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| - Okay, so let's set the scene: Hubs and I spent two days in the glitz and glamor of the strip, then three days looking at a big hole in the ground (the Grand Canyon), then drove back to Vegas for one more night before getting back to the comforts of home. However, we were pretty burnt out by that point on the whole strip experience, and walked from our hotel to what we hoped would be the type of Vegas experience that the locals have.
Hello, Flame Kabob. Clean, friendly, and homey, with a local Iranian family visiting with the servers and owners for an early meal. We ordered our meals (a kubideh for me and a chicken kebab for Hubs) and brought ice cream back to our hotel room for later. This place offered excellent food for cheap, and while it wasn't gourmet food, it was fast, tasty, and filling.
My lamb kubideh was delicious, flavored with full coriander seeds (the other reviewer that suggested the sauce was right on the money - it has a little kick to it but also has a little mint in it), and my husband's chicken kebab turned out moist and perfectly cooked. The meal did seem a little carb heavy, but the flatbread was quite nice. All of the entrees come with saffron rice, onion, a small mixed salad, and a grilled tomato. The only downside was that the rice was a little unevenly cooked.
Finally, we took home a bucket of the Persian ice cream, which was pistachio and saffron. Definitely a unique flavor, and while it wasn't quite to our liking, it was a window into another culture.
Four stars for the excellent value for the money, the clean, cafe-like atmosphere, and the tastiness of the food.
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