Persian5 months ago
Denj Restaurant And Bar
Persian cooking has arrived on Yonge St in North York, where Denj operates as a full-service restaurant and bar.
North York4852 YONGE ST
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The kitchen specializes in the layered, slow-cooked preparations that define Persian cuisine an emphasis on rice dishes, grilled meats aromatic stews built on saffron, pomegranate dried limes. North York's Persian community has historically centred on Bathurst and Steeles, making this Yonge St location a geographic shift that signals the diaspora's expanding footprint across the city. The menu anchors on dishes like Tahdig (the crispy rice bottom of a Biryani-style dish) and Koobideh (ground meat seekh-skewered and charred), the slow-braised foundations of a Persian table.
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