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"Pars Iranian Restaurant is the oldest and most popular Irani restaurant in the city, combining traditional Persian dishes with Arabic flavors. All the food is centered on three basic ingredients — bread, rice, and meat — exclusively cooked by Irani chefs who deploy deft hands in blending mild herbs like thyme, parsley, and dried mint with hot Arabic spices, pepper, and red chile paste. While most of the menu caters to omnivores with meaty stews and skewers of seafood, there are some delicious vegetarian options like ash reshteh (herb-packed noodle soup) and kashk bademjan (eggplant and whey dip), as well as falafel, hummus, and other Arabic snacks. Pars is a perfect representation of the Dubai melting pot at work. [$$$]" - Rahma Khan