Shirin Bano Restaurant

I have been receiving email messages, reading reviews on blogs, and hearing about this newly opened restaurant Shirin Bano! So Lamia, my friend, and I decided to have an early dinner at Shirin Bano restaurant yesterday!

The restaurant is located next to WOW and Eden Salon in Kuwait City (not too far away from Dasman roundabout). They serve a selection of Iranian and Indian dishes.. we wanted to try the Iranian 😉

Its a two story restaurant with a HUGE lobby at the entrance, reception area, private booths, and the kitchen on the ground level, and dining area for smoking and non smoking + parties of 10 or more section on the first floor!

Its spacious, white, and the decorations are not overwhelming the place!

The Shirin Bano (which means beautiful lady) menu consists of food items from both Iran and India. I have noticed that the Iranian dishes and theme took-over the whole restaurant! Fewer food options were available for Indian food such as Biryani and Sambosak.

Like most Iranian restaurants (which brings me back to the clearer presence of Iranian theme in the restaurant) we started of with fresh veggies, pickles, white cheese, and fresh out of the oven Iranian bread!

The Iranian bread was outta this world! Spiced with caraway, the aroma was killing, and so is the taste

We shared Shirazi Salad which came in with white cheese! Nice addition. The lemony dressing with the white cheese added a special flavor to the salad. I mean when you think of it, cucumbers, tomatoes, and red onions… with dried mint! So simple yet so good!

Lamia ordered Lamb Kozkazi (or something similar – I forgot the bill :-(). It is basically meat stuffed with mushrooms.

She gave me a piece and we both agreed that this dish is somewhat like the taste of Persia meets the west! Good combo and really tasty! Here is a close up of one of those devilish yummy things

I ordered Sultani Maqsos, a skewer of kebab and another of fillet. It was awesome!

Both of us opted for Zereshk rice (white and saffron rice mixed with dried berberis) and we both shared a side of okra stew (meatless) and let me tell you this! WOW! The okras’ size was just perfect, tiny just as I like it. It was a good choice!

We enjoyed our meals so much! It was the perfect dinner… but not 100% perfect without Faloodeh!

As I said, I forgot the bill, but their call center number is 1-888800 (turn out they’re part of Shahrayar Restaurant Chain) or you can call 9976-0810 for now 😉

Other than that… I highly recommend you go and enjoy yummy Iranian food for very affordable price… However, the booth we sat in was not comfortable AT ALL! Thats why I prefer tables and chairs 😉

Our bill came to KD14.400 (+ or – 200 fils)

You can find more (and better) pictures on someCONTRAST and Chai Altha7a blogs 😉 I forgot my camera that day and used my iPhone instead 😉 It served the purpose though, right? 😀