Anonymous wrote:It's Imam biyaldi. It literally means "the imam fainted".
This was my first thought. Melts in your mouth!
I've tried to recreate a different really great eggplant dish, eggplant with garlicy yogurt sauce, in case anyone knows what that is. They served it at Skewers, a restaurant that used to be in Dupont Circle, with crispy pita chips and parsley, I believe. I haven't been successful at all in figuring out what made it so good.