Comments on: Iranian Beluga Caviar

By: emsy

emsy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:45:35 +0000

my tita who traveled to Istanbul once took pains to bring home beluga caviar. other relatives enjoyed it and I did find it pretty good…but I’m not really crazy over it. acquired taste talaga

By: Sicil

Sicil — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:20:06 +0000

Dear Mr. MM,

My husband and I trully enjoyed your post about your trip to the Spice Bazaar in Istanbul. Your pictures and your stories brought us back to Istanbul again(eventhough we were there couple of weeks ago)

Iran has a lot of things to offer – food, pastry, nature, you name it, they have and Caviar is one of their priced item. I have seen them being sold at Iranian Airport (both in their International and Domestic) but since I’m not a “Fish Person”, I was not interested at all.

Caviar isn’t really my thing…I only saw it once when my father in law bought a whole bunch from Shiraz, Iran. When I inquired about the price, he said he paid for $150/100g. I couldn’t believe my ears so I have to double check it with my husband who told me it is right. I guess the prices in Turkey are not that bad but if you really want to get the best, you should go to Iran.

Anyways, we would loved to read more of your adventure and your travel. Salamat po…

p.s. for INKED_CHEF: I read that you were told to inquire at ARYA and HOSEEIN. I’m not sure about HOSEEIN but in ARYA maybe you will have good chances. The owner of the restaurant is a Shirazi Iranian married to a Filipino(and so am I – his mother-inlaw and I were on the same flight going back to Shiraz from Phils last year). If you meet him or the lady owner, maybe you could ask them and I’m sure they will gladly help you. Goodluck!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:31:35 +0000

Patti, bummer. If I were buying that much, I would bring my own scale. A pretty good digital scale at Williams Sonoma is some $75 or so, and very small, well worth the $500 you guys got “shortchanged” or “underweighed”…

By: Mehrdad

Mehrdad — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:56:31 +0000

Growing up In Iran, I remember that my father used to buy fresh Iranian caviar in 250 gr cans right from the fishermen at caspiann sea shores. At the time of islamic revolution of 1979 and after that, the clergy regime announced that the strogen fish and caviar was Haram ( forbidden by religion).. and so you could buy caviar ( and lots of it ) cheap at the black market. We bought it for 5-10 US dollars for a kilogram !! I had caviar for breakfast almost everyday for more than a year ..

By: rajabf

rajabf — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:26:38 +0000

Just came back from the bazaar, stall 18 to be exact, got 50 grams of beluga 00000 fresh caviar for 90 euros with a free half kilo of peeled pistachios for free. I looked for Ibrahim but he was on vacation his partner was kind enough and explained all the different types of caviar and let me taste 1o different kinds. Great store and great prices you can get beluga 00000 but a saltier version wit a different production date for half the price….and normal beluga for much less then half…