Arg-e Karimkhan-e Zand

Just had this interesting lunch in Shariz in a traditional cafe.

It was a tradition dish called Dizi, a lamb, chickpea, tomato and potato stew. You pour the broth from the crock into the big bowl and tear up the bread into it. Then you mash what remains in the crock with the metal masher. You take a spoon of the broth and bread mix together with a scoop of the mash from the crock and gobble it up or down. It came with the tiniest limes I have ever seem. They were incredibly good., like taste bombs, good enough to wear as aftershave.

It was followed by Turkish coffee served as an Americano and minus the dregs. Delicious. It came with dark rich chocolate.

The place itself is like a museum of prerevolutionary Iran and run by two delightful, smiling and beautiful women who push Islamic dress code to its limit.

Thrre are several cages of Canaries singing there little hearts out and jazz and showband music coming from an old valve radio in the background. The sun is streaming in and there's a lively warm breeze.

Not at all what you would expect in Iran, this amazing and astounding country.

When I arrived and was seated, one of the women brought me a load of photo albums from the old days. There were some great photos in them from an era long gone.

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