Is this the best Lebanese Food outside of Lebanon? Philadelphia Food Tour Part 2

lamb

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: beef

Chicken is leaner and more affordable than lamb.

tahini

🥗Healthier: sunflower seed butter

💰Cheaper: peanut butter

Sunflower seed butter offers a similar texture and flavor.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a high smoke point and is healthier.

pita bread

🥗Healthier: whole grain bread

💰Cheaper: flatbread

Whole grain bread adds fiber and nutrients.

Start with a drink in the back garden area of the restaurant.

Order a tasting menu with various Lebanese dishes.

Receive a plate full of appetizers including baba ganoush, red pepper dip, tabbouleh, and hummus.

Baba ganoush is made with baked eggplant, tahini, garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil.

Red pepper dip is made with roasted red peppers, olive oil, walnuts, garlic, chilies, cumin, and pomegranate molasses.

Tabbouleh is a salad made with quinoa, tomato, cucumber, parsley, scallion, mint, lemon, and pomegranate molasses.

Hummus is made with chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, garlic, and lemon juice.

Enjoy the appetizers with fresh pita bread.

Taste the seasoned potatoes made with garlic and olive oil.

Try the yogurt sauce topped with olive oil, mint, and lemon zest.

Sample a hot appetizer of chickpeas with eggplant and cilantro.

Main courses include slow roasted lamb served with cucumber salad and yogurt-dill sauce.

Taste the lamb, noting its tenderness and sweetness.

Order dessert, which is a hazelnut and blackberry cake.

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