Tomorrow will be Eid! It seems every country has sighted the moon and declared today the last day of Ramadan, Alhumdulillah! However, the supreme leader and Ayatollah (religious leader) has declared tomorrow the final day of Ramadan and announced Friday (the day after tomorrow) as Eid for Iran. I believe he has not sighted the moon and has therefore confirmed for his followers one more day of fasting. As one ummah (body of believers) I have decided to celebrate tomorrow as my Eid with my home country (the wonderful America, of course).
Yazd comes alive at night! Driving around the city center there are twice as many cars and motorcycles than there were during the day time. Many traffic circles are decorated with bright Christmas lights and various lit up statues. Every available grassy green is dotted with young men and women, sitting talking and having chai. The girls are wearing tight American style tunics with scarfs loosely draped around their chic hair and thick makeup adorning their faces. This is the night scene in Yazd, a very traditional and strict city.
At the "fast food" restaurant (how can fast food be a restaurant? I think the meaning of fast food was lost somewhere in translation) I ordered a meat pizza without mushrooms. Since I am American, they kindly removed the mushrooms for me, though I got the impression they would not normally be so accommodating. Pizza Irani is a whole experience in itself. A personal size pizza with oil soaked, doughy crust, topped with a generous stack of minced meat and various chopped veggies, and covered in mozzarella was placed in front of each of us guests. We were then encouraged to drench our sauce-less pizza with ketchup and ranch dressing. Of course, this was none of our first time eating Irani pizza, so we were all aware of the process. I kindly declined the ketchup and ranch (I just can't bring myself to put ketchup on pizza...). After some sodas and shifting to be sure we were receiving the most direct A/C possible, we filled up on pizza and boxed the leftovers for later. I suggest you all try Irani style pizza at least once in your life! I assure you, you will not easily forget the taste and after some time you will come to crave the minced meat pizza with or without sauce.
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Yazd comes alive at night! Driving around the city center there are twice as many cars and motorcycles than there were during the day time. Many traffic circles are decorated with bright Christmas lights and various lit up statues. Every available grassy green is dotted with young men and women, sitting talking and having chai. The girls are wearing tight American style tunics with scarfs loosely draped around their chic hair and thick makeup adorning their faces. This is the night scene in Yazd, a very traditional and strict city.
At the "fast food" restaurant (how can fast food be a restaurant? I think the meaning of fast food was lost somewhere in translation) I ordered a meat pizza without mushrooms. Since I am American, they kindly removed the mushrooms for me, though I got the impression they would not normally be so accommodating. Pizza Irani is a whole experience in itself. A personal size pizza with oil soaked, doughy crust, topped with a generous stack of minced meat and various chopped veggies, and covered in mozzarella was placed in front of each of us guests. We were then encouraged to drench our sauce-less pizza with ketchup and ranch dressing. Of course, this was none of our first time eating Irani pizza, so we were all aware of the process. I kindly declined the ketchup and ranch (I just can't bring myself to put ketchup on pizza...). After some sodas and shifting to be sure we were receiving the most direct A/C possible, we filled up on pizza and boxed the leftovers for later. I suggest you all try Irani style pizza at least once in your life! I assure you, you will not easily forget the taste and after some time you will come to crave the minced meat pizza with or without sauce.
Pizza Irani
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Of course, I MUST have my Coke Zero w/my pizza
(these are the left overs from last night)
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My favorite pizza place in Yazd which my brother-in-law
and sister-in-law are kind enough to take me to :)
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