Fattoush

A Guide to the Middle Eastern Restaurants in Chicago’s Southwest Suburbs

"Slightly further down Harlem Avenue in the Friendly Village, Fattoush maintains a long and expansive with all of the Bilad al-Sham classics, including mansaf (a lamb-and-rice dish served with bread) and an iconic rich sauce made out of jameed (a rehydrated yogurt with origins in Bedouin cuisine). The namesake salad, fattoush, is served unconventionally in a large fried bread bowl and is fun to share in a group. A dish you might not be able to get anywhere else is mtawameh, which is slightly different from toum, the popular fluffy garlic sauce. Muthawama has a good amount of potato mixed in and is customarily eaten as a mezze with bread. Fattoush also boasts some of the best house pickles in the Southwest Suburbs." - N.A. Mansour