Anyone here like Arabic food?

[Anton Chigurh]

yea i know its a very broad term. but i'm talking about shawarmas, hummus with tahini, garlic paste, brown rice, kebabs etc. i was introduced to it couple of months ago and i'm literally hooked. i need to have it at least 4-5 times a week now.

http://www.foodnut.com/i/Gulzaar-Halaal-San-Jose/Gulzaar-Halaal-San-Jose-Beef-Kebab-Plate.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3311/3231803336_c705d61b98.jpg

http://www.mediterraneandiet.com/Images/hummus.jpg

[AtomSmasher]

yes i very much enjoy middle eastern food. it's a staple of my diet. im really into falafel as well. i started making my own.

[IlliniFan]

yes i very much enjoy middle eastern food. it's a staple of my diet. im really into falafel as well. i started making my own.
I just had home made falafel for dinner today. Delicious. Probably the only vegetarian meal I ever eat. I love just about all the stuff you mentioned in the op, not crazy about hummus though. I couldn't live without shwarmas..

[Thugnificent]

Man, kebabs used to be the cornerstone of my diet during my second year in college. Now I eat them from time to time, but only the mutton kebabs, can't stand the chicken ones. I also love me some good falafel or kofte.

http://www.turecka-kuchyne.wz.cz/kuru_kofte.jpg

[Anton Chigurh]

I just had home made falafel for dinner today. Delicious. Probably the only vegetarian meal I ever eat. I love just about all the stuff you mentioned in the op, not crazy about hummus though. I couldn't live without shwarmas..

bro how can you not like hummus. it goes with almost any mid eastern dish. i mix every mid east food i eat with hummus.

[Mamba]

im lebanese i get this stuff all the time at home. try some mgadra one time, its brown rice and lentals, doesn't sme;; great but tastes awesome with leb bread, keb'e is also great its basically meat, stuffed in meat, shish tawook, shoarma and kebabs. if you guys need any recipe's ill be glad to help.

[pete's montreux]

I want to try different foods from various cultures, but my friends aren't very open-minded. I need a new circle of friends, pronto.

[Anton Chigurh]

im lebanese i get this stuff all the time at home. try some mgadra one time, its brown rice and lentals, doesn't sme;; great but tastes awesome with leb bread, keb'e is also great its basically meat, stuffed in meat, shish tawook, shoarma and kebabs. if you guys need any recipe's ill be glad to help.

:cheers: i've tried mjadra before. it goes great with hummus and shawarma. at first it didnt look all that great to be honest. i thought the vermicilli were worms in the beginning lol. i've never tried kebe though. what is it? i tried looking online but i think you misspelled it.

[AtomSmasher]

I want to try different foods from various cultures, but my friends aren't very open-minded. I need a new circle of friends, pronto.
this stuff is delicious. very clean and healthy feeling after you eat. type of food you can drink alcohol after because of how well your body processes these types of foods.

[HighFlyer23]

all i eat lol

[pete's montreux]

this stuff is delicious. very clean and healthy feeling after you eat. type of food you can drink alcohol after because of how well your body processes these types of foods.

Stop it. I can't take it anymore. I'm leaving this thread never to return.

[AtomSmasher]

I'd be more than happy to live on an all middle eastern diet.

The desserts are good too...I love baklava


http://www.ilfornopizzany.com/pic_lib/deserts/Baklava.jpg

[sergiorodriguez]

this stuff is great, i used to eat shwarma when i was in london all the time now i moved back and luckily shwarma places have started popping up near my house aswell.

Hummus and kebabs, shish tawook and schwarma i like, but the rest of arabic food I find to be very bland and tasteless, besides the good stuff we know and love it's mostly just rice and lentils without any spices or flavoring, ick.

[AtomSmasher]

I had to hand out baklava to a bunch of ungrateful Taliban/al-Qaeda members once when we didn't have to give them anything like that and those ****s still had the gall to throw a temper tantrum about the quality. So even though I used to like it I'll never touch the stuff again due to the negative connotation it holds with me.
assuming you served in the military? you went overseas? are you still in active duty?

[sergiorodriguez]

I had to hand out baklava to a bunch of ungrateful Taliban/al-Qaeda members once when we didn't have to give them anything like that and those ****s still had the gall to throw a temper tantrum about the quality. So even though I used to like it I'll never touch the stuff again due to the negative connotation it holds with me.
taliban turds, to be fair though they probably expected it to be baked with half a kilo of hash in it, i bet that's how they cook it in afghanistan, they put hash in everything in those kind of countries, i have no idea where it all comes from but they have a shit ton of it

[AtomSmasher]

Yeah, not active any more though. Just got out of the reserves last month. It just occurred to me that I need to smoke some weed.
for sure :)

[YAWN]

i like the fried cat with lots of sriracha sauce.

[fiddy]

Looks very similar to Bulgarian cuisine.


I'd be more than happy to live on an all middle eastern diet.

The desserts are good too...I love baklava


http://www.ilfornopizzany.com/pic_lib/deserts/Baklava.jpg
Lots of calories. But its tasty.

[AtomSmasher]

Looks very similar to Bulgarian cuisine.


Lots of calories. But its tasty.
Most of the other dishes are low in calories so I think it's okay to indulge :)

[shadow]

I had to hand out baklava to a bunch of ungrateful Taliban/al-Qaeda members once when we didn't have to give them anything like that and those ****s still had the gall to throw a temper tantrum about the quality. So even though I used to like it I'll never touch the stuff again due to the negative connotation it holds with me.

more proof they are all ungrateful idiots.

[macmac]

more proof they are all ungrateful idiots.

Yes, of course. Foolproof.

[macmac]

Well, they weren't ALL ungrateful. But the same ones who complained were the ones who incited riots amongst the entire populace.

Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses

[ZeN]

Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses


I love Rage Against The Machine.

[ZeN]

wut


Its a lyrical ref. to RATM.

[kwajo]

I think Turkish food might be my favourite of all time, does that count?

[Mamba]

:cheers: i've tried mjadra before. it goes great with hummus and shawarma. at first it didnt look all that great to be honest. i thought the vermicilli were worms in the beginning lol. i've never tried kebe though. what is it? i tried looking online but i think you misspelled it.
ye i did, kibe here's a picture.

http://www.lealsalgados.com.br/images/kibe_1.JPG

its basically meat mince and breadcrumbs on the outside, and lamb on the inside, can either be baked or deepfried, and goes great with tzatsiki, or just some greek yoghurt. or you could always put bbq sauce on it. whatever you feel like really. just not ketchup or mustard.

[ALBballer]

Sure. I would recommend for you guys to try Burek if you're into Middle Eastern food. Burek with yogurt is fcking amazing.

:cheers:

[rufuspaul]

http://thechiclife.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54fdaec72883401156ee628a2970c-pi

I've been eating a lot of this lately, white bean hummus from Trader Joe's. Delicious.

[LJJ]

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[macmac]

Hummus is the *****. I eat hummus all day like Zohan. Hummus on bread, hummus on my meat, i dip jamaican patties in hummus, i can do no wrong with the thing.

Shawarmas, Shish Taouks, Kafta kebab and arayes, kebe, laham bagine, zaatar....lol Montreal's got an arabic fast food joint on every damn corner street

[qrich]

Basically same thing as Armenian food.

http://img6.travelblog.org/Photos/67114/279310/t/2373358-lahmajoun-1.jpg
http://img1.blogcu.com/images/t/a/d/tadimliktarifler/yaprak_sarma.jpg

That stuff is great, try it if you get the chance.

As far as deserts, my favorite:
http://www.medfood.co.uk/images/products/B413.jpg

[Insomniax]

i ve eaten that before. the pasty stuff on pita bread right? whats it called?

[qrich]

i ve eaten that before. the pasty stuff on pita bread right? whats it called?

Lamajoun...everyone I know around here calls it Armenian Pizza though.

[Zak]

Basically same thing as Armenian food.

http://img6.travelblog.org/Photos/67114/279310/t/2373358-lahmajoun-1.jpg
http://img1.blogcu.com/images/t/a/d/tadimliktarifler/yaprak_sarma.jpg

That stuff is great, try it if you get the chance.

As far as deserts, my favorite:
http://www.medfood.co.uk/images/products/B413.jpg

im palestinian and i have the war2 3nb (grape leaves) all the time, its like my favorite dish.

[T.O.RAPS]

arabic food is some good eats, a local place i go to i get a mala salad, beef shawarma, or a falafel. pretty sure the place is lebanese...

[vapid]

That entire Persian/Mediterranean region has some great food with distinct flavors that can't really be replaced by other cuisines. London taught me to be a fan and everywhere I went in Turkey I enjoyed the food.

[Anton Chigurh]

Reading this thread gave me some insane cravings yesterday for more mid east food. I had a Lamajoun with a mutton kebab plate with hummus & tahini, brown rice, garlic paste, falafel and cucumbers. I think my craving is satisfied but I might have some more tonight :oldlol:

[GOBB]

Never had it, always scared to try it. One day I will.

[Anton Chigurh]

Never had it, always scared to try it. One day I will.

Don't. The falafels are actually mini bombs.

[RidonKs]

lebanese is awesome. ottawa is pretty much the undisputed king of the shwarma up here, although i can't say i've packed away more than a half dozen. but yeah, everything mentioned in this thread is delish. props for the baklava reference marlo. that pastry is to die for.

although going to a legitimate lebanese spot and trying to put away one of their full platters is a task in itself. not only are you generally served a whole wallop of food, but its soooo ridiculously garlic-y and lemon-y that it begins to take its toll before you're even halfway through. although i suppose you would get used to it the more you ate it though.

hummus is incredible btw. goat dip? maybe.

anybody ever try lebanese coffee? the people who live in the house above me have it all the time, and i've joined them on a few occasions, despite their not speaking a lick of english and my only speaking a small lick of french. anyway, ridiculously powerful stuff, but really really tasty. its essentially espresso, but much more potent that what you'll get at your average chain starbucks or second cup.

[Anton Chigurh]

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

Lebanese coffee

[sergiorodriguez]

Is that like Turkish coffee? are they the same thing?

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

Never had it, always scared to try it. One day I will.

:roll: Get yo eggzotic on big guy!

[purplch0de]

Do grimy azz terrorists put their handz in the central dish wit their nails deep with sand?

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

Do grimy azz terrorists put their handz in the central dish wit their nails deep with sand?

Sand slips in as easily as it slips out.

Cutting fingernails is requested and encouraged on a regular basis.

Thanks for the hygiene concerns. Good to see you care about others' cleanliness. I'm sure you despise Eminem for "spitting on your onion rings at burger king"

It's usually East Africans and South Asians who skip the utensils. Pakis/Afghanis/Persians/Arabs rip off a piece of bread and use it to scoop up meats/veggies. So, no the main dish would not have sand and camel dung on it.

[kaiiu]

I eat Arabic food in the form of *****

[purplch0de]

I eat Arabic food in the form of *****

do they gotz camel spiders ridin on the camel toe?

[LJJ]

Ever had a 'Kapsalon' Ridonks? Epic Dutch-Arabic fusion cooking.

[winwin]

saudi chkn kabsab

http://www.habebe.net/vb/img/up/7274habebe.gif


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/3049204763_89ac48cfd8.jpg

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iraqi chkn kabsah

http://acookweb.hawaaworld.com/sites/acookweb.hawaaworld.com/files/recipes_images/kabsa.jpg

http://store1.up-00.com/Sep10/F3568235.jpg

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Egypt: Kushari

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4gpO6lcYMQE/S4l1jQqns1I/AAAAAAAAASA/7DESUGPmNiU/s400/Kushari+Recipe.jpg

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Moroccan Lamb Tagine

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UIXOn06Pz70/R-ZXSXYm1fI/AAAAAAAACVI/BRG64jFEZK0/s800/Moroccan+Lamb+Tagine.jpg

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Fattoush (Peasant Salad)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_s--n1TR94Vs/Sqh6amU91cI/AAAAAAAALvI/QDXmB3StGsg/s400/fattush-400x400-kalynskitchen.jpg

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b3albak sfaeeha

http://up.3ros.net/get-12-2009-1lyn6k2l.jpg



http://www.zilfawi.com/vb/imgcache/174829.imgcache.jpg

http://www.arabianlive.com/hp/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/01302.jpg

[gigantes]

arabic food is fantastically delicious IME. it has lots of crossover with greek / israeli food, so there's obviously a regional thing going on.

only thing i won't touch is falafal, since it's fried.

cool thing i learned from this thread is that "lamb shawarma" is another word for gyro.

[Giaodollo]

lebanese is awesome. ottawa is pretty much the undisputed king of the shwarma up here, although i can't say i've packed away more than a half dozen. but yeah, everything mentioned in this thread is delish. props for the baklava reference marlo. that pastry is to die for.

although going to a legitimate lebanese spot and trying to put away one of their full platters is a task in itself. not only are you generally served a whole wallop of food, but its soooo ridiculously garlic-y and lemon-y that it begins to take its toll before you're even halfway through. although i suppose you would get used to it the more you ate it though.

hummus is incredible btw. goat dip? maybe.

anybody ever try lebanese coffee? the people who live in the house above me have it all the time, and i've joined them on a few occasions, despite their not speaking a lick of english and my only speaking a small lick of french. anyway, ridiculously powerful stuff, but really really tasty. its essentially espresso, but much more potent that what you'll get at your average chain starbucks or second cup.

I hate the Lebanese coffee, it is too, what do you say? ehh bitter? It isn't even brewed man. It just mixed on a stove with hot water. MY ex's mother used to drink it.

I like Tabbouleh, baklava, this raw meat they eat and million other thing. Also at the restauratuns when eating meze it is great.

[warriorfan]

I've gotten some good lamb from one of these places before

[SaltyMeatballs]

Kebabs. Freakin delicious.

[BigNBAfan]

do they gotz camel spiders ridin on the camel toe?

:biggums:

[scandisk_]

lamb shawarma + chicken kebabs :rockon: