Liz P.
Yelp
OMG where do I start!! My first Persian experience!!!! It was absolutely divine!!
Lot of the items were hard to pronounce and I made notes on my phone before I went so I knew what I needed to order. The gentleman working there was calm, graceful, and so nice to even teach me how to pronounce them!
First off, for this much labor and love that goes into making this food, it should cost more. If dizi sangi was served in NYC, it would probably go for at least $28.
The kashk-e badenjaan ($7.95), sautéed and mashed eggplant w/ Persian whey, walnuts, caramelized onion was like eating silky panties drizzled with liquid gold. The flatbread was so fresh and good I wanted to cry sesame seeds. And it came warm inside a basket covered in Persian cloth napkin with tassels on them!!!!! Tassels!!!! Oh, c'mon!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh (For those of you that never ate at Byblos on Duncan St, their $11 organic house lebneh also comes with barbari bread which is to DIEEEE for, just sayin)
My friend ordered the kalleh pacheh ($15.95), soup made with sheep's head and hooves with flatbread. Because, c'mon folks. Where and when are you ever gonna have chance to try sheep's face and feet???? He ate that soup up like his life depended on it.
Of course, I had to order the dizi sangi ($14.50) and omg, it's a HUGE portion! And it comes with pickled puréed vegetables, yogurt, and more flatbread. I'm glad I didn't order the yogurt app because I got to taste some with this dish and it was heavenly. Thick, luscious, and tangy, you'll be saying Greek what?? Chobani, Oikos who?? The stewed lamb, chickpeas, and potato is strained (broth served separately) and it comes in a beautiful mortar and you take the pestle and smoosh everything together to spread it onto the flatbread. I thought the interactiveness of this dish alone was worth ordering. After couple of times of pestling, I just ate the chunks of meat straight out of the mortar. Just shoved everything into my mouth. Mmm! Meaty goodness!!!!
The lovely Persian chai tea, I believe came with our meal. The tea kettle was authentic, Persian, and hand painted. Ugh, can this get any better!!!
They had 2 Persian rugged flat beds (no cushions unfortunately) that you can sit on instead of a table, the entire experience was amazing and so memorable. And it only costed us $46 bones.
If you can get your butt over here, you must at once. It's one of those flavors that'll stay with you for a life time.