Holiday memory — Chelo Kebab that transported me back

I first ate Chelo Kebab on a trip five years ago and have been searching for a version this good ever since. This restaurant finally delivered the sweet-sour with pomegranate quality I remembered. fenugreek was handled correctly — something most restaurants here get slightly wrong.

Iranian cuisine has a 3000-year recorded history with influences on Arab, Turkish, and Central Asian cooking. It was the a Persian New Year nowruz celebration memory that I was really chasing and this recreated it. hot black tea with sugar was offered and brought the whole experience together. Some dishes are attached to a time and place. This one finally restored that attachment.