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THE FOODIE TRAVELLER … IN TEHRAN’S GRAND BAZAAR
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November 22, 2015January 19, 2017

THE FOODIE TRAVELLER … IN TEHRAN’S GRAND BAZAAR

“What are they waiting for?” I ask a spice seller, pointing at the long queue zigzagging down the street. “Moslem restaurant. Best tah-chin of Tehran,” he replies proudly. In Farsi, tah means bottom, while chin suggests the idea of layering; tah-chin is the unpretentious, crusty rice layered with chicken that has absorbed every last drop...