Good morning! I hope everyone had a delicious Thanksgiving.
Here’s tonight’s menu. As usual, we’re at Porsena Extra Bar, 21 E. 7th Street in Manhattan, between 2nd and 3rd. We serve from 5:30-10 pm, no reservations. Questions? Call Porsena at 212 228 4923.
Lakh Lakh Menu for Monday December 1
Sabzi Khordan, herb and cheese plate with bread. Traditionally eaten by tucking herbs, feta, radishes, and walnuts into the bread and folding it into a rustic sandwich.
Borani chogondar, yogurt with beets and mint. A condiment meant to be eaten with rice, stew, kebab, and other foods.
Sambuseh, crispy phyllo triangles stuffed with cauliflower and walnuts, with nigella seeds and spicy relish
Borsch, Azerbaijani style beet soup topped with cilantro and yogurt
Balyg, oven baked black bass marinated in saffron, with caramelized onions and pomegranate seeds
Gheymeh Nessar, lamb cooked with barberries, pistachios, and rose water
Syudlyu Plov, rice cooked with milk, saffron, and persimmons
Jigar, lamb liver kebab with flatbread and fresh basil
Bastani nooni, pistachio ice cream sandwich with house made cardamom wafer
Khoresht-e mast, Isfahani style sweet, yogurt with barberries, orange zest, saffron, and almonds
Cocktail: pomegranate juice and rose water with Prosecco