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Sizzling House of Kabab offers kebabs for grown-ups, burgers for kids

By Sheryl Julian

 |  Globe Staff  

  May 09, 2012

On a busy corner in Lexington, with plenty of little storefront businesses, the year-old Sizzling House of Kabab could easily go unnoticed. Some house specialties are pictured in the window, but neither the modest place nor the photographs hint at what’s going on here: beautifully prepared kebabs and sandwiches served by a gracious, careful staff. It’s entirely take-out. The food is Persian, there are some Turkish dishes because owner Farhad Salemi’s mother is a Turk from Azerbaijan, and Middle Eastern specialties because they’re popular. All the meat is halal.

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