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A Persian-Mexican Jam For Hoja Santa Lamb Shanks and Flash Tattoos

“There's . . . nowhere else, other than L.A., where you’d find these two cultures in such proximity, which is also why there are so many half-Persian, half-Mexican people,” the party organizer says.

10:39 AM PDT on August 7, 2026

An achiote-and-saffron-marinated chicken in a handheld pita

Camello’s achiote-and-saffron-marinated chicken in pita. Photo by Stan Lee.

Meymuni’s breakfast burrito with bandari (spicy beef sausage), eggs, turmeric-roasted potatoes, feta, and khiarshoor pickles. Photo via Meymuni Cafe.

“HAFZI” AT MEYMUNI CAFE ~ SAWTELLE

This Saturday, August 8, Meymuni Cafe is holding "Hafzi", what it calls “the world’s largest gathering of half-Persians,” at its Sawtelle restaurant. The event will feature Mexican-Persian fusion dishes by chef Ronnie Munoz of Camello, as well as themed flash tattoos by Mexico City-based artist Dariush Gaderi, who has Mexican-Persian heritage himself.