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Lara MShiraz Restaurant Parramatta
November 25th 2006 07:46
The Shiraz Restaurant was recommended by an Assyrian taxi driver, so we decided to check it out.
Shiraz Restaurant
Corner of Church Street & Pennant Hills Road
Parramatta
NSW 2050
9890 5898
Inside it is clean and pleasant, with friendly, attentive service. We ordered the ‘Fesenjan’ and “gheime’ which admittedly I know idea what they were so I was not sure what to expect. Nevertheless the Fesenjan was said to contain ground walnuts, pomegranate, chicken and rice, which sounded good, and pretty exciting as I had never sampled pomegranate before. The Gheime contained braised meat, split peas, saffron, potato and lime and both the accompanying illustrations in the menu looked sumptuous.
However when the food arrived it was a little disappointing. Though I don’t doubt the accuracy of ingredients mentioned in the menu, the images were way off. First, both dishes were considerably smaller (though adequate) than they appeared in the picture. Secondly, the photo showed a dish bountiful with chunks of flavoursome ingredients, whereas in reality both dishes were just a kind of unvaried paste. The Fesenjan was a little sweeter than I would have liked and the Gheime was a bit bland.
By far the best thing about this place was definitely the value for money. It is extremely inexpensive and therefore would make a great mid-week pit stop when you can’t be bothered to cook. Each main course was filling, served with rice and came to less than $10 each.
Shiraz Restaurant
Corner of Church Street & Pennant Hills Road
Parramatta
NSW 2050
9890 5898
Inside it is clean and pleasant, with friendly, attentive service. We ordered the ‘Fesenjan’ and “gheime’ which admittedly I know idea what they were so I was not sure what to expect. Nevertheless the Fesenjan was said to contain ground walnuts, pomegranate, chicken and rice, which sounded good, and pretty exciting as I had never sampled pomegranate before. The Gheime contained braised meat, split peas, saffron, potato and lime and both the accompanying illustrations in the menu looked sumptuous.
However when the food arrived it was a little disappointing. Though I don’t doubt the accuracy of ingredients mentioned in the menu, the images were way off. First, both dishes were considerably smaller (though adequate) than they appeared in the picture. Secondly, the photo showed a dish bountiful with chunks of flavoursome ingredients, whereas in reality both dishes were just a kind of unvaried paste. The Fesenjan was a little sweeter than I would have liked and the Gheime was a bit bland.
By far the best thing about this place was definitely the value for money. It is extremely inexpensive and therefore would make a great mid-week pit stop when you can’t be bothered to cook. Each main course was filling, served with rice and came to less than $10 each.
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