It’s my birthday, and it’s also the 3rd installment of Lakh Lakh, my Persian street food pop-up at Porsena Extra Bar. We’ll be serving a sharbat cocktail made from tarragon and cucumber. A sharbat is a traditional Persian beverage made from flower, fruit, or herb essences, and is served in the kind of pitchers you see above.

There will also be mulberries on the menu, a ubiquitous part of Persian cuisine. They are sweet and mild. I’ll be using them to garnish the chilled yogurt soup.

Here’s tonight’s menu. Come say hi and raise a glass of sharbat with me for my birthday.

Lakh Lakh Menu for Monday September 29, 2014

Sambuseh, crispy phyllo triangles stuffed with ground lamb and potatoes, with nigella seeds and spicy dipping sauce

Abdoogh Khiar, chilled yogurt soup with cucumbers, fresh herbs, pistachios and white mulberries

Morgh-e torsh, Rashti chicken and green herb stew

Gheisi polo, rice with apricots, green raisins, saffron, and caramelized onions

Shashlik, Azerbaijani style fish kebabs with sour cream, scallions, tomatoes, and pomegranate molasses

Jigar, lamb liver kebabs with fresh basil and lemon

Mast-o Musir, Shallot yogurt

Sabzi khordan herb, lavash, and cheese plate

Damnoush, iced herbal tea made with Shirazi orange blossoms and borage petals

Cocktail: tarragon and cucumber sharbat with Prosecco

Lakh Lakh: Persian Street Food Pop-up. Mondays 5:30-10 pm, through fall 2014. No reservations. Porsena Extra Bar, 21 E 7th St (btw 2nd/3rd Aves), NY 10003. For more info, call Porsena: (212) 228-4923