Food: Shayan

Shayan one of the most prestigious Iranian resturants that I have visited and one of my top 5 best Iranian resturant. The quality of the food, the atmosphere and the service... There is nothing wrong about the spetacular resturant..

 

 

Shayan is located within the newly opened hotel  Rayhan by Rotana just beside Al Ghurair center.. its in the 3rd floor just after the reciption

 

 

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Appetizer

 For our appetizer we didn't have to order anything as the restaurant offer complementary vegetables, feta cheese and fresh walnuts... in addition to a fresh out of the oven bread that is served to you very hot.. however, to enjoy our main course we ordered a side green salad and a yogurt dish mixed cucumber... usually no one will give you a review on those two dishes as you expect them to have the usual taste.. BUT NO... the green salad had a very very weird taste.. is it a good taste.. well its beyond good.. its magical... Until today I have no idea what is the dressing used for it.. what made the salad more exceptional is that the vegetables were cut into really small pieces.. that's said.. you should have figured out by now that the yogurt didn't not taste like any other yogurt mixed with cucumber.. even the yogurt was mixed some spices that I couldn't figure out what !!! ... the taste was phenomenal

 

Main Course

 

do I even have to review the main course.. I dont think so .. I think all you need to know is the name.. My friend and I ordered the Chilaw Kabab.. Rice with meat...  I know you went up and looked at the picture... yah you think the portion is small... well you are probably right... but as I said its one of the most fancy Iranian restaurants.. and fancy means small portions but believe me when I say this .. Its worth it... and by the end of the meal you will feel FULL... ok ok ok .. you want a review read this word slowly... the food was Spectacular

 

 

Total Bill  was approximatly 300AED EXQUISITE PRICE ... nothing more to say.. grab a friend and head to Shayan

 

Food: Pars

It is a simple as this "I LOVE RICE"... yes I do and many of you share with me the same passion for rice.. but there is a huge difference between a Japanese rice, an American rice, an Indian rice and an Iranian rice ... TASTE, SMELL and the way it is COOKED ... yup there is no one who can differentiate rice as i do .. Just by smelling the spices used in the process of cooking the rice.. I know i type a lot!! and you want to skip to the essentials .. So what I have for you today is one of my favorite type of rice .. IRANIAN RICE .. UPEEEE .. Just writing about it makes me want to eat it RIGHT NOW!

 

Pars is one of the most famous Iranian restaurants... it offers the unique taste of the true Iranian cuisine..

 

 

 

NO NO NO I haven’t eaten this huge plate by myself.. I know that you think that there is a huge elephant living inside me.. Sorry to disappoint you but I have an Allosaurus "meat eater dinosaur" living in me... the taste was simply exceptional.. There are many Iranian restaurants in Dubai pars is not from my top 3 but it’s for sure one of the top 5 Iranian restaurants that offer absolutely stunning flavors of the Iranian culture..

 

** If you are wondering whether to trust me on this review or not.. Well I guarantee you that i got a huge experience with Iranian food since my brother in law mother is a pure Iranian lady who is also a professional cook.. And almost every 2 weeks I invite myself to her house to eat from her lovely cooking **

 Main Course

The dish we ordered was Pars special plate for 4 which is a mixture of grilled kabab (Kubideh, Lari Mutton, Chicken Kubideh, Joojeh, Lari Chicken) which is served on a bed of 3 different type of rice the barberries, saffron and steamed dills with lima beans rice

 

Everything about this plate is exquisitely well cooked .. The meat and the chicken are cooked to give a juicy taste when chew unlike other restaurants which serves it really dry... the rice and the mixture of kabab are OUT OF THIS WORLD ... I will just recommend you with one thing if you order this at home then dig in with your bare hands ..

 

Of course with every Iranian rice it is very essential that you order yogurt with slices of cucumber and a side Rocco salad or any other side salad depending on your preference.. the resturant does offer a wide veraity of side salads ...
 

Total Bill About 250 dirhams.. This is an approximate price since the bill was paid by my friend and I didn’t have the chance to check it out ... one thing I will tell you about the prices at pars is that you will never find an Iranian restaurant that offer such a quality with large portions for such a price .. It is extremely low compared to others