MOTI MAHAL (UES)
No pics, but excellent food. We even had goat biryani, which was more legit than most biryanis in nyc.
RAVAGH (UES)
I haven’t eaten at Ravagh in a few years, but it used to be a neighborhood favorite. We got takeout from there recently, and it was good, but not as good as I remembered.
We had chicken koobideh, beef kabab, and mast musir, plus arugula salad, green polo, and bread.
The beef kabab was probably the best of what we had. The chicken koobideh was fine, but a bit dry. The mast musir was just okay — generous portion, but having eaten Nasrin’s version not too long ago, it was a bit short on flavor. The bread was a narrow commercial naan, fine but not much more. The rices were both excellent (saffron and dill/broad bean).
I remember the stews being very good (especially the fesenjan), but we weren’t in the mood for any of them.
