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Kabsa al-Lahem

Kabsa al-Lahem is a traditional Middle Eastern dish featuring tender lamb slow-cooked with aromatic spices and served over fragrant basmati rice.

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia$$$

Sumac Pilaf

Sumac Pilaf is a fragrant and flavorful rice dish, highlighting the tangy zest of sumac paired with aromatic herbs and spices. It's a perfect side or main dish for any meal.

🇵🇸 Palestine$$

Baklava Cloud

Baklava Cloud is a light and crispy dessert that combines layers of buttery phyllo dough with a rich, sweet nutty filling, topped with a luscious honey lemon glaze.

🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey$$

Shaybiyat Basra

Shaybiyat Basra is a delightful Middle Eastern dessert featuring layers of crispy phyllo pastry filled with a creamy mixture, enriched with aromatic rose water, and garnished with almonds and pistachios for a nutty finish, drizzled with a sweet honey syrup.

🇮🇶 Iraq$$

Istanbul's Savor

Istanbul's Savor is a delightful Middle Eastern-inspired dish featuring succulent beef and lamb stew layered under a creamy bechamel sauce and topped with melted mozzarella cheese, perfect for an indulgent dinner.

🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey$$$

Istanbul Sweets

Istanbul Sweets is a delectably rich dessert that layers crispy phyllo dough with a sweet, nutty filling of walnuts and pistachios, topped off with a honey-lemon syrup infused with aromatic spices.

🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey$$

Rakı Soaked Doner

Rakı Soaked Doner is a flavorful Middle Eastern dish that combines thinly sliced lamb shoulder and beef sirloin marinated in Rakı and spices, then cooked to perfection. Perfect for a savory and aromatic dinner.

🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey$$

Laban Ma'h Luban

Laban Ma'h Luban is a sumptuous Middle Eastern dish, featuring tender lamb cooked in a seasoned yogurt sauce and served with rice and flatbread.

🇯🇴 Jordan$$$

Bahr Wajada

Bahr Wajada is a traditional and aromatic Middle Eastern rice dish featuring tender lamb shanks cooked with fragrant spices, basmati rice, and topped with almonds and raisins for a delicious, full-flavored experience.

🇶🇦 Qatar$$

Maqlooba

Maqlooba is a traditional Middle Eastern dish consisting of spiced rice layered with meat and vegetables, offering a warm, flavorful experience with a distinctive aromatic scent.

🇵🇸 Palestine$$

I've been...

Kabsa al-Lahem

Sumac Pilaf

Baklava Cloud

Shaybiyat Basra

Istanbul's Savor

Istanbul Sweets

Rakı Soaked Doner

Laban Ma'h Luban

Bahr Wajada

Maqlooba

I've been...

Kabsa al-Lahem

Sumac Pilaf

Baklava Cloud

Shaybiyat Basra

Istanbul's Savor

Istanbul Sweets

Rakı Soaked Doner

Laban Ma'h Luban

Bahr Wajada

Maqlooba