Persian food...

I was all hyped up to go eat Persian food for the first time with my friend Raven, who is half Persian. Unfortunately, I didn't really find it to be all that impressive. We had some sort of sauteed eggplants with herbs and spices, some flat bread that I thought was bland, and plain yogurt. The eggplant was good, but everything else was kind of just take it or leave it. Then we ordered this saffron chicken and rice with barberries and pistachios. I'm sorry but it tasted like I was eating potpourri or something. Everything was just kind of boring. Bummer. Maybe it was just an off day??