a.k.a Traditional Banquet Hall, a.k.a Restaurant this way upstairs is a popular restaurant just off Imam Square. It opens for lunch at 12:30 and there was a line up to get in when we arrived at 12:27. The restaurant is spacious with lots of room inside and outside (on a terrace) so getting a table was no problem. The restaurant is decorated with frescoes, mirrored ceilings and stained glass windows. Instead of tables people are seated on raised platforms.
The menu selection is limited but all of the dishes we tried were very good. I especially liked the Obergon Stew - puree of aubergine with cream and spices. We also liked the Dizi, a.k.a. Deeze, a.k.a Dizee although we never discovered the proper way of eating this dish. Dizi is a chickpea and meat stew that comes in a flaming hotpot and is accompanied by one metal bowl, one spoon, one metal pestle and one piece of bread. Our observation of Iranians that ordered this dish yielded no results. The waiter with his back turned towards us, arms flailing performed the magical task of turning the ingredients into a finished meal for them. When we asked the waiter to do the same for us he looked upset and started calling for his boss. Other diners were starting to stare so we excused the waiter. We used all of the implements in all of the different ways we could think of. The result was delicious if probably not very authentic.
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