Najfajniejsze miejsca zawsze znajduje nie wtedy, gdy wiem, gdzie ide, ale wtedy gdy dojrze cos przy drodze, i postanowie zbadac, co to jest.
Tak tez bylo z pewna iranska restauracja, ktora znajduje sie niedaleko C-ring road, a ktora wypatrzylismy w piatek, przypadkiem, i postanowilismy tam zjesc.
W Katarze w wiekszosci resauracji przed posilkiem podaje sie takie placki, plaskie, zrobione z maki, wody i drozdzy, cos w podobie macy. W tej iranskiej restauracji placki te wyrabia sie na oczach gosci, posrodku restauracji, i podaje swiezutkie, jeszcze cieple.
Kelner zaprosil nas, abysmy popatrzyli z bliska jak sie robi te placki. Najpierw kucharz rozwalkowal kawalek ciasta, a potem go okrecal w powietrzu, aby zrobil sie okragly, plaski i duzy (tak jak czasem kucharze robia ciasto na wloska pizze). Nastepnie polozyl ten placek na takiej okraglej, wypuklej, miekkiej poduszce.
Potem ta poduszke, wraz z plackiem, wsadzal do otworu pieca, chlap, i placek sie przyklejal do glinianej sciany wnetrza pieca. Po dwudziestu sekundach kucharz podwazal patyczkiem placek, wyjmowal go z pieca, i cieplutki podawal na stol.
Piec wyglada tak:
 Na dole ogien, a placki przykleja sie do scian otaczajacych ten ogien.
Po plackach kelner przyniosl nam iranska przystawke zwana raith (czyt. raita). Skladala sie ona z naturalnego jogurtu, rodzynek, ogorka i orzechow, wszystko wymieszane razem. Mniam, mniam, pyszne, goraco polecam. Mozna to jesc z tymi plackami, albo jako dip do warzyw.
Potem bylo danie glowne, ja jadlam iranskiego szaszlyka, Matt jadl kawalki kurczaka wedzone na weglu drzewnym. Bardzo bylo czuc ten wegiel drzewny.
Na koniec deserek, postanowilam skosztowac iranskich slodyczy, dostalismy mieszanke trzech.
1. Falooda Abkar Mashti, to byly takie kluski ryzowe, cienkie jak spagetti, z lodem (bardzo zimne, moze one po prostu byly zamrozone?), i woda rozana. Kluski te jadlo sie z syropem, do wyboru truskawkowy i cytrynowy;
2. Plombiar Makhsoos. Nie jestem pewna, co to bylo. Kelner to opisal jak czekoladowy krem, bez czekolady :). Mi to smakowalo jak krem, moze on byl z biala czekolada? W srodku byly kawalki orzechow pistacjowych.
3. Bastani, czyli szafranowe lody, z kawalkami orzechow pistacjowych w srodku.
Smak deserow poczatkowo szokuje – to zdecydowanie nie jest cos, do czego przyzwyczajone jest polskie podniebienie. Trudno opisac ten smak. Niby slodkie, ale jednak inaczej. Po kilku kesach desery te zaczynaja nawet smakowac 🙂
Desery wygladaly tak:
 Z tylu kluski, po prawej "krem czekoladowy bez czekolady", a po lewej lody szafranowe.
A oto sosy do deserow:

Jednak najbardziej zaskoczyla mnie obsluga. Niezwykle mila, uczynna, usmiechnieta. Kelner nawet dal Zuzi ksiazeczke, zeby sie nauczyla liczyc!!! Skad on ja wzial, nie mam pojecia, ale jeszcze raz sie przekonalam o goscinnosci i milosci do dzieci tutejszych ludzi.
The best places I always find not when I know where I’m going, but when I find something accidentaly, and decide to see what it is.
This happened with an Iranian restaurant, which is near C-ring road, and which we found on Friday.
In Qatar in most restaurants before a meal they serve some kind of flat bread, made of flour, water and yeast. In the Iranian restaurant we went to the bread is made in the middle of the restaurant, so that the guests can watch the cook making them.
The waiter invited us to go to the oven and watch the making process from close. First the cook took a piece of daugh and then threw it in the air, to make it thin, round and flat (imagine how they make Italian pizza). Then he put this flat piece of daugh on a round, soft pillow.
Then the pillow went inside the oven, the cook hit the clay wall of the oven with the pillow (the daugh on the pillow), the daugh stuck to the wall, the cook took the pillow out. After 20 seconds the bread was ready. The cook lifted it away from the clay wall with a stick, took bread out of the oven, and served hot to our table. You can see the oven on the photo above. Fire on the bottom, bread is stuck to the clay walls surrounding the fire.
After that we got Iranian starter called raith. It is a natural yoghurt, mixed with cucumber, raisins, and nuts. Delicious, I really reccomend it. You can it it with flat bread, or as a dip for vegs.
Then we had main meal, I had Iranian kebbab, Matt had pieces of chicken smoked on charocal.
At the end we had desserts, I decided to try Iranian ones. We got a mixture of three puddings:
1. Falooda Abkar Mashti, spaghetti-like rice noodles, with ice (they were very cold, maybe they were just frozen?) and rose water. You could eat them with strawberry or lemon syrup.
2. Plombiar Makhsoos. Not sure what it was. The water said it was a chocolate cream, but without chocolate 🙂 To me it tasted like cream, maybe it was made of white chocolate? It had pistacio nuts in it.
3. Bastani, which is saffron ice cream, with pistacio nuts.
The flavour of the deserts is shocking initially – it definately is not something my Polish palate is used to. It’s difficult to describe this flavour – it’s sweet, but differently. After few bites though it starts tasting ok :).
The deserts are on the photo above, noodles on the back, "chocolate cream without chocolate" on the right, and saffron ice cream on the left. Sauces are on the third photo.
But I was surprised most by the service. Very nice, helpful, smiling. The waiter gave Zuzia a book, so that she can learn counting! I have no idea where he took it from! But once again I saw incredible friendliness and love for children of these people.