Middle Eastern cuisine............

grape leaves, chicken schwarma, gyros, kafta kabob

ETA: baklava! mmmm

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grape leaves

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my uncle makes them at home. they're awesome.

I generally like any sort of Iranian or Lebanese cuisine that I've tried. I'm not the best on the names of the different dishes.

I find most Iranian food is typically some sort of Kabab served with saffron basmati rice and some grilled veggies. Nothing spectacular but usually pretty tasty.

I've tried a couple of the different eggplant based dips and such from Iranian cuisine as well.

Actually your iranian dishes or much more complex than the rest of middle eastern cuisines except maybe morrocan.....The mainstays are the kabob dishes served with rice dishes and grilled tomatoe, but if you venture into their stews you enter another level....

Grilled haloumi
Lahmajun
Kofta of any description
Soujouk and eggs

if anyone here hasnt tried harissa do yourself a favor and pick up a jar from whole foods or fresh market....its a north african chili paste.

Aleppo powder is also pretty good on any number of things too.

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if anyone here hasnt tried harissa do yourself a favor and pick up a jar from whole foods or fresh market....its a north african chili paste.

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I've heard of it but I didn't know you could get it at Whole Foods

I'll have to pick some up

What do you usually use it on?

It's crushed, dried, aleppo peppers...has the sort of sweet, raisin quality that sun dried tomatoes have but with a slow, warm heat. Put it on hummus, foule, whatever you'd like really.

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foule

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that's stick to your ribs food.


i wanted to try koshari when i was last in cairo, but figured i'd have plenty of time to try it in the future. looks good for sure