If you end up out of your consolation zone in your individual neighborhood and even out of the State you reside in, it could be difficult to discover a good restaurant. With a lot analysis, there’s at all times a light-weight on the finish of the tunnel. I discovered that gentle right here at Pomir Grill. It’s an genuine Afghan delicacies, which I don’t see a lot anyplace, particularly in suburbs, fairly attention-grabbing! They are saying that they make their dishes with recipes handed down from era to era, and methods used for hundreds of years. How cool is that!
The within just isn’t very giant, however spacious with tables unfold aside, giving good quantity of private house in between. All of their tables had clear and crisp white tablecloths and a shiny purple flower. Even thought the inside just isn’t coated with fancy, glamorous, shiny issues, they did an excellent job creating a really good and complicated ambiance.
That they had a really cute assortment of teapot close to the doorway, with a word asking patrons NOT to the touch them. Completely comprehensible. That they had traditional ones to humorous trying one, like one in a form of a hearth station, a chicken, and a faculty home!
I heard they’ve a extremely superior Naan, so we requested for that first. The primary spherical of Naan is complimentary, and comes with three sauces. Good quantity of Naan got here in a basket, good and sizzling.
The Naan is their conventional Afghan Bread, and extra order is $2 per basket. The three conventional Afghan sauces are: Coriander Chutney, Cucumber Yogurt Sauce, and Tundak which is a tomato primarily based sauce with nigella seeds. They had been all very recent and attractive, and every certainly one of us had our personal favorites. I appreciated the Tundak one of the best. All of us completely beloved the Naan, a lot in order that it disappeared shortly, we needed to get the second order!
For drink, they’re BYOB, so if you wish to have alcohol beverage comparable to wine, you have to convey your individual. We ordered Sizzling Inexperienced Tea ($2), which was truly Afghan inexperienced tea. It tasted extra like mint inexperienced tea, and is free refill. I’m not certain if they really brew it of their kitchen (as an alternative of some tea bag), it takes some time for the tea to return out, even the free refill takes some time. It was a very nice tea, value the additional time it takes.
For the primary, two of us ordered Lamb Kabob ($25) and one other one ordered Beef Sampler ($21). They each got here with aspect salad and selection of rice. It was beneficiant portion, actually plentiful. Lamb Kabob is marinated with Afghan seasonings served with grilled greens and rice. I selected spinach rice, and it was wonderful. First, the lamb… It was so tender and juicy, and full of taste. It was sooo a lot better than I anticipated, it was nice! Their seasoning was very nice and flavorful, and cooked to perfection.
Afghan boneless brief ribs on sautéed onions and tomatoes served with an in-house pomegranate sauce. The brief ribs had been cuddled in tasty sautéed onions, and had nice seasoning. The meat was tender and juicy, very tasty. It was cooked completely in order that it nonetheless smooth and flaky with out being mushy. I beloved the refined taste of tomatoes as properly.
Kabob-e-Kobeda (floor beef kabob) was actually good too. It was agency however tender, full of taste. It had nice texture and juicy, mouth-watering.
Kofta, also called meatballs, was tremendous good too. It’s cooked in a plum sauce, and had some corns on it. At this level, I used to be pondering they may do no mistaken at this restaurant. Every merchandise was actually nice, with deep flavors, all tender and juicy, and really scrumptious. I couldn’t a single merchandise that I didn’t like. And everybody on the desk felt the identical approach.
We determined to push our luck with desserts. We ordered Afghan fashion Baklava ($6). Two items got here which was a pleasant shock, and my goodness they had been wonderful! Flaky, ethereal, candy and decadent. It was so good! We had been fairly full from the primary dishes, however this one was gone inside jiffy. They had been good measurement too, not too large, not too large. It was heat as they’re made to order (it takes a short while for it to return out) and addictive, properly achieved!
We noticed a desk subsequent to us (4 individuals) getting a scoop of pistachio ice cream. Shortly after (guessing after all of them bought a chew), they bought three extra orders of the ice cream. I heard about their pistachio ice cream being fairly tasty, so we needed to get it too! That they had possibility of 1 scoop or three scoops, and we bought three scoops of Pista Sheer Yaakh or Pistachio Ice Cream ($5). For additional info, one scoop is $2 every, they usually have three flavors: Pistachio, Quince, and Fig. The ice cream was actually wealthy and creamy. It was like velvet, and I feel they add condensed milk to their ice cream, offering deeper, sweeter taste. I can see the explanation why that is extremely popular.
We had nice dinner right here, meals was very flavorful and clear. Though we had been stuffed, we didn’t really feel heavy. A very nice, recent components can do this! The service was fairly sluggish, I feel they’re solely two staffs on at the present time. I heard they’re household owned and operated, so they won’t have many staffs. This additionally created some points, as certainly one of them had been the waitress additionally serving to within the kitchen, and the opposite one being the cook dinner, serving to out on the ground, they weren’t at all times out there. However they had been very nice, well mannered, and I may see they care about their prospects. Simply don’t go there if you end up in a busy or on a decent schedule. Go there when you’ve got loads of time to calm down and revel in a beautiful meal along with your family members. Though I’ve been there solely as soon as, they’ve captured my coronary heart (or my abdomen and my style buds). I might love to return once more for one more scrumptious meals!
Pomir Grill – 119 Shrewsbury St, Worcester, MA 01604
