Today I will go to Pars Restaurant in Albuquerque where I will eat stewed eggplant with cinammony overtones, along with aromatic rice. I will have yogurt with chopped veggies on the side. I will have tea in glass cups without handles, but before that I will sip the yogurt , mint and fizzy water drink known as "dugh."
If I decide to indulge in what we once ate regularly in Iran, as Peace Corps vols, I will try chicken kabobs, the chicken marinated overnight in a tasty yogurt concoction. ( We became veggie-fishitarians in 1975...) The rice will be served with grilled tomatoes, a tiny dish of sumac, and a raw egg. I will mix the egg into the rice and sprinkle some sumac on top.
I will likely finish up with two tiny pieces of baklava, seasoned with rose water.
I will wear green.
It was grand--though there were few people there when I arrived, having opted for the tail end of the lunch hour, before prices went up for dinner. I wore black, with a string of green beads. The owner scurried about busily--he looked worried, and I decided not to engage him in chat.
Posted by: Foodie | June 21, 2009 at 12:29 PM
Good for you!
Wish I wuzz there!!!!
Posted by: Rose | June 21, 2009 at 08:43 AM