150.00 Request →

Tea Table — Sweets & Samovar Spread (serves 10)

Hospitality you can photograph

The Central Asian grazing table: piled baursak, chak-chak chunks, honey-cake bites, tandyr bread, dried apricots and walnuts around pots of black tea. Sized to your headcount.

$120.00 Request →
Plov — Beef Rice Pilaf

Plov — Beef Rice Pilaf

Cooked in a qazan · serves 4

The wedding rice of Central Asia: slow-cooked beef, sweet carrots and rice layered in a qazan until every grain carries the broth. Family pan serves four; the party kazan feeds a table of ten.

from $48.00 Choose →
Beshbarmak — Kazakh Beef & Pasta Platter (serves 4–6)

Beshbarmak — Kazakh Beef & Pasta Platter (serves 4–6)

The national dish · family platter

Kazakhstan's national dish: wide hand-rolled pasta sheets under slow-boiled tender beef and onions stewed in broth. Served family-style — the centerpiece of a real dastarkhan.

$78.00 Order →

Manty — Steamed Beef Dumplings

Hand-pleated · $3 each

Hand-pleated dumplings with juicy beef and onion, steamed fresh — $3 a piece, made to order by our dumpling chefs. Steamed ready to eat, or packed to steam at home.

from $36.00 Choose →
Samsa — Flaky Beef Pastries (6)

Samsa — Flaky Beef Pastries (6)

Baked, never fried · 6 per box

Golden pastry triangles stuffed with hand-chopped beef and onion — the samosa's juicier, baked-not-fried Central Asian cousin. Six to a box; doubles cleanly for a crowd.

from $24.00 Choose →
Our chefs

Named chefs, not a kitchen line

Every dish on the menu has a person behind it. Order from their page and they cook every line.

Meet all the chefs →
The idea

A dastarkhan in your home, any day.

The feast table Central Asian families lay for guests — cooked by Austin home chefs, delivered to yours.

Plov — Beef Rice Pilaf
Off the qazan

Plov — Beef Rice Pilaf

Slow-cooked beef, sweet carrots and rice layered in a qazan until every grain carries the broth — the dish Central Asian families cook when guests are coming. Family pan for four, party kazan for ten.

from $48.00
Inside Dastarkhan
What a dastarkhan is

A table set by the whole neighborhood

Austin's Central Asian catering company. A dastarkhan is the table Central Asian families lay out when guests are coming — ours is set by home chefs across Austin, cooking plov, manty, samsa, lagman and honey cake to order. One menu, real chefs: we match every order to the chef who cooks that dish best, a human confirms every detail, and the spread arrives before your guests do. Tastes just like home.

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Questions

Before you order

Who actually cooks my order?

A named home chef from our roster — we match each order to the chef who cooks that dish best, and we tell you who's cooking when we confirm. Order from a chef's own page and that exact person cooks it.

Is the food halal?

Many of our chefs keep halal kitchens, but we don't assume — if halal matters to you, say so in the order notes and we'll confirm it with the chef before accepting your order.

How does catering work?

Send the date and headcount through the catering page. We plan the spread across our chefs, confirm a quote within a day, and deliver before your guests arrive. Catering needs 48 hours' notice.

How do I pay?

We confirm every order personally first — timing, details and total — and take payment on confirmation. No surprise charges.

How far ahead should I order?

Most dishes need 24 hours' notice; each item shows its lead time. Catering and beshbarmak need 48 hours.

All questions & how it works →

Ordering

Delivery & pickup, arranged per order

Hours

  • Mon – Fri Orders confirmed 9am – 7pm
  • Saturday Orders confirmed 10am – 6pm
  • Sunday Pre-orders for the week ahead
From our kitchens

Set the table tonight.

Pick a dish or plan the whole spread — we match it to a chef and confirm every detail with you.

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Who actually cooks my order?

A named home chef from our roster — we match each order to the chef who cooks that dish best, and we tell you who's cooking when we confirm. Order from a chef's own page and that exact person cooks it.

Is the food halal?

Many of our chefs keep halal kitchens, but we don't assume — if halal matters to you, say so in the order notes and we'll confirm it with the chef before accepting your order.

How does catering work?

Send the date and headcount through the catering page. We plan the spread across our chefs, confirm a quote within a day, and deliver before your guests arrive. Catering needs 48 hours' notice.

How do I pay?

We confirm every order personally first — timing, details and total — and take payment on confirmation. No surprise charges.

How far ahead should I order?

Most dishes need 24 hours' notice; each item shows its lead time. Catering and beshbarmak need 48 hours.

Do you deliver?

Delivery is available across Austin — the fee depends on distance and is confirmed when we call. Pickup at an arranged window is free.

Can one chef make my whole order?

Yes — open their page from the chefs list and order there. The whole order goes to them, at their prices.

Allergens?

Listed per dish. These are home kitchens with shared equipment — flag any critical allergy in the order notes and we'll confirm with the chef before accepting.

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