Shakes & ‘potions’

Continuing the street foods journey, there must be a stop at an abmiveh-foroushi, or juice shop. These are tiny, since you’re supposed to take your drink away, and they usually have a counter lined with at least five or six blenders containing bright, thick liquids — strawberry red, black mulberry ruby, mango orange, shades of yellow and beige from bananas and walnuts, and carrot shakes with ice cream (my least favourite, as my mum would make me carrot juice with milk as a child, and