Mmmm mmmmm good!!
One of my new favourite restos!
Had dinner here for the first time last night. We arrived at 8pm and the place was about half full and filled up quickly. Reservations are strongly recommended. I love the decor and atmosphere of the place. I was debating between ordering one of their specials of the day and the qeymeh so I asked our server about her recommendation. She really sold me on the qeymeh and I was happy to find someone that was so passionate about the food and knowledgable as well.
Qeymeh is a lamb stew with lentils and dried lime and it was oh so mouthwateringly delicious! The lamb was cooked perfectly, tender and not too gamey tasting. Went very well with the lentils and there was a nice tang from the dried lime. Served with saffron rice, green salad and shirazi (diced cucumber, tomato and onion salad). You can add a side of yogourt for $1. It's about a 1 cup serving and is enough to share between 2 people (unless you like to smother your meal with it!). For dessert, our table of 3 ordered the rosewater ice cream and 1 sweet plate sampler with 3 different kinds of sweets/cookies. The rosewater ice cream is a large portion so totally shareable. It has a delicate but intense flavour. It was too perfumey and overpowering for one of our party but I really enjoyed it. The sweet plate was also very tasty though be advised, the short bread cookie is also very fragrant. I believe it was scented with cardamom and I really liked it but again, one of our party found it to be too overpowering.
The servers took a bit longer to take our orders but the food arrived fairly quickly after that.
Pomegranate exudes a kind of warmth and familiarity that I really enjoyed and I'm sure I will be dreaming about my meal here for the next couple of weeks. Looking forward to my next visit!