Anyone been to Shamshiry(sp?) in Tyson’s Corner? Delicious food and very authentic, but the service could be a little bit better. Since moving into the district, I have not been out to Tyson’s in a while. So, does...

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Recently moved to Auckland (from LA) and we’re craving good Persian Food. Can any of you fellow Aucklanders recommend a Persian restaurant anywhere around here? Quite a few places advertise “kababs” and the...

There’s a recently-opened Persian restaurant (well, I’m assuming they’re new because they still have their “Grand Opening” sign up) in the upper reaches of Silver Spring, in a strip shopping center...

of I-80. Four of us went there today for the Persian buffet ($14.95 per person) and were very pleased with the quality of the food (one of our group was originally born in Iraq, one from the U.K., and the rest of us are...

There’s a place in the strip mall, SW corner of Bristol and Paularino, just south of the 405. I don’t know Persian food, but it smells great. The manager of Scope City (same strip mall) said it’s good. His...

's all Persian all the time. If you are not familiar with Persian food, there are apt descriptions on the menu of each dish and some of the ingredients they use to make it. I was there with two others, and we all got the...