{"id":22849,"date":"2018-06-08T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T04:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=22849"},"modified":"2024-02-06T12:57:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T04:57:17","slug":"hosseins-persian-kebab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/cuisines\/indian\/hosseins-persian-kebab\/","title":{"rendered":"Hossein&#8217;s Persian Kebab in Makati: Your Gateway to Middle Eastern Cuisine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hossein\u2019s Persian Kebab| Philippine Primer Eats\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TG6h6Ww9Eh4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Taking you to a Persian, Arabic, Indian and East Mediterranean vibe is this vibrant and detailed interior of <strong>Hossein&#8217;s Persian Kebab<\/strong> at\u00a0Makati Avenue.\u00a0Established in 1985 and with over 4 branches across Metro Manila,\u00a0Hossein&#8217;s Persian Kebab was one of the first\u00a0to pioneer the Middle Eastern cuisine restaurant in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22850\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-6.jpg 700w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-6-290x193.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first branch was opened in 1985 on Jupiter St. Makati,\u00a0even if it only had five tables.\u00a0Hossein&#8217;s later moved to the ground floor of\u00a0LKV Building in Makati Ave, which is now dedicated for <em>shisha<\/em> or tobacco. The 2nd floor, which was just renovated in March 2018, is the main restaurant, with layout and design done by their son who is an architect.<\/p>\n<p>The walls of the stairs leading to the 2nd floor were painted more than 20 years ago by a British painter, and was made to look like a Persian rug.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22851\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-7.jpg 700w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-7-290x193.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A tradition, handed down from generation to generation, from mother to daughter and in turn, daughter to son,\u00a0Hossein&#8217;s Persian Kebab aims to showcase\u00a0the culture, history and family tradition of the chef and owner himself,\u00a0<strong>Chef Hossein Sohrabi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22854\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-5-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-5-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-5-145x218.jpg 145w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-5-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-5.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Chicken Curry \/ IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Showcasing his culture and family tradition, <strong>Chef Hossein Sohrabi <\/strong>serves food and delicacies that he learned from his childhood in Persia, incorporating a modern touch of cuisines from Arabia, India, and East Mediterranean.\u00a0They\u00a0offer over 600 dishes on their menu and 2 pages are dedicated to curry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22860\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-4.jpg 700w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-4-290x193.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Shrimp Curry \/ IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Their curry sauce is made from cashew nuts, homemade yogurt, coconuts and various spices. They used this sauce for all their curry dishes and customers can choose from three level of spiciness for their curries. It can be served with chili flakes, depending on the customer if they want to adjust the spiciness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22861\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/Gilak-by-Hossein-2-290x193.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Lamb Rojanjost \/ IMAGE from Philippine Primer<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bringing in authentic\u00a0ingredients to the Philippines,\u00a0<strong>Hossein&#8217;s Persian Kebab<\/strong>\u00a0will take you to an exotic middle eastern experience through their dishes and pastries made special with their secrets and spices.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>This also appears in Volume 123 of Philippine Primer Japanese magazine.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking you to a Persian, Arabic, Indian and East Mediterranean vibe is this vibrant and detailed interior of Hossein&#8217;s Persian Kebab at Makati Avenue!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,77,152,90,112,1982],"tags":[2000,2002,2003,2001,1999],"class_list":["post-22849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greek_mediterranean","category-indian","category-middle-eastern","category-makati-avenue","category-makati","category-curry-2018","tag-arabic-food","tag-eastern-mediterranean-food","tag-hosseins-persian-kebab","tag-indian-food","tag-persian-food"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22849"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49243,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22849\/revisions\/49243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}