Caspian - Dhaka Persian

I was mildly surprised to find out last year that the old Greek restaurant had been replaced! Not that I frequented it much, but it was nice to know Dhaka had a Greek place.

But yes, this meal was quite enjoyable. Huckleberry friend and I went here for our second date- so I remember clearly- even though this was a while back.

A Little disclaimer- I was trying out my friend's camera- so the pictures are a bit random.

So we started with appetisers of Humus and Eggplant with Yogurt. Yes to both- freshly made humus and the eggplant was just delicate and creamy like I love

For entree we had the mixed kabab plate. This was Beef, Chicken and Lamb kabab with 3 kinds of rice.
 Now if you know anything about me from my posts, you'll know I love rice, and flavoured rice is NO exception!

The Beef

The Lamb

The Chicken

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The Tomato Sauce

Overall:  I liked the lamb and the eggplant appetizer, the rice was a bit dry but I guess thats normal.

Price: Yes, this is on the pricy side- I would day Taka 1500 plus per person if you order your own dish and drink.
Review:  To be honest- its very average Persian cooking, ie it's not spectacular. If you can afford it, I would say try it and see if it works for you. But I've found a place in Uttara when visiting my friend Bassbaba (way to namedrop haha) near Bhoot restaurant, and that was much for reasonable and the food was better. I don't think I'll be back here, unless I'm in the area and am expensing it for work or something.

BTW I have a new song out: so listen to it okay? http://armeenmusa.bandcamp.com/album/graceland

Dae Jang Geum- the Real Thing

Many foodies in Dhaka may be getting confused about two restaurants on the same street with apparently the same name, but this is me clarifying. The real Dae Jang Geum is the one next to Gulshan Club and is the same franchise as the one in Bashundhara City. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE, had one of the best meals ever.

Thanks to my blog advert and common friends I got a special tasting menu with my family last month.

DAE JANG GEUM's SPECIAL SUSHI: This isn't on the menu and is a chef's special: a mixture of California roll topped with raw Fish. Upon speaking to the staff, I got to know their fish is imported from the same place as the Westin and having had it i vouch it is super fresh!

photo by Buno

Next we were served this beautiful platter with assorted vegetables, egg, meat and pancakes. The system was to roll various ingredients and dip into the special sauce served.

And then followed the Korean Pancakes and Spicy Crab. Having a Korean roommate, I love this dish, but the spicy crab was a first for me, super spicy with the Korean chili paste we Bangalis love so much.

And then came this very interesting dish of cucumber with Beef and veggies in it. Super yum and healthy!

And then came the delight of the night. Yes it came in the form of the Chicken Salad covered in honey mustard sauce. was a superb salad, but the delight I'm talking about is the home made honey mustard sauce. Soon we were dipping everything into it!

And I'm ending this post with their famous dish: the Duck Salad. Also garnished with the amazing honey mustard sauce on one side with roast duck on the other, I know why this dish is so popular, definitely the best duck in Dhaka hands down.

My crazy family and I just went nuts on these items, and ended up adding more (seafood bulgogi, Galbi and noodles ) till we burst and eventually left them super late packed with doggie bags. Just as I am writing this I am so hungry and have called them to order take away, so expect some more pictures soon as I intend to visit this place a few more times before I leave Dhaka!

Pricewise it fairs standard to a good Korean restaurant, most of the imported items are between TK 1000 onwards (Duck Salad 1500) and those with local ingredients are lower (Chicken Salad TK 650), they also have a Bento Box (TK 1200) which I intend to review tonight.


Special thanks to Nileema and Soorim who gave my taste buds a real treat, I will be back <3 p="">

Thanksgiving at Izumi (top 5 restaurants in Dhaka)

Thanksgiving dinner with my beloved at Izumi:

This is one of my top restaurants in Dhaka. The Beef was perfect (but i recommend not taking out, better fresh at the restaurant) the roll was pretty good, sashimi was EXCELLENT. I'm not a creamy Udon person, but my bite was pretty good.

For such an elaborate Thanksgiving meal which we overordered as always, the bill was decent for such high end food (between 4-5000 Taka each) (If you eat like normal humans, can be 2k onwards) (of course if you order teh 15k Kobe Beef, well then thats another story)

Anyway my pictures didnt come out so great because I was so eager to eat the food.  Hehe. Thanks to my Mum and Huckleberry friend for a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner.

Treat from Time Out arranged by Navin

For A and my bday, Navz treated us to a beautifully arranged in her beautiful home.

The food was yummy as always, I've been eating at time for for years and years now, but the arrangement was the highlight. Especially our tea cup!

Chicken and vegetable soup

Beef Basil

Fly ly

Parata

Beef Chaap

My plate

The decor:

filled later with some amazing tea which she made her self Tong style

Thank you beautiful for your treat :D

Eivind's last dindin in Dhaka- Koreana

Koreana, somehow a musician favourite is where we ended up taking eivind for his last meal in dhaka... the table next to us was habib wahid with his family hehe. sth about us and korean food...

we miss you Eivind!!!