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| - Some of the best value for your money I've found in Montreal at a sit-down restaurant, with great food and warm service. Persian restos in Montreal tend to come in two varieties: kebab houses like this place and fuller-service restaurants with a variety of stews in addition to kebabs (e.g. Quartier Perse). MK does a great job of the three kebab standards: koobideh (buttery, melt-in-your-mouth minced meat), joojeh (chicken) and barg (filet mignon). They have the usual range of appetizers, and all were great; we had mast-o-musir and mast-o-khiar (garlic and mint yogurt-based dips) as well as a particularly smoky, toothsome mirza ghassemi (eggplant and tomato dip). The Hunter's Platter for two gives you all three kebab varieties, three appetizers from their list, lots of pita bread, a plate of onion, radishes and parsley, a big dish of saffron-tinged rice with plentiful, tangy barberries on the side, AND a choice of soup (Persian-style noodle with beans) or salad, all for under $40. We left stuffed, satisfied and vowing to return more often. I've eaten here just three times in ten years (Atwater & Saint-Antoine is far from my Mile End comfort zone), but each meal has been consistently great. Cash only, which is par for the course for independent Montreal restos in this price range.
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