Menu from Apadana
Menu highlights
Includes dishes that are:
Vegetarian
Boorani-ye Esfenaj (V)
Steamed spinach mixed with thick strained homemade yoghurt
Kuku Sabzi (V)
A delicate herb omelette
Halim Bademjani
a Persian dish made with mashed aubergine, lamb, rice, garlic, walnuts and mint
Gheimeh
Lamb stew with split yellow peas and dried limes cooked in a cinnamon and tomato sauce
Fesenjan
Sweet and sour chicken stew made with pomegranate paste and ground walnuts, served with steamed rice
Zereshk Polow
Steamed rice mixed with bright ruby coloured barberries
Grill
Kabab Koobideh
Two skewers of finely minced lamb kabab with grilled tomatoes
Momtaz
One skewer of marinated chicken fillet and one of minced lamb kabab served with grilled tomatoes
Saffron Soltani
One skewer of cubed lamb fillet and one large skewer of minced lamb kabab served with grilled tomato
Desserts
Halva Kase (V)
Baghlava (V)
Parcels of filo pastry filled with ground almonds and pistachios
Ice Cream (V)
More about the restaurant: Apadana
Nestled inside the Railway Arches on Viaduct Street in Huddersfield is a restaurant that is resetting the dining agenda in this part of the north. Tired of cliched curry joints, diners are heading to Apadana, a Persian restaurant of some serious esteem, for a genuinely innovative menu, a short drive from Leeds. This is perhaps the place for Middle Eastern food in Huddersfield, and diners are proving to be receptive to the Apadana team’s take on classics like baklava and shashlik that define so much of Iran’s food.
Frequently asked questions
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Thinking about making a Apadana booking?
From the exterior inside the Railway Arches on Viaduct Street, there’s not much to get excited about at Huddersfield’s Apadana. In fact, it looks a little bit like somewhere you’d go to buy paint, but this should not deter diners that have made the trip from Leeds from delving into this superior Persian restaurant’s dining room. We don’t judge restaurants by their covers of course, and neither should you, because the food here is something special indeed. For diners as-yet-unconverted to Persian food, Apadana is absolutely the right starting place for your culinary discovery.
Neither Huddersfield nor Leeds has much to say about the food native to Iran. This is a pity, as much of Persian cooking relies on flavours popular with British diners; spicy barbecued meat dishes take centre stage in Iranian cooking. Apadana has stepped into this vacuum with classic Persian flavours and innovative takes on old favourites from their premises on Viaduct Street inside the Railway Arches. For authentic Persian food cooked using traditional techniques, flavoursome dishes and sweet, delectable puddings and a great alternative to Huddersfield’s somewhat staid dining scene, it can only be Apadana.