Lebanese Food.....

[Melman Giraffe]

Took some friends out for their first Lebanese meal last night and they couldn't beleive how delicious it was. We had.....

Hoummos
Puree of chickpeas with sesame seed oil and lemon



Moutabal / Baba Ghanouj
Puree of grilled aubergine with sesame seed oil and lemon juice



Tabbouleh Salad
Chopped parsley, cracked wheat, tomatoes, onions, lemon juice and olive oil



Fattoush Salad
Mixed salad, lettuce, tomatoes, mint, sumac, radish, garlic, onions and toasted Lebanese bread



Warak Enab / Stuffed Vine Leaves
Vine leaves filled with rice, tomatoes, onions, mint and parsley, cooked in lemon juice and olive oil



Muhammara
Crushed and mixed into a paste, Mediterranean spicy nuts with olive oil



Basturma
Thin slices of carefully prepared beef fillet covered with special spices



Kabis / Pickles
Mixed Mediterranean pickles



Labneh / Tzatziki
Natural yoghurt, sliced cucumber, garlic and mint & olive oil


Falafel
Bean and chickpea croquettes, served with tahine sauce



Fatayer
Baked pastry parcels filled with spinach and onions, pine kernels, sumac, lemon and olive oil



Kibbeh Mik'liyeh
Mixed lamb and cracked wheat shell, filled with seasoned minced lamb, onions and pine kernels



Sambousek Lamb
Pastries filled with minced lamb and pine kernels



Sambousek Cheese
Pastries filled with feta cheese, onions parsley and mint



Chicken Wings
Marinated chicken wings, served with toum (famous Lebanese garlic sauce), charcoal grilled



Ma'anek
Home made mini Lebanese lamb sausages, flame glazed in lemon juice and olive oil



Soujok
Home made spicy Lebanese lamb sausages, flame glazed in lemon juice and olive oil



Halloumi Cheese
Slices of Halloumi cheese, fried lightly until soft



Batata Harra / Spicy Potatoes
Spicy potato cubes flame glazed with garlic, coriander, sweet pepper and chilli

If you haven't tried it, give it a go you will love it!! Nom Nom Nom

[968]

Mmmmm

I love Lebanese food. I used to get it all the time when I lived in London. There was a fantastic place that delivered to me in Fulham. It's one of the things I miss in Manchester, as there isn't as many places to get it, and it isn't quite as good here.

That post has made me really hungry now!!

[anonymous-user]

I love eastern med food! I have never eaten in a Lebanese resaurant but I must really! A lot of that sounds similar to Greek and Turkish food.

[majordad]

No Lebanese restaurants here in Ireland but having spent 4 trips with the UN in Lebanon in the 90s I love the food. There was a restaurant in South London I went to about 10 yrs ago and it was great, Mono ?. My mind is rusty, anyone able to refresh me, it seemed upmarket but not expensive. Is it still there. Or any tips of others.

[bazking69]

Yikes, how many friends did you eat with! That looks like the whole menu!

[Asterix]

If you/they like Leb food, try a good Persian place. Quite similar but with a touch more depth and subtlety - my opinion of course. Living in the Mid East means I'm quite spoiled for both but Persian just gets the nod for me.

That said, I was treated like royalty on a trip to Jordan last year and was taken to one of the premier Lebanese restaurants and it was stunning - the lamb tartare being the highlight.

[Melman Giraffe]

bazking69 said:

Yikes, how many friends did you eat with! That looks like the whole menu!

Only four of us. Each dish comes with four pieces.

[calibrax]

Yep, it is lovely. I went to a Lebanese restaurant in Port Harcourt, Nigeria while there on a business trip... I'd never had Lebanese food before that, and I was blown away by the flavours. I expected it would be pretty similar to Greek food, but it was much, much better.

[H_Kan]

bazking69 said:

Yikes, how many friends did you eat with! That looks like the whole menu!

Portions tend to be quite small, bit like tapas. Generally loads of things are ordered and then shared.

I absolutely love some of the stuff on the list and am now craving some halloumi having thought about it.

OP, should you go again, be sure to try some baklava for afters, they are a variety of pastry based sweets and are absolutely divine. Heading of to Turkey tomorrow so hoping some of this stuff will be available there.

[Gaffer]

968 said:

Mmmmm

I love Lebanese food. I used to get it all the time when I lived in London. There was a fantastic place that delivered to me in Fulham. It's one of the things I miss in Manchester, as there isn't as many places to get it, and it isn't quite as good here.

That post has made me really hungry now!!

The Cedar Tree...in the NQ - get your arse up there this weekend.

Claire

[Big Raff]

I have just come back from Lebanon, and you can't beat the way they do it out there! The way the meals last for hours and the new found love i have for Arak to drink with every seating!!

Great looking menu choices...the best dishes are all there!

[shirt]

Gaffer said:

968 said:

Mmmmm

I love Lebanese food. I used to get it all the time when I lived in London. There was a fantastic place that delivered to me in Fulham. It's one of the things I miss in Manchester, as there isn't as many places to get it, and it isn't quite as good here.

That post has made me really hungry now!!

The Cedar Tree...in the NQ - get your arse up there this weekend.

Claire

cedar tree is great, and BYOB.

also bawadi on cheetham hill rd, petra on upper brook st, and aladdin on wilmslow rd, east didsbury.

i lived with a lebanese guy for a year and he was a fan of aladdin. they do take out as well.

[mammamia]

Melman Giraffe said:

Took some friends out for their first Lebanese meal last night and they couldn't beleive how delicious it was. We had.....

Hoummos
Puree of chickpeas with sesame seed oil and lemon



Moutabal / Baba Ghanouj
Puree of grilled aubergine with sesame seed oil and lemon juice



Tabbouleh Salad
Chopped parsley, cracked wheat, tomatoes, onions, lemon juice and olive oil



Fattoush Salad
Mixed salad, lettuce, tomatoes, mint, sumac, radish, garlic, onions and toasted Lebanese bread



Warak Enab / Stuffed Vine Leaves
Vine leaves filled with rice, tomatoes, onions, mint and parsley, cooked in lemon juice and olive oil



Muhammara
Crushed and mixed into a paste, Mediterranean spicy nuts with olive oil



Basturma
Thin slices of carefully prepared beef fillet covered with special spices



Kabis / Pickles
Mixed Mediterranean pickles



Labneh / Tzatziki
Natural yoghurt, sliced cucumber, garlic and mint & olive oil


Falafel
Bean and chickpea croquettes, served with tahine sauce



Fatayer
Baked pastry parcels filled with spinach and onions, pine kernels, sumac, lemon and olive oil



Kibbeh Mik'liyeh
Mixed lamb and cracked wheat shell, filled with seasoned minced lamb, onions and pine kernels



Sambousek Lamb
Pastries filled with minced lamb and pine kernels



Sambousek Cheese
Pastries filled with feta cheese, onions parsley and mint



Chicken Wings
Marinated chicken wings, served with toum (famous Lebanese garlic sauce), charcoal grilled



Ma'anek
Home made mini Lebanese lamb sausages, flame glazed in lemon juice and olive oil



Soujok
Home made spicy Lebanese lamb sausages, flame glazed in lemon juice and olive oil



Halloumi Cheese
Slices of Halloumi cheese, fried lightly until soft



Batata Harra / Spicy Potatoes
Spicy potato cubes flame glazed with garlic, coriander, sweet pepper and chilli

If you haven't tried it, give it a go you will love it!! Nom Nom Nom

WHAT ! NO CHIPS ?

[DavesFlaps]

I think I may have gone to a Lebanese restaurant in Hull once.

[968]

Gaffer said:

968 said:

Mmmmm

I love Lebanese food. I used to get it all the time when I lived in London. There was a fantastic place that delivered to me in Fulham. It's one of the things I miss in Manchester, as there isn't as many places to get it, and it isn't quite as good here.

That post has made me really hungry now!!

The Cedar Tree...in the NQ - get your arse up there this weekend.

Claire

WIll look it up. Are you back in town then?

[Gaffer]

968 said:

Gaffer said:

968 said:

Mmmmm

I love Lebanese food. I used to get it all the time when I lived in London. There was a fantastic place that delivered to me in Fulham. It's one of the things I miss in Manchester, as there isn't as many places to get it, and it isn't quite as good here.

That post has made me really hungry now!!

The Cedar Tree...in the NQ - get your arse up there this weekend.

Claire

WIll look it up. Are you back in town then?

I wish, nope, still out in Libya, back in Blackpool for Christmas, then back out here...

[Vipers]

Melman Giraffe said:

Took some friends out for their first Lebanese meal last night and they couldn't beleive how delicious it was. We had.....

Hoummos
Puree of chickpeas with sesame seed oil and lemon etc etc etc

You greedy buggers :whilstle:, but I might add, my son took me and the OH to a Lebanese restuarant in London the other week, absolutely fabulous, cant remember the name of it, it was in Borough, had 3 blue figurines climbing the wall outside.

[Nefarious]

shirt said:

Gaffer said:

968 said:

Mmmmm

I love Lebanese food. I used to get it all the time when I lived in London. There was a fantastic place that delivered to me in Fulham. It's one of the things I miss in Manchester, as there isn't as many places to get it, and it isn't quite as good here.

That post has made me really hungry now!!

The Cedar Tree...in the NQ - get your arse up there this weekend.

Claire

cedar tree is great, and BYOB.

also bawadi on cheetham hill rd, petra on upper brook st, and aladdin on wilmslow rd, east didsbury.

i lived with a lebanese guy for a year and he was a fan of aladdin. they do take out as well.

Another vote for Bawadi - BYO and the food is ludicrously reasonable. Went to the Cedar Tree on a recommendation, but was pretty disappointed - apparently their chef was poached by one of the big hotels (Radisson?) a couple of years ago.

[bob1179]

When I lived in the UAE, my next door neighbours were Lebanese and used to regularly invite us over for dinner. I loved the food, especially the sweet pastries!

It's made me really quite hungry too!

[muppetdave]

I've only had Lebanese food once (ages ago and can't remember what I had), it was nice, but that menu sounds absolutely lovely