Do you know what the Moby Dick’s House Salad, Spinach Salad, and Mediterranean Salad all have in common? They each come with feta cheese. Feta cheese is a brined creamy white cheese. Feta is very nutritious and is also an excellent source of calcium.

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Always made fresh, the Kashk Bademjan at Moby Dick House of Kabob is a combination of sautéed eggplant, whipped garlic, traditional Persian herbs, a hint of salt and pepper, and garnished with caramelized onion and creamy yogurt.

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It’s a well-known fact: food cooked over open flames just tastes better, especially when it’s marinated in exotic seasoning and cooked on a skewer over that flame.

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All of us at Moby Dick would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our loyal customers. We appreciate your continued support during this unprecedented time.
Moby Dick takes the health of our customers, staff, and community very seriously and have taken all the necessary precautions to ensure the safe handling of our treasured menu items and a clean environment in all stores.

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Moby wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for all their support, ordering our food and offering words of encouragement during these rough times. We also wanted to provide an update on the COVID-19 situation and the precautions we are taking to ensure that as our customer, you will always have a safe, cleanly environment in Moby Dick

We are doing everything required by the public health officials and are following up on material coming to us to ensure that we are providing a safe environment for guests.

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Moby Dick House of Kabob Announces Operational Changes and Special Offers
WASHINGTON D.C. (March 16, 2020) – Moby Dick House of Kabob announces that they will be complying with all local and state regulations regarding the coronavirus COVID-19 and rolling out their own Response Package along with advanced safety protocols. The chain with locations throughout Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, will be extending a series of special offers to the community to support long-time and loyal customers during this unprecedented time.

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As one of the oldest and most expensive spices in the world, saffron is a culinary ingredient with a bold, golden-yellow hue and a savory-sweet smell that envelops your senses all at once.

First cultivated and used by the Ancient Greeks, saffron is the thread-like stigmas from the center of the saffron crocus flower. Commercially grown in India, Iran, Greece, and Morocco, saffron is quite the expensive delicacy. In fact, truly good saffron can cost thousands of dollars by the pound!

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In America, a side dish of marinated garlic cloves might seem a little unusual, but in Persian cuisine, it’s a classic!

Seer torshi (pronounced tor – shee) means “garlic preserved in vinegar.” And that’s basically what it is! Garlic marinated in salt and vinegar until the garlic is tender and sweet.

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One of our favorite snacks is the traditional Persian must-o-mooseer (pronounced must-o-moo-sear).

This tasty yogurt dip is a staple of Persian cooking, and it’s actually really simple to make.

Known as “Must-o-Mooseer yogurt with a hair of garlic” in Farsi, the name comes from its two main ingredients — yogurt and Persian shallots.

Culturally, yogurt is a huge part of the of cooking in the region. There is a legend that thousands of years ago,

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