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Re: Kebab

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From: Scott Dorsey
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 23:21
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In article <znr1115064710k@trad>, Mike Rivers <mrivers@d-and-d.com> wrote:
>In article <d55o52$35v$1@panix2.panix.com> kludge@panix.com writes:
>
>> So, when we saw a review for a local restaurant by the same name, we went.
>> Turns out it is a small local chain, but we went to the McLean one.  The
>> food was very good (and I was extremely impressed with the bread, which was
>> really quite perfectly done), but the menu was very limited.  Really just
>> kebabs, no other Persian specialties.  I'd eat there quite happily, but
>> I wouldn't make a trip across town to do so.
>
>Well, next time you decide to make a trip across town, try Shamshiry
>just West of Tyson's Corner. They mostly have kebabs, but also have
>the rice dishes with various fruits in the rice, and they'll give you
>an egg to break over it.

Do they have Fessenjen?

>> Which brings to mind that my favorite restaurant of all time, the 
>> Mandalay restaurant in Silver Spring, has a Burmese-style kebab that
>> is quite radically different than anything else I have ever eaten by
>> that name.
>
>Did you see Ask Tom in this past Sunday's Washington Post? There seems
>to be a communication problem there.

No, I am forced to read the crappy Norfolk daily paper.  What was the
summary?
--scott

-- 
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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
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Subject: Re: Kebab
Date: 2 May 2005 19:21:31 -0400
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