Small, down-to-earth eatery offering kebab plates & other Persian standards, plus meal prep options Celebrated Chef Ray Fard, known by most as Uncle Ray, has spent the last three decades perfecting his style of Persian cooking and grilling. In the early 1980’s, Ray Fard’s restaurant in Tehran, Iran thrived as a favourite gathering place for families, businessmen and women. After the Islamic revolution and during the long war that followed, Ray sold everything he had and moved his family out