Alex Shams, Señor Saffron, “_The Pomegranate Route_”, with music by Arshia Fatima Haq, performance
15 September 2022, 19:00
POP UP, HACERNOCHE, ARCHIVE
In his talk, Alex Shams in “_The Pomegranate Route_” focuses on the culinary heritage that connects Mexican and Iranian cuisine across centuries and across oceans. The food in prepared by Amir Moosavi, who initiated the Señor Saffron project from the question of what would an Iranian taco be like? Persian food is centered around the "tahdig" the saffron rice layer you find at the bottom of the pan, and so, instead of tortillas, Amir creates the rice "tado" replacing the tortilla of Mexican tacos. Accompanied by ¡mole joon! a dish is created that combines the molasses of the Iranian pomegranate and the ground walnut stew "fesenjoon" with the chiles and cocoa of the Mexican moles, in an Iranian-Mexican encounter.