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| - Being a Persian, it is difficult to find good Persian food in the Scottsdale/Phoenix area unless I am eating a home-cooked meal or at the nearby Persian Room.
We had heard some of our family friends (who are also Persian) raving about this new almost "fast food" type of Persian food restaurant where you can get good and affordable Persian classics like ghormeh sabzi (vegetable and meat stew) and khashke-badamjan (eggplant side dish) , so we decided to give it a try.
When we walked in the place was completely empty. We went up to order, and god the standard kabob and rice plate, with some most-au-moussir (shallot and yogurt dip), pitas, and drinks.
upon ordering we took a seat, in a pant ,with the cheap laminate booths and tacky fans on overhead. But hey, who knows, some of the best places to eat are in dive-y looking places so, we werent that turned away.
Then we got the food. The Kabob was so overcooked that it was chewy and charred, which in Persian cuisine is the least from appetizing. The most-au-moussir was literally just liked sour cream. I didnt taste one shallot in it, the consistency was overly thick and it tasted like it was made from a sour cream base instead of a plain yogurt base-- lucky for me i like sour cream so i ate it. . The rice was okay. It wasnt salted or seasoned at all, but it was fluffly and tasted alright when salt was added to it.
Service was below par, and the only interaction we had with any employee as when they took our order and our money. One member of our group got food poisoning the same night. Probably from Zaytoon, but I'm not one of those snooty restaruant goers that blames every bodily episode on bad food.
Overall, i wont be returning to zaytoon unless it is absolutely necessary. Which, will probably be never
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