Persian Heaven

For a middle-aged woman, who has not considered a LIPOSUCTION to remove the ugly fat deposit from her body? Me, I had been pondering upon removal of the annoying dangling fat, especially from my tummy, for more than a decade. But I had a second thought since I joined a belly dance class in June. I can NOT afford the one of a million chance if a single nerve on my belly was damaged to deprive myself from flaunting my body in Arabic way exquisitely.

What I have in mind for year 2009 is to have calendar girl photos taken in bikinis. But at first, I needed to firm my body. With that in mind, I walked into a belly dance class for the first time. The moment I began my belly dance 101, I adored the movement of upper-body muscle, neck, arms, shoulders, hands independently, I felt the development of flexibility and strength in me. I loved the movement of lower-body muscle, hip kicks, circles, rolls and body twists, I felt my abdomen firmer and tighter, not to mention the fringe benefit, to reduce the risk of osteoporosis.

In order to observe belly dancers, I went to Persian Heaven for dinner in my Pakistani consume this evening. Persian Heaven is the first Iranian Restaurant in Taipei, featuring two belly dance sessions every evening. The Heaven was a full house of more than 40 patrons, mainly the students and friends of the feature belly dancer. I was alone, set by a busy waitress at table one, shared the table of four with three strangers, and became instant friends with them. It was like having dinner on a luxurious cruise on Arabian Ocean ready to harbor at Karachi.

For starters, I had Heaven Chicken Roll (originally I ordered Seafood Plate to go with my main dish of chicken, but I changed my mind, just because the name of heaven chicken roll. Who would not savor something with heaven as an adjective?) Shirazi Salad, and Iranian Yogurt Soup. For main dish, I ordered BBQ Chicken Wing Special Sauce with Adas Polo. For desserts, I selected rice pudding to go with Iranian coffee.

The belly dancer was young, sexy, and fantastic. She performed two solo sessions, with each session more than 20 minutes. When she vibrated her hip, everybody opened the eyes widely. How could she manage to do it? I could not even move my neck from left to right! But I found my goal at Persian Heaven this evening!

In the name of God, I want to be a belly dancer!