Dishes in Tehran: the Festival of Taste and Color
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May 16, 2021 A sketch competition for Glassware and Ceramic Museum and Carpet Museum of Iran will be held on the occasion of International Museum Day, May 18, Tehran 5 Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department said, CHTN reported. ghoghnos.net ghoghnos.net ashan County, in Iran’s central dustrial methods, many local produc- through traditional manufacturers in than 2500 years. The cultivation of Isfahan Province, is a mono- ers distill the liquid using a centuries- Qamsar itself, or the nearby city of gol Muhammadis in Iran dates back Kchromatic landscape of grace- old process, called golab-giri. Kashan’s central bazaar. to around 7,000 years ago, however, fully arched, khaki-colored buildings Distillers pour up to 65 pounds of Besides flavoring classic Persian the rosewater festivals have been spread on dusty hills. Each spring, the petals into copper pots, mix them sweets such as faloodeh, a distillate feasted since 1,000 years ago, ghogh- this desert region bursts into bloom, with water, cover the copper with from the flower called the rose of nos.net wrote. the hills filling with delicate pastel clay vessels, and boil the mixture Damask outside of Iran, is used in tra- Either way, gol Muhammadi, and and deep pink roses in seas of green. for hours over a low, steady flame. ditional medicine to treat everything its fragrant distillate has been in- From May to June, local workers The steam floats into thin tubes at- from sore throats to heart disease. spiring Persian writers for genera- carefully wade through the thorny tached to the pots before condensing Contemporary Iranians often tions. So why not heed 14th-century bushes of a local rose called gol and flowing into pitchers. This fra- credit the 10th-century Persian phy- Persian poet Hafez’s advice to “tend Muhammadi, picking thousands of grant distillate yields both rose oil, a sician, astronomer, and the father of to pleasure while the rose blooms,” pounds of the flower to distill into highly concentrated liquid prized for early modern medicine, Ibn Sina, and plan a trip to Qamsar for the fes- rose water, atlasobscura.com wrote. its perfume, and rosewater, which is known in the West as Avicenna, with tival? Visitors from across Iran and the less expensive and often used in food the invention of rosewater distillery, Persian rosewater is so prized, world pour into the city of Qamsar to or for medicinal purposes. Visitors though distillery methods likely pre- it’s often used alongside water from celebrate the fragrant harvest. can find bottles of rosewater, fra- date him. According to irangolden- the holy Zamzam Well in the bian- While some of Qamsar’s rosewater grant rose sweets, and barrels of the days.com, the production of rosewa- nual ceremonial washing of the sacred manufacturers have switched to in- roses themselves available directly MOSTAFA MERAJI/atlasobscura.com ter in Iran has a long history of more Ka’aba, in Mecca. Dishes in Tehran: The festival of taste and color popular among people, spe- Pizza, in addition to dif- cifically youngsters due to its ferent types of burgers and lower price. Street foods are Kentucky, is among the foods considered as a great portion served in the capital. They are of eateries, which generally served by Tehran food deliv- include Tehran cheap food, ery as well. For the record, more suitable for the young Tehran online food delivery generations and students. provides the customers with any type of food in the capital. IRNA From chelo kabab A view of 30 Tir Street to doogh-e Abali Street foods and beverages. The street ages with cakes, doughnuts, Not an easy task to pin- Streets are good options deserves a visit. snacks, and sandwiches. point just one food as Tehran to find Tehran foods, where best food. All the dishes are people are hastily commut- A friendly, easy way to eat Drinks bestowing unique, unfor- ing or just strolling and they gettable tastes on you. Your need to eat. Many booths Being served free and easy, You can find a favorite gustatory memory of Tehran are serving various types of Tehran street foods do not drink in Tehran. Hot black foods will be reflecting as a ghoghnos.net Tehran foods from kabab cost much. You can have tasty tea has been always the most Aash-e reshteh ghoghnos.net rainbow of flavors. to aash-e reshteh and even meals such as aash-e reshteh, popular one; you can find Aalbaloo polo You may have heard that Iranian rice topped with saffron kababs, del-o-jegar (lamb it almost everywhere, even kabab (a Persian spelling for rice), grilled tomato and capsi- liver kabab), Iranian sand- on newsstands, served with Foods are generally consid- cessible, which serve Italian, kebab) is Tehran’s best food. cum. Different kinds of kabab, wiches like koo-koo, and even sugar cubes, dates, or saffron ered cultural expressions. Chinese, Indian, Lebanese, Being well-known as an origi- (depended on the meat type) not necessarily Tehran foods sugar crystals on a stick. Dif- By taking different cul- Meditation, and Mexican nal Iranian food, kabab is a type are kabab barg, kabab koobi- such as sambooseh (samosa), ferent types of cold juices, tural assumptions in, foods dishes as well. You may also of meat, beef, lamb, or even deh, kabab chenjeh or shishlik, falafel, egg and potato morsels fruit cocktails, non-alcoholic are shaped and identified find sushi in Tehran easily. chicken and fish (skewered, kabab torsh, soltani, Vaziri ka- (Tabriz food) at a lower price. malt beverages, flavored throughout history. To state Eating out is a favorable marinated, and chopped) grilled bab (combination of chicken Fast foods like pizzas, burgers, with fruits, colas, sodas, dif- the matter differently, we get hobby for Iranians; therefore, over hot charcoal, normally leg and skewer of ground beef), French fries, ham and sausages, ferent types of coffees and familiar with a nation, eat- Tehran fast food is highly served with chelo (steamed Bakhtiari, joojeh kabab (a clas- sandwiches and nuggets are teas, and doogh-e Abali are ing the food of its culture. sic chicken kebob), and mahi also sold on streets. You may among the most common Tehran foods are present- (fish) kabab. also find many homemade Tehran beverages you can ing an amalgam of different There are some amaz- foods among Tehran street find on the streets as well. cultures in Iran. From north ing and tasty foods in Teh- foods, specifically in the Grand Most of the traditional to south, and east to west, ran, more delicious than Bazaar of the city, where you foods in Tehran are normally you may find all the dietary Tehran famous food, chelo can find various Tehran cheap served with doogh. Doogh diversities in Tehran. While kabab! These are also daily foods, being sold for the shop- (well-known as doogh-e Aba- Iranian foods are known as foods people cook at home. keepers and their customers. li) is a Persian refreshing and truly delicious dishes liked Qormeh-sabzi (Persian herbs Tehran street foods also in- tasty yoghurt-based drink, by almost everyone, Tehran stew), qeymeh stew (meat, to- ghoghnos.net clude corns, grilled over hot mixed with salt and seasoned is considered a feast of fla- mato paste, split peas, served Tehran street foods, laboo charcoal (balal), and cooked with some aromatic herbs, vors, colors, and scents. Stay with French fries), fesenjan tahchin (rice cooked in saf- fast foods. The most popular broad beans served with vin- found in all Tehran eateries. tuned for knowing more stew (meat or chicken, cooked fron, egg yolk and yoghurt, foodie destinations, where egar and heracleum persicum As you may find, Tehran about Tehran’s best foods, in pomegranate paste and layered with chicken or lamb) you can find Tehran street (baqali-pokhteh), cooked beet- foods and beverages with a ghoghnos.net wrote. walnut), albaloo polo (Iranian are among Tehran best foods. foods are 30 Tir Street and root (laboo), and doughnuts. range of varieties are among You may find numerous dish of rice and sour cher- Many foods you find in Tehran Grand Bazaar. Being Stroller cafes serving foods the most popular attractions restaurants serving various ries), and aash-e reshteh (Per- Tehran are even more deli- regarded as a public walk, in Tehran have been so popu- for locals and tourists. So, Iranian local foods in Tehran. sian noodle broth with herbs, cious than the popular chelo 30 Tir Street is an old pave- lar recently as well. Usually while being in Tehran, don’t Apart from domestic res- grains and dried whey), ab- kabab. Being soft, colorful, ment where you may find founded by young boys and hesitate to follow your nose taurants, a large number of ghoghnos.net goosht (meat and chickpeas, fragrant and toothsome, they many booths serving differ- girls, Tehran Van Cafes are and look for your everlasting international eateries are ac- Chelo kebab cooked in stoneware crocks), will satisfy all your senses. ent types of Tehran foods serving hot and cold bever- gustatory memories!.