Shirin Polo Carrots, raisins, berries, nuts, with poached chicken in an orange-saffron sauce.

Dinner Menu

Warm Appetizers
Served with Warm Pita Bread

Haleem Bademjune
A dip of eggplant and beans with sour cream, garlic, walnuts and spices. Similar to baba ganoush.
6.25

Sauteed Bulgarian Feta
Pungent Bulgarian Feta melted over farm tomatoes, onions, and black olives.
5.95

Mango Shrimp
Jumbo shrimp sauteed with onions and vegetables in a unique mango chutney and garlic sauce.
8.95

Aash-0-Reshteh
A thick peasant soup made with sun-dried herbs, lentils, red kidney beans, chickpeas, and Persian vermicelli noodles.
4.50

Eggplant & Artichoke
Layers of eggplant and artichokes, black olives, and Bulgarian feta cheese smothered in a tangy dill and dijon mustard sauce.
7.95

Seared Scallops
Sea scallops and calamari, pan-seared with black olives and vegetables in a saffron curry sauce.
8.95

Mushroom Zaban
Curried poached tender veal tongue, sauteed with onions and portobello mushrooms.
8.25

Grilled Persian Portobello
A giant portobello mushroom, marinated in a pomegranate vinaigrette, and grilled with tomatoes and peppers, topped with Bulgarian feta cheese, on a bed of yogurt cilantro dressing.
7.50

 

Chilled Appetizers
Served with Warm Pita Bread

Mango Pear Salad
Mixed greens or romaine lettuce with slices of ripe mangoes and pears with Bulgarian feta cheese and a pomegranate vinaigrette.
6.95

Yogurt & Cucumber Salad
Homemade yogurt and chopped cucumbers with dill and herbs. Served chilled. Great as a side dish with our kebobs!
3.95

Dried Fruit Salad
Mixed greens or romaine lettuce with sun-dried mixed fruit and a pomegranate vinaigrette.
5.95

Gulf Salad
Mixed greens or romaine lettuce with pepperoncini peppers, black olives, carrots, and artichokes with Bulgarian feta and a pomegranate vinaigrette.
6.95

Salad Shirazi
A colorful salad of diced cucumbers and tomatoes marinated in a cool lemon-mint dressing with herbs and Bulgarian feta. Served chilled.
4.95

Hummus
The traditional Middle Eastern spread of ground chickpeas, tahini,, garlic, and lemon juice.
4.95

 

Innovative Persian Cuisine
Served with Basmati Rice with Persian Saffron

Entrees

Spicy Kermani Beef
Chunks of beef tenderloin sauteed with mushrooms, vegetables and pepperoncini peppers in a zesty tomato-garlic-curry sauce.
17.95

Chicken Zahedan
Mildly spiced breast of chicken sauteed with onions, tomatoes, peppers and black olives in a tangy tomato garlic curry sauce.
15.95

Seafood Rashdi
Jumbo shrimp, sea scallops and fish of the day sauteed and simmered in a tomato, garlic, madras curry and saffron sauce with portobellos.
18.95

Chicken Abadan
Seasoned fileted breast of chicken, sauteed with jumbo shrimp and scallops, onions and farm tomatoes in a curry sauce with saffron.
17.50

Toasted Almond Salmon
Fresh Atlantic salmon filet with toasted almonds and grilled vegetables, yogurt cilantro dressing.
17.95

Chicken Isfahan
A fileted breast of chicken, sauteed with onions, topped with eggplant and melted provolone cheese in a mild curry sauce.
17.25

Seafood Advieh
Mahi mahi, shrimp, and scallops sauteed and served with a mango and honey-based advieh sauce (a traditional Persian allspice of cinammon, cumin, cardamom, ginger, and ground rose petals). Exotic!
18.95

Yazdi Vegetarian
An assortment of stir-fried vegetables simmered in a tomatoe-garlic-curry sauce
13.95

Grilled Persian Classics

Charbroiled Lamb
Chunks of lean lamb loin grilled with vegetables, served with yogurt cilantro.
16.95

Koobiedeh
Twin skewers of seasoned ground beef, grilled and served with vegetables and sumac.
12.95

Soltani
GrilledMarinated beef tenderloin and ground beef with grilled vegetables.
The Shah of kebobs!
16.95

Barg
Marinated beef tenderloin, butterfly cut, chargrilled and served with grilled vegetables and sumac.
15.95

Joojeh Kebob
Boneless breast of chicken chunks marinated with yogurt and grilled with vegetables.
12.95

Mixed Kebobs
Beef tenderloin, ground beef, and chicken breast on two skewers with grilled vegetables.
16.95

Classic Persian Khoresh (Stewed Dishes)

Duck Fesenjune
Orange-poached leg and breast of duck with the classic Persian walnut-pomegranate sauce.
17.25

Dried Plum Lamb
Chunks of stewed lamb with a pomegranate-tomato-lemon sauce. Butternut squash and sun-dried plums.
16.50

Garlic Eggplant Chicken
Saffron-poached leg and breast of chicken with eggplant, in a garlic sauce.
16.95

Shirin Polo
A colorful presentation of bone-in poached chicken in an orange-mango-saffron sauce. Basmati rice with carrots, currants, raisins, and nuts.
16.95

Chicken Fesenjune
Boneless breast of chicken in a walnut-pomegranate sauce.
16.95

Zaban Ragout
Poached veal tongue in a tomato-garlic-curry sauce with an assortment of stir-fried vegetables.
17.95

Try our Duck Fesenjune
Reviewed by Elizabeth Large as one of Baltimore’s “Top 10 Duck Dishes”