Ron's Kitchen

Rice steamed until a golden crust forms on the bottom of the pot sits at the center of Persian home cooking, and the rest of the meal gathers around it: stews that simmer low on the heat, herbs by the bunch, and smoke from the grill doing half the seasoning. Ron's Kitchen brings that tradition to 2283 McAllister Avenue in Port Coquitlam, and the listing describes its cooking as Persian and pizza, a pairing that puts two very different dinners under one roof.

The listing includes both a phone number and a website, so diners can confirm hours and whether the kitchen does takeaway before setting out. The website should carry the menu and any seasonal dishes the kitchen wants to point to. McAllister Avenue sits in the central part of the city, within reach of the downtown strip and the neighborhoods around it, and families with split tastes are the natural audience for a kitchen like this one. For a first visit, the usual approach works: ask what comes out of the kitchen most often, and order that. Independent rooms of this kind tend to settle into a rhythm with their regulars, and the menu follows the neighborhood.