Can you get kalle pache delivered to International City?
Yes. Shaun the Sheep delivers traditional Tehran-style kalle pache to International City, Dubai Silicon Oasis and Al Warsan — every cluster, at every hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. One honest note before you order: we are not an International City restaurant, and there is no branch in the England, Persia, China or any other cluster. Every order comes from a single kitchen at 64 Jumeira Street, Jumeirah 1, near the coast, where the copper pot has been simmering since long before dawn. It is a fair drive inland to the clusters, but a broth built over fourteen slow hours travels well and arrives hot. The delivery fee is set by your area and shown clearly at checkout before you pay, and delivery is free on orders over AED 300. You can order from the menu here in a few taps.
Why is kalle pache the taste of home in International City?
Because few corners of Dubai hold as many people who grew up on this exact dish. International City was built around country-themed clusters, and the community inside it is just as international: large Iranian, Afghan and Central-Asian families, alongside Iraqi and Arab neighbours, many of whom remember a version of head-and-trotter broth from a cold morning back home. For them kalle pache (Persian کلهپاچه) is not a novelty. It is a memory — the fogged-up window of a dawn shop, a folded sheet of sangak too hot to hold, a ladle knocking the rim of a copper pot.
What do different communities call kalle pache?
The same slow-simmered lamb heads and trotters travel under different names across the clusters. The dish is the constant; only the accent changes.
| Community | What they call it | The taste of home |
|---|---|---|
| Iranian | Kalle pache (کلهپاچه) | The Tehran dawn version — exactly what we cook |
| Afghan | Kalla pacha | A Friday-morning family broth of the same heads and trotters |
| Uzbek, Tajik and Central Asian | Kalla-pocha / kelle-pacha | A cold-morning dish, eaten early by long tradition |
| Iraqi and Arab | Baja (باجة) | The Gulf and Iraqi name for the same slow-simmered dish |
We cook the Tehran style, and it lands close enough to home for an Afghan family in the Spain cluster or an Iraqi neighbour in the Central Business District to recognise it at the first spoonful. We share it here as a culinary tradition, not as medical advice — we make no health claims, and if you have a specific health condition, please ask your doctor about what suits you.
How do I order to a country cluster with a map pin?
- Choose your food. Pick singles — brain, tongue, trotters, lamb cheek, meat, tripe, brain soup or plain broth — or a communal platter for 1, 2, 3 or 6, with sangak, seven-year garlic pickle and doogh.
- Select your area. Choose International City, Dubai Silicon Oasis or Al Warsan from the dropdown; the matching delivery fee appears at once.
- Drop your map pin. Place the pin on your building entrance and add the cluster name, building code, floor and flat in the notes. The pin is required, not optional.
- Pay securely online.
The map pin matters more here than almost anywhere in Dubai. International City is a grid of near-identical low-rise blocks, cluster names repeat, building codes like "Y-08" look alike, and the lanes between them confuse a driver working from a building name alone. A pin dropped on your actual entrance — plus the cluster and building code in one line — is the difference between a hot bowl and a cold one. Prefer to plan around a Friday gathering? You can schedule the order for a future time, or reserve a table at the Jumeirah 1 kitchen if you are heading toward the coast.
What about Silicon Oasis and Warsan?
Both are close neighbours of International City, and both are covered. Dubai Silicon Oasis is a mix of apartment towers, gated villa compounds and the tech park, so note whether you are in a tower (add the building name, floor and flat) or a villa (pin the gate and add the compound and phase). Al Warsan, including Warsan Village, sits right beside the clusters and is mostly low-rise apartments — the same cluster-style advice applies: a precise pin plus the building and flat number. Whichever of the three you are in, the area you pick at checkout sets the fee, and it is shown before you pay.
What should I order for a family sofreh?
Weekend mornings are when these homes fill up, and a communal platter is built for exactly that. Platters serve 1, 2, 3 or 6, so a Persia-cluster family or a group of friends spread across two flats can share one spread: broth poured over the meat, warm sangak torn by hand, seven-year garlic pickle and mixed torshi on the side, and glasses of salted doogh or hot tea to finish. If someone at the table is new to offal, add the Special Mix or an abgoosht (dizi) so there is something familiar beside the brain, tongue and trotters. A full-table order often clears AED 300 on its own, which makes the delivery free. It is all laid out on the menu and order page.
Is the lamb halal, and how is it cooked?
Yes. Our lamb is halal, sourced and prepared to UAE halal standards. Every head and trotter is hand-cleaned before dawn, then simmered for around fourteen hours in a copper pot with onion, turmeric and garlic, and skimmed hourly until the broth turns the colour of strong tea. Nothing is rushed, which is exactly why it holds up on the drive inland to International City, Silicon Oasis or Warsan and arrives tasting like the morning you remember. Ready for a bowl? We are open right now — choose your area, drop the pin, and let the pot come to you.