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| - I couldn't find my friends when I first walked in ... because they were around the corner, seated cross-legged, sock-footed on an elevated platform covered with Persian rugs and cushions! Being a sucker for novelty, that got things started off on the right foot for me.
The vegetarian fesenjaan I ordered was pretty good -- a thick stew with a complex flavour made with portobello and button mushrooms and pomegranate -- however, the rest of the dish was unabashed filler. To accompany the stew was half-heartedly seasoned white rice with a pile of salad and a cup of salsa fresca (?!). Aside from the fesenjaan itself, I wasn't impressed, but my perceptions might have been different given better presentation.
For dessert, we split the plate of assorted Persian sweets, which left a better taste in my mouth than my entrée, literally and figuratively. I'm hard-pressed to name what it was or describe it (website isn't any help), but it's certainly worth trying.
The entire restaurant is beautifully decorated with Persian rugs, tiles and assorted objets d'art. Coupled with the dim lighting, it's a good place to impress a date with your worldliness, and if you really hit it off, you won't even notice the culinary shortcomings.
My socks are far from being knocked off, but I'm intrigued enough by the food and others' glowing Yelp reviews to want to give it another go sometime.
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