Tiffanie C.
Yelp
So... of NOTE, Arabesque does NOT serve pork. So that's a good thing for those of who don't eat pork for whatever reasons!
APPETIZERS: Today I decided to try 2 things I haven't tried before.
1) Soujouk $8 - Lebanese spicy beef sausage sauteed with in olive oil with garlic and finely minced tomatoes and onions. OMG ! So delicious! I would love to dump this plate into a proper hoagie roll! You know the kind that has a chewy crust but super soft center?
2) Fatayer pies $8. I got the mixed kind. There were 3 kinds: Beef, Cheese, & Spinach. For all of them I found the pastry to a bit dry. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be that way, so I'm not going to judge that too harshly. It was a savory dough though, but I felt maybe it could use a pinch of salt in the dough? The dough didn't really have much flavor to it.
----- BEEF: the meat has very delicate seasoning. If you slather it with the cucumber yogurt sauce, the sauce overpowers the meat but at least it lends moisture to the dough.
------CHEESE WOW! So yummy! The cheese is devinely seasoned with herbs and I think some finely minced onion. So good! The cheese has enough moisture to help the dough out, so this was softer, and I enjoyed the texture better in this pie.
------- SPINACH. Another WOW! The seasoning in the spinach was amazing and the spinach was well cooked, tender but not mushy. I totally want this spinach as a side dish , it's AMAZING! Again the spinach lent moisture to the dough, So I enjoyed this better than the beef.
ENTREE (of sorts)
I really wanted to try the garlic potatoes so I decided to create my own entree. I ordered the "Skewer only" order of Lamb chops $10 and the garlic potatoes "Batatta Harra" as my side.
Potatoes: to die for! Super flavorful and a little spicy, these spuds are addictive!
Lamb Chops. The flavor is so good! I think I was supposed to just get 2. But my plate came with 3, so I'll have to check my ticket to see if I got charged extra. If yes, well, they are delicious so I won't complain.
Overall my food bill should be around $32 plus a few glasses of wine. And I'll definitely have leftovers for lunch tomorrow, so that's not a bad desl for 2 meals (basically).
I'm definitely a huge fan of Arabesque, so give it a try!