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The food was good & made with care, the location had an interesting decor inspired by a famous town in Iran where the buildings are stacked a long the hillsides. The server we had was very nice and accommodated our party of 10 with separate cheques and brought us samples of their dessert when we jokingly asked for samples. And I think as we were leaving there was live music.
I think this place tries to be true to Persian food, and was recommended by a friend from Iran as being very authentic. He tells me the head chef is the 70 yr old mother of the restaurant owner.
I ordered the kalkabab as a starter; eggplant, walnut, pomegranate paste, garlic, herbs & spices. It was a delicious dip to go with the flat bread they provided. The flat bread was amazing, really well made in a charcoal oven I imagine from the smoky flavour on the bread.
My main was the chicken breast (I believe that was what it was actually called on the menu). Seasoned chicken, grilled, with a side of rice and roasted tomato.
The chicken was tasty and tender but definitely better with the kalkabab then on it's own. The rice was perfectly cooked and there was a lot of it but not much to it, and the roasted tomato was a whole roasted tomato, uncut, uncored.
They also brought out a plate of sliced radishes, quartered onions, parsley and mint which I wasn't sure what we were supposed to eat it with. Maybe if the onions were sliced it'd be more appealing but a quarter of a raw onion in the company of 10 didn't seem like a good idea.
Overall impression of this place is that it's a family owned restaurant. The food is good but a bit unrefined and would probably be a step up from a well-prepared home dinner in Iran which in itself is a nice experience. Not many home-cooked meals these days.
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