as dainty herbed pita breadsticks. Instead of “fattoush,” they had me thinking “Hospitaliano!” But the true superstar of this meal turned out to be the sauteed shrimp arak. The shrimp were succulent and...

What’s it called? We track this stuff and have only really seen the fig-based araks that are considered Jewish liquors. (See, for example, Zachlawi).

to the Jerusalem on Eglinton for twenty years (at least once a month) and have never had a dry beef or lamb kebab, though the chicken can be a tiny bit dry. Save room for an Arak (tastes like Pernod) and a dessert of Mohalabeih...

I like to do mezza, small plates. Faves: Camel wings, hummos special, shrimp arak, shwarma (both chicken and beef), tabouleh, shakshouky, filled pastries (meat/pine nuts, or cheese, or spinach/pine nuts)and fattoush.

of arak. How good must hummus be to be taken note of these days? It’s simple, ubiquitous, and normally dull. Here it sings. Likewise each of the others. They brought us a plate of complementary sweets at the end, to which...

. Topped off with a dessert of Ashta B’Assal which is sort of a yogurt topped with honey and almonds and crushed pistachios. Then some Arak and double apple hooka. Good stuff. Highly recommend this place.

arak there). So I usually get a glass of Moroccan Ice Tea (cool tea with mint leaves in it... pretty nice, except lately they started making it with what seems like very little tea... I’ve had glasses that were mostly water...

below, only to savor it with the lush garlic intermediary. For dessert an apple tart was baked with a sugar-cinnamon dusting. Arak from Anjar was served cold, mixed with water. I can never eat in a Mid-Eastern restaurant again...

Thanks for posting Beulah. I’ve been meaning to throw in my 2 cents for a few days now. We felt the meal was exceptional. We started with two house tails—the marbled rye (pumpernickel and caraway infused rye with...

the papaya salad at Khao San – i love it and it holds up pretty well – my usual is a trip to Arak's or Severn where i load up on tabooli and taramsalata (severn’s is the best on those I think) and humus and a...

Pardon the interruption, but a discussion about Absinthe vs. Arak and similar liquors has been split to the Spirits board: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/460772 Please keep the discussion here on where to find Absinthe locally....

couldn’t finish everything. If you eat raw meat, get the Kebbeh Nayyah. If you drink alcohol and haven’t done so, try the Arak. I don’t think it’s on the menu.

asia but some have mixed reviews). In that area, there’s an awesome lebanese place called carousel – no frills; bring your own wine/booze if you want but they have arak and beer but great food. Some awesome japanese...

with rum or arak, some of which can be poured into the hookah as well to lend the air a slight liquorice flavor.

is called arak, and is quite nice. The biggest delight I’ve had at a L.T. location was going with a business colleague from out of town who is Lebanese. The group of us strolled in, Sam pulled the manger aside for a very...