| BEST MIDDLE EASTERN RESTAURANT Tasty Kabob 1250 East Apache, Tempe 966-0260 France has cafes. Italy has trattorias. Iran has chelo kebobis--neighborhood places where you’ll find hearty, home-country fare. Tasty Kabob is a Valley chelo kebobi that brings a bit of Teheran to town. No, that doesn’t mean you’ll find posters of Ayatollah Khomeini or gun-slinging revolutionaries shouting “Death to the Great Satan” here. You will find a friendly Persian couple--themselves refugees from Khomeini’s Iran--dishing out the authentic specialties of their native land. Expand your culinary horizons with khoresht ghaymeh, a fragrant stew made from split yellow peas, meat and eggplant; joojeh kebab, marinated, grilled and skewered Cornish hen, served over fragrant basmati rice; and baghali polo, lamb shank served over dill- infused rice, studded with lima beans. Portions are huge, and everything’s budget-priced, too. Tasty Kabob: where only the meats get skewered. Readers’ Choice: Tasty Kabob |
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