Well, not quite but nearly.
Ann and I have always thought that the Persians are the past masters of how to grill meat. You would think that there is no great skill to it but there is. I have no idea of how they do it but the result the Persians get is superb.
So when I noticed that a new Persian restaurant had opened up on the main road at Stone's Corner I had to try it. It's called the Taste of Saffron and it's in 55 Old Cleveland Rd., opposite the charcoal chicken place
Anne and I had the platter for 2, which included kebabs, salad and chips, served with a variety of rice seasoned with saffron, dill and barberries. It was a big meal but we got through it -- just. And it was everything we expected it to be. You don't know how good grilled meat can be until you have tried the Persian product.
I thought initially that the restaurant might be "dry", as befits a Muslim establishment, but there were some people there drinking. so they were definitely "bad" Muslims -- maybe refugees from the Ayatollahs. They had some of the iconography of the ancient Persians up in places so that could well be. Maybe if I had shouted out "Make America Great Again" I might have been cheered. In the best Britiah style I did not want to "make a scene", however.
And there were a lot of robust-looking Iranians in the room -- about 20 of them, male and female -- who all seemed to know one-another -- all part of some club, perhaps.
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