A Trip to the Middle East via MOBY DICK!

You have already met my good friend, Roya. You can read more about her, HERE. Last week, during the ice-storm-that-just-wouldn't-change-to-rain-and-caused-this-METEOROLOGIST-to-slide-*slightly*-off-the-road, I ended up having to cab it to and from work.
I met this wonderful cab driver who I got to talking with (I tend to get chatty) and learned that he put both his daughters through college (one is about to be a medical doctor) by driving a cab for a living. It was his number one priority that his daughters get an education (LOVE THAT!) (What I kind of left out is that he said his first wife wouldn't have cared if they just worked at a fast food joint forever). Anyway, I could tell that he wasn't born here as he definitely had a thick accent of some kind. He said "Guess where I'm from" to which I guessed "Turkey" (since I had been to Istanbul (not Constantinople -- see my TMBG thread below...) and he reminded me of the awesome owner of a bakery where I had bought THE WORLD'S BEST BAKLAVA (nope, it's not just a Greek thing -- Double T Diner has the second best!) He said I was close, just a country or two over and I would be correct. He hails originally from Iran, but has been in the US since 1970,before I was born (I'll leave it at that.) "A-HA!" I said, "Then you must tell me who has the best Iranian food in the DC area; I want to try it." Hands down, his vote is for Moby Dick. "Roger that", I said and then thanked him for a safe ride back to my disabled car.

But back t0 Roya. She, too, is originally from Iran. So I asked her "Where would you go for some yummy home style cooking?" Moby Dick was her choice. Before you know it, Roya, Angie and I were off to lunch. MIND YOU, we were fresh from a work out -- NO GLAM CAM HERE, but we're family, right? We don't have to be "on" 24 / 7 do we? Do we???

Here's a video tour and some QUICK DISH on DELISH Persian food. Have a look before you J-E-T OUT FOR SOME EATS! VROOM VROOM!