Shamshiry Menu

Panir or goat’s cheese is an extremely delicious cheese, which the persians habitually eat

Mast, known as yogurt in america, is used extensively in persia

There is an old persian saying that it takes four people to prepare a salad: A generous man to add the oil, a stingy man to add the vinegar, a wise man to give the right touch of salt and pepper and

The persian homemaker takes pride in the quality and variety of the pickles kept in the pantry. This appetizer of eggplant, parsley, garlic, mint, cilantro, vinegar, salt, spices and black caraway in

Shamshiry’s has lettuce, cucumber, tomato, sliced black olives, kidney beans and goat cheese

This colorful and exotic dish is topped with syrupy sour cherries. It’s particularly good when chicken is included

The sweet rice is seasoned with spices, perfumed with sugared orange peel and made crunchy with pistachios and almonds. It tastes as if imaginative honeybees create

The sweet rice is seasoned with spices, perfumed with sugared orange peel and made crunchy with pistachios and almonds. It tastes as if imaginative honeybees create

This exquisite dish will provide an exciting experience. The rice is studded with tart, dried red currants, giving it a wonderful sour taste explosion. The delightful and delectable taste will enchan

Kabob is the persian word for meat or fowl cooked over a charcoal fire. There delicious strips of charcoal broiled ground meat are served with a snowy mound of rice topped with saffron. All the beef

The proper way of serving it is to put plenty of chelo on a plate, make a small hole in the center of it, put the egg yolk in it, then plenty of butter and sprinkle sumac over it. Mix well and start

Chelo kabob is derived from two words: Chelo meaning cooked rice and kabob meaning open flame broiled meat. The best chelo kabob was served at the shamshiry restaurant in the Tehran bazaar.

A combination of chicken kabob and kubideh

Cornish hen marinated in an original recipe, crisp edged and juicy is served in big chunks, on the bone, with rice

Chicken kabob is made with breast meat that has been marinated in a special recipe. Persians serve chicken for the same occasions that americans serve turkey

Big chunks of skewered breast meat that is moist, tender and flavored with a fiery green herb paste

Fresh salmon bursting with juices, the grill having seared the surface so that the inside virtually steams. A mild fish that is pleasant in flavor and enjoyable to savor. The rice, which comes with t

This pastry is present at every party and is served on every occasion. The small diamond shapes of buttery, crumbly dough filled with walnuts or pistachios and topped with rose water or honey is a de

Zolbia is a sweet pretzel shaped fritter flavored with rose water syrup. It is firm, not quite crispy, but rather delicate. Bamieh is a saffron flavored pastry

A whipped cream roll. Very light

Paludeh, a typical dessert, flavored with rose water is a combination of hair thin starch noodles and fruit syrup, topped with crushed ice

Persian saffron ice cream, tinted a golden pink will remind you of midsummer. It is fragrant with rose water and as richly chewy as the most eggy creamy ice cream

Sidewalk treat, the snow cone. You can pour cherry syrup over the paludeh with ice cream, or lemon juice

A rich, smooth, creamy, cinnamon flavored ice cream, one of our more popular desserts

Tea is the national drink of persia and as soon as visitors step over the threshold, a small glass of tea with three lumps of sugar and a teaspoon

Complimentary refills

Complimentary refills

Coke, diet coke, sprite, lemonade