This is a Persian convenience store that doubles as a general convenience night shop in Amsterdam.
They're open from 10 to 10 every day of the week so we're off on the right foot.
What can you say about this place? It's just a convenience store and it does a good job at being one, nothing special there. However, where the "special" kicks in, is that it carries LOTS of Persian products. Bread, candy, cookies, ingredients, even music and probably more.
I have the Persian heritage and although I don't speak Farsi well and am not really in touch with my Persian side, however my Persian side is very much in touch with me in form of fur on my skin, I cannot live without a certain few ingredients I grew to absolutely love since I was a kid and you know what, I can get those ingredients at this little shop for reasonable prices.
One thing I love is saffron. They have pretty high quality saffron here. It's expensive, but hey... it's saffron! I make a killer saffron cheesecake! Yeah baby combining American with Persian!
Another thing I absolutely cannot live without is rosewater! No, shut up, it's not that chemical pink concoction you can get at the Chinese shops filled with emulsifiers and god knows what else. No, I'm talking about REAL PURE ROSEWATER. It's as clear as water and it consists of two things: distilled water and rose essence, actual rose essence. Recent research also shows that it's extremely healthy for your heart and arteries among other things. Persians just throw that stuff in about ANY desert they have. Rose ice cream? Typical Persian! Rose nougat? Yup, we have it. Rose and saffron pudding? Please! Rose rice wafers? Check! I can continue, but I won't.
Speaking of deserts, you can get lots of different kinds of Persian stuff here if you wanna give it a try.
One of two more things I wanna mention is Persian knife-cut noodles (hand made). They are called "reshteh" and I love putting them in my homemade soups instead of vermicelli or whatever. They're pretty awesome!
The other is dates! Persian dates. There are lots of different kinds of dates but at the Turks, you get those hard, shiny brittle-ish dates. Blaghh
Persians have these dates called "Rottab"... or "Lottab"... I honestly don't know if it's an R or L. Who cares. Anyway, Try those! They MELT in your mouth! Chewing: NOT required! You can easily pull the seed out and put the date in your mouth to let it melt! They have those in front, at the cash register. Check the photos.
So go here and have a look-see if you wanna explore and broaden your horizon. read more