Intrigued to see this on the Beebly noos web site. I don't watch ra Nein so didn't see the feature, but presumably it is on the eyePlayur.
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Whatever happened to Peter the Armenian cook?
Just up the road from the Queen's Edinburgh residence at Holyrood Palace is a shuttered curiosity, a building that once housed a legendary eatery, known to its loyal patrons simply as "The Armenian Restaurant".
Edinburgh is now home to four Michelin-starred restaurants and some of the most opulent dining in the UK - but this place was something completely different.
Opened in 1979, the "Aghtamar Lake Van Monastery in Exile" was part exotic dining, part eccentric performance.
In the days before social media, it had a cult following and could only be found by rumour and word of mouth. Reservations were notoriously guarded by the secretive Armenian owner and cook, who called himself Peter, and who served all-night banquets of traditional foods and dancing.
Then suddenly, a decade ago, Peter disappeared, leaving his customers hungry for one last meal and a clue to where he went.
(Continues with an interview with Peter at...)
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