Food
What to eat, where to find it, what it costs.
100 Food
Potato Kibbeh (Kibbet Batata)
The meatless branch of the kibbeh family: boiled potato, fine bulgur, onion and dried mint. A fixture of the Lenten table in Homs and the Valley of the Christians.
Potato kibbeh spread on a tray, with olive oil and mint · Variable — a home dish; if a restaurant has it, ask the price of a plate · Homs
Kebab Khashkhash
The hot end of the Aleppo grill: minced lamb worked with garlic and chilli, cooked over charcoal and laid on a sauce of charred tomato. Sold by the skewer.
Garlic-and-chilli kebab on a sauce of charred tomato · Variable — ask the price per skewer when you order · Aleppo
Kafta bi tahini, the Damascus tray bake
Minced meat spread in a tray, potatoes laid over it, finished in the oven under a lemon and tahini sauce. A Damascus home dish, baked at the local oven.
A home dish; if a restaurant has it, ask the price · Damascus
Fasoulia bi zeit, green beans in olive oil
Green beans cooked down with onion, garlic, tomato and plenty of olive oil. No meat in it, served at room temperature, a fixture of the Damascus mezze table.
Mezze prices; it arrives by the bowl, so ask when you order · Damascus
