Persepolis

25/09/2026

Our new cook book is coming out on the 22nd October officially... but you can order it now via the lovely bookshop.org (see below). We are hoping to have copies to buy at Review up the road and of course in out own shop, Persepolis. Hope you enjoy the most SOUPER SIMMER time ever!

14/09/2026

We've researched and cooked some amazing Simmer Soups for you to play with... and then there are a few stranger/historic-but-no-longer-cooked dishes. There are three of them on-line just here:

So when you’re researching food stuff and you come across some items that are, well, different. Not the sort of things that you’d cook, or serve, or eat yourself. These items are fascinating. And we have always felt that we should play around with them a bit, prepare them, try them out… So her...

09/09/2026

Don't forget SIMORGH is now shoppable on UBER if you fancy the best takeaway food in London... :)

Use your Uber account to order delivery from Simorgh in London. Browse the menu, view popular items, and track your order.

28/08/2026

Yay! We walked all around East London (25k) to raise money for the Stroke Association. Please give us a few extra pennies, pretty please…

https://www.justgiving.com/team/persepolis26
Thank you thank you thank you 😊

06/08/2026

There’s nothing like Peckham in August. We are of course a tad biased…

24/07/2026

SIMMER! Our (and we do mean ‘our’ as Mr Shopkeeper co-wrote the new book!) soup book has arrived! Simmer is actually out in October, but we’re very chuffed to have a copy of both the Interlink and the Harper Collins to play with now… 🥳

15/07/2026

We do like to celebrate our various colleagues. Persepolis has been/is right in between the Camberwell College of Arts and the Goldsmith University and we’ve acquired all sorts of waiting persons over the years. For example… meet Laura. Laura is amazing at sketching and painting: we reckon she’ll be very famous one day… 🙂 (btw, the middle one was Escher , not Laura… yet)

02/07/2026

Hey guys! We're walking around a wee bit more. Another 25km, so raise money for the Stroke Association. On August 22nd. Our amazing team will be marching with us. But it will be even better if one or two of you out there add a little dosh to our Just Giving fund.... Wish us luck!

Help Sally Butcher raise money to support Stroke Association

22/06/2026

So we got to go to the cinema on Saturday! This was very exciting 🙂 We got to see some amazing films… one of which was apparently all about us. Ela Gorkay and friends were displaying the end of their course at the London College of Communication. For a Taste of Persia…