ATLANTA – Persian New Yr at Yalda:  

Chef and restaurant proprietor Ash Famili has been a part of Atlanta’s meals scene for a decade. However along with his newest enterprise, Famili is getting private, sharing the meals and cultural traditions of his childhood.

Ash Famili opened Yalda in Sandy Springs this previous December, making a menu and ambiance impressed by his years rising up in Iran. 

Named for the traditional December competition celebrating the longest evening of the 12 months (Famili says Yalda interprets to “rebirth of the solar”), Yalda facilities on Persian delicacies and Center Jap flavors culled from his circle of relatives recipes. Meaning guests will discover a collection of kabobs cooked on an open-flame grill, wraps, and mezze (small plates) together with falafel, lamb loghmeh, and grilled rooster wings. Oh, and wait till you see the “sweets” menu; desserts together with baklava, chocolate lava cake, and pomegranate cheesecake are simply three of the choices!

Yalda is positioned at 6500 Aria Boulevard, Suite 500, in Sandy Springs; common hours are 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. nightly for dine-in (with takeout accessible from midday to eight p.m. every day). For a take a look at the menu and extra data on visiting the restaurant, click on right here. By the way in which, a second location is deliberate for Westside Atlanta on Howell Mill Highway.

Though the restaurant is known as for a competition celebrated in December, this month appeared an particularly acceptable time to make a go to to Yalda. Why? As a result of this 12 months’s Nowruz (usually referred to as the Persian New Yr) is developing subsequent week. So, we spent the morning with Ash Famili and the workforce at Yalda, studying extra concerning the restaurant and the tradition that impressed it.

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