By
David N. Rahni
For those
us blessed with our residence in the New York City Metropolitan area, we tend to
take it for granted, that is, the easy access we have to a wide variety of
international cuisines, especially the Persian culinary gastronomical
intoxications, as dozens of the Persian restaurants are scattered throughout not
only NYC, but also in Long Island, Lower Hudson valley, Northern NJ, and
southern Connecticut.
We had
heard of one of such Restaurants, PARS, (www.parsgrillhouse.com),
that has presumably been in existence in Mid-Manhattan's Chelsea area for nearly
three years, nonetheless, had not have a chance to check it out. Well. Folks
after enjoying the NY Nick's vs. Memphis's Grizzlie's basketballs game at MSG
last night, when the Iranian player Hamed Haddadi (http://www.nba.com/grizzlies/stats/
) played the last few minutes and scored three for Memphis, we set out to check
out PARS Restaurant.
The PARS
ambiance was Persian friendly and comfortable. Immediately upon ordering, we
were served the instantaneously with tanoor clay baked Taftoon
bread, the one we used to get back home from Tajrish! The service was
courteous and prompt, and well the food, what can I tell you! Divine, paradise
indeed it was. The food was great!
What topped
it all out, was when Mr. Ali Massoumi, the Manager approached our table and
engaged in a usual conversation that immediately led to our common place of
birth, Shemiran, the same nostalgic playgrounds, the same high school (shahpour
tajrish) and the same university (National or Melli). We had so many
common friends and acquaintances and had walked through the same paths in
parallel that could have not been coincidental. Ali Agha told us that PARS will
from next week have extended hours deep beyond midnights on Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays, live entertainments (belly dancing and music) and ready for
private or semiprivate parties, meetings and other social functions as well.
What was also most striking was that Ali Agha, a management college graduate
and a martial art black belt, due to so many serendipitous predicaments in life,
had extensively traveled and worked in at least a dozen countries and therefore,
was fluent in at least seven languages. What a global citizen Ali had indeed
become!
And so
folks, if in Manhattan, we as a family highly recommend PARS for your
get-together, social gatherings...
PARS
www.parsgrillhouse.com
249 W. 26th Street
New York, NY 10001
(212) 929-9860
... Payvand News - 01/26/09 ... --
