For dinner, I had an Iranian lamb dish with eggplant, tomatoes, rice, and the best hummus in the world. You can see the morning-after carnage, above.
We went to Kasra Persian Grill, a nice (but not pricey) restaurant tucked into the corner of a strip center halfway to suburbia. It seems very obscure and off the beaten path, but it apparently won best Persian restaurant last year.
It is "outside the loop" in Houston parlance, meaning that it may as well exist in another universe for the large swath of people too snooty to venture outside the Hwy. 610 loop. That means more great food for me!
I ordered the khorashe bademjan, lamb shank slow-cooked with amazing eggplant slices, tomato, and apparently a sour grape sauce. The sauce tasted mostly of tomato, with a nice acidic bite that could be the grapes. We also ordered hummus to go with their freshly baked pita, and it was the best hummus EVER. It was very, very heavy on the garlic, with a relatively smooth texture, dusted with sumac powder and some fruity olive oil. The garlic made it wonderful.
Today for lunch, I had the leftovers. They were even better, because the flavors had blended together nicely overnight. I was able to recognize the raisin-size green orbs as small, sour grapes. I was also feeling brave enough to go after the marrow. It is the best part of the whole meal, salty and meaty and very fatty. Yummy.
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