The Best Middle Eastern Restaurants to Try in Chicago’s Southwest Suburbs | Eater Chicago

"Arab sweets are out of this world and chief among them is knafeh, a pastry filled with a briny Palestinian Akkawi cheese doused in a lovely rose water syrup and topped with pistachios. At Prince, you can also get knafeh with semolina flour orkadaif, which is a thin vermicelli noodle that is crushed and tossed with ghee. You can also pick up basboosa (a cornmeal cake soaked in syrup featuring a variety of toppings) and ma’amoul (with walnut and date varieties). Another favorite is a Palestinian specialty called karakiyya, a fried dough with sesame and syrup." - Nylah Iqbal Muhammad