Visit to Proposed Restaurant and Room Conversation , Tehran , 1976-08-12
[visit to house/restaurant which Ātreya Ṛṣi was purchasing]
Prabhupāda: You are not going to install Deity?
Ātreya Ṛṣi: Not here.
Prabhupāda: Oh, not here.
Ātreya Ṛṣi: The Deity will be installed in the other place...
Prabhupāda: Oh, this is only for restaurant.
Ātreya Ṛṣi: ...which is, the company is buying. There is...
Prabhupāda: Oh, then it is all right.
Ātreya Ṛṣi: And the restaurant will be just downstairs.
Prabhupāda: Oh, yes.
Ātreya Ṛṣi: Brahmacārī will be upstairs. Householders live in the other place, and the Deity will be there.
Prabhupāda: Then it is all right. Very good restuarant. But people in this land, they will come for a restaurant, customer?
Ātreya Ṛṣi: Yes, this is very good neighborhood.
Prabhupāda: As soon as they understand, they will come.
Ātreya Ṛṣi: Yes.
Prabhupāda: For restaurant, it is very nice. Then take it. [some conversing as lady shows them around] Very nice. Yes.
Ātreya Ṛṣi: ...this is much bigger than the restaurant I saw in [indistinct]. For a restaurant they could serve 300 people, just this area, just this big. I mean not at one time. [indistinct]
Prabhupāda: Downstairs for restaurant is very nice. What do you think, downstairs?
Nava-yauvana: It’s got a nice kitchen, Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Prabhupāda: Oh.
Nava-yauvana: It’s a good-size kitchen, all tiled.
Ātreya Ṛṣi: That kitchens can be extended.
Nava-yauvana: Yes.
Prabhupāda: Thank you.
Nava-yauvana: And an adjoining room for storage and cutting.
Iranian lady: Tea?
Ātreya Ṛṣi: No. We don’t drink. Would you like one of these peaches, Śrīla Prabhupāda?
Prabhupāda: These?
Ātreya Ṛṣi: Yes, that’s right, that’s right.
Nava-yauvana: Maybe he likes orange?
Ātreya Ṛṣi: Would you prefer an orange? Can I skin this?
Hari-śauri: You can cut an orange.
Prabhupāda: No. Yes.
Ātreya Ṛṣi: Orange?
Prabhupāda: Yes. Cut into pieces, and give me one.
Pradyumna: Sometimes there are amoebas on the outside. [background discussion among devotees about peeling orange]
Nava-yauvana: Location is very essential.
Prabhupāda: Hmm?
Nava-yauvana: In the city it is very essential.
Prabhupāda: Hmm?
Iranian lady: Thank you.
Prabhupāda: Good cucumber.
Devotee: Hmm.
[conversation in Farsi/French in background]
Hari-śauri: Would you like some, Śrīla Prabhupāda?
Prabhupāda: Yes.
[much background conversation]
Nava-yauvana: This is very expensive.
Prabhupāda: Hmm?
Nava-yauvana: This house is very expensive. Very small, and very expensive, because of artificial inflation, real estate speculation.
Hari-śauri: The cucumber is very sweet.
Prabhupāda: Hmm?
Hari-śauri: The cucumber is very sweet.
Ātreya Ṛṣi: Yes, it is very good. Serve Prabhupāda some more.
Prabhupāda: No. [indistinct] [end]