Khubz & Meleh - Damascene cuisine
It's not too often that I come across a Syrian restaurant. Khubz & Meleh serves lovely Damascene cuisine which they invited me to try out.
I went there on a weekday afternoon and the place was pretty quiet; hardly a couple of other customers, and it felt really peaceful; especially combined with the lovely view of the bay that you get from here.
I liked the interiors too. They've made the design look as if there were windows everywhere.
The got us some jeleb as a welcome drink. It is a drink made from dates and roses. This felt refreshing, though it was a bit sweeter than usual.
To drink, I ordered a lemonade. This was really tangy, and had a strong lemony kick to it. It was served in an artistic metallic glass.
For starters, we had the Armenian Safiha. A safiha is similar to fattayer. This one had minced lamb on it along with some onion, tomatoes, and red pepper. This was served hot, and the meat tasted superb. Even after a while when it wasn't all that hot, it still tasted very good. I could barely resist it.
The next one was a more traditional dish in this part of the world - the manakish. We had the zaatar and cheese manakish. This one was a bit thicker than usual, but that's only because it had a lot of zaatar and cheese in it. This ne was also served hot, and we loved the flavour that it had to it. This one can get really filling though.
For the mains we had the Tawook Pottery Pot. Here, the pottery pot is basically a baked dish. This one had grilled tawook (chicken), along with some potato and lots of cheese. We choose it to be made with the bechamel sauce (there's also the optoion of tomato sauce). This dish turned out to be really cheese as you can imagine right now. There was cheese all over. It was like we ordered a baked dish of cheese, and they put other things in there to add flavour. And no, I'm not complaining .
This dish too, just like the other was freshly prepared and served pipping hot, and I think that's what made us love all the dishes more.
For dessert, we had the Kunafa madloka. It is a Syrian variant of the Kunafa and was a bit different than what we get usually in the UAE. This was pretty good by itself, but if you're expecting the usual kunafa like we were, then you might be let down a little bit.
The other dessert was the Chocolate Pie. This was like a chocolate manakish; and there was Nutella on it. Lots of it. Actually too much of it. It gets a bit too sweet after the first few bites.
In the end we had some tea which was served in a traditional tea pot.
They made the tea by first pouring some hot water in the glass, then adding some sugar to it, and finally pouring the tea. The tea and sugar formed two wonderful layers in the glass, and the tea felt very comforting after a good meal.
The staff is really nice and hospitable.
I found the location to be a tad bit out of place. There isn't much around, and the area doesn't feels laid back in general.
I went there on a weekday afternoon and the place was pretty quiet; hardly a couple of other customers, and it felt really peaceful; especially combined with the lovely view of the bay that you get from here.
I liked the interiors too. They've made the design look as if there were windows everywhere.
The got us some jeleb as a welcome drink. It is a drink made from dates and roses. This felt refreshing, though it was a bit sweeter than usual.
To drink, I ordered a lemonade. This was really tangy, and had a strong lemony kick to it. It was served in an artistic metallic glass.
For starters, we had the Armenian Safiha. A safiha is similar to fattayer. This one had minced lamb on it along with some onion, tomatoes, and red pepper. This was served hot, and the meat tasted superb. Even after a while when it wasn't all that hot, it still tasted very good. I could barely resist it.
The next one was a more traditional dish in this part of the world - the manakish. We had the zaatar and cheese manakish. This one was a bit thicker than usual, but that's only because it had a lot of zaatar and cheese in it. This ne was also served hot, and we loved the flavour that it had to it. This one can get really filling though.
For the mains we had the Tawook Pottery Pot. Here, the pottery pot is basically a baked dish. This one had grilled tawook (chicken), along with some potato and lots of cheese. We choose it to be made with the bechamel sauce (there's also the optoion of tomato sauce). This dish turned out to be really cheese as you can imagine right now. There was cheese all over. It was like we ordered a baked dish of cheese, and they put other things in there to add flavour. And no, I'm not complaining .
This dish too, just like the other was freshly prepared and served pipping hot, and I think that's what made us love all the dishes more.
For dessert, we had the Kunafa madloka. It is a Syrian variant of the Kunafa and was a bit different than what we get usually in the UAE. This was pretty good by itself, but if you're expecting the usual kunafa like we were, then you might be let down a little bit.
The other dessert was the Chocolate Pie. This was like a chocolate manakish; and there was Nutella on it. Lots of it. Actually too much of it. It gets a bit too sweet after the first few bites.
In the end we had some tea which was served in a traditional tea pot.
They made the tea by first pouring some hot water in the glass, then adding some sugar to it, and finally pouring the tea. The tea and sugar formed two wonderful layers in the glass, and the tea felt very comforting after a good meal.
The staff is really nice and hospitable.
I found the location to be a tad bit out of place. There isn't much around, and the area doesn't feels laid back in general.
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