noon o kabab

for years, my mother has been telling me that i have to go to noon o kabab, a local persian restaurant that she absolutely loves!  (now, before you start to think that my mom has such a broad range of foods that she likes, you're wrong.  her typical order is a chicken kabab and pite bread.  that's.it.)  i'd always poopooed her suggestion and it became a long running joke between us.  so imagine her laughter when i told her that our friend ann suggested it for the joint birthday dinner for her and g!

we made our reservations for noon o kabab and were treated to some amazing food!  we all started off with a pomegranate martini.  a plate of feta, radishes, and parsley were brought to the table with hot pita bread!  we ordered  hummus, tabouli salad, baba ghannouj, and dolmeh felfel (stuffed peppers like typical stuffed grape leaves) as appetizers.  the hummus and toubli salad together were fantastic!

for my entree, i ordered one chicken and one lamb kabab served on dill rice with grilled tomatoes on the side.  it was delicious!

we were absolutely stuffed when they asked us if we wanted dessert.  though many of the items listed on the dessert menu sounded great, we all declined.  imagine our surprise when they brought over free dessert for all of us!  the highlight was the bastani, which is persian gelato.  we sampled all the flavors they brought for us: chocolate hazlenut, strawberry, chocolate mint, blueberry, and spicy mango.  all were fabulous....except for the spicy mango which none of us cared for.

i cannot wait to go back!  my mom is excited that i loved it so much!  i'm sure she'll be here to visit soon so we can go eat at noon o kabab!  and the best part is, it's a short 5-minute train ride away!!