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( 444 5495; Abazar St; s/d without bathroom US$9/14.50)
Noisy rooms, hard beds and
filthy bathrooms (for which you must pay US$0.90 per shower) make this place worth
considering only if you're stony broke. No breakfast and no English spoken.
Eating & Drinking
Decent eating options are thin on the ground, so it's fortunate that all three of the hotels
that we recommend serve good food and welcome nonguests. The garden restaurants lin-
ing the road to Fin Garden are popular on summer evenings, but we are loath to vouch for
their standards of hygiene.
Abbasi Teahouse & Traditional Restaurant$$
(Khan-e Abbasian, off Alavi St; meals US$5.50; 11am-midnight)
Occupying the
kha-
dame
of the Khan-e Abbasian, this atmospheric place is family-run (dad on the floor, one
son on the cash register and another in the kitchen). Traditional seating is arranged around
a fountain and the menu features equally traditional dishes, including kababs,
dizi
(lamb
and vegetable stew pounded to a paste at the table),
turshi
(pickles) and delicious
kashke
bademjan
(roasted and spiced eggplant topped with fermented cheese). Enter down the
stairs opposite the ticket office.
TRADITIONAL IRANIAN
Manouchehri House$$
( 424 2617;
www.manouchehrihouse.com
; 49 7th Emerat Alley, off Sabat Alley & Mo-
htasham St; meals US$7-9)
Nonguests are welcomed into this boutique hotel for tea and
biscuits (US$2.50) served by the pool. Alternatively, book ahead for a meal featuring
Kashani specialities such as
gusht lubia
(lamb and kidney-bean stew) and
polo shevid
(rice with lima beans and dill).
TRADITIONAL IRANIAN
Golshan Restaurant$$
(Shahid Motahari Blvd; meals US$7-16; noon-3.30pm & 7.30-11pm)
A favourite with
Kashanis celebrating weddings, birthdays and other big occasions, this brightly lit place
near Moalem Sq serves fish dishes,
zereshk polo
(roast chicken with rice and barberries)
and the full complement of kababs.
TRADITIONAL IRANIAN
Hammam-e Khan$
(Bazaar; 9am-9pm)
Down a few stairs from the bazaar's Copper Line (look for the
sign), this old bathhouse now operates as a teahouse and is popular with young Kashanis.
TEAHOUSE
