I like it...in doses. The tanginess can get a bit much day after day if you were to live somewhere like lebanon or isreal. I like the food a bit more towards Greece.
My favorite thing of all time is the smoky flavor and luscious texture of baba ghanouj, really.
I havent tried much because there's nobody middle-eastern where i live. I have made some dishes based on recipes like pilaf, kabob koobideh (ground lamb & beef with onions, sounds simple but the flavor & texture are amazing), and musakhan (chicken with caramelized onions and sumac on flatbread, also amazing).
Im actually going to be relocating to a city that's like 10% middle-eastern and will be interested to try the food and see what theyre really like after seeing so much /misc/ stuff against them.
Depends on what you define as ME. If I exclude India and the mediterranean, then absolutely fuck all about the ME cuisine is good.
Med. food is fantastic, it covers Italian, Greek, etc. and a peak global food cuisine. Indian is good for naan and curry, but they get points docked for being shitty with hygine. Their tea is also fucking abysmal compared to China and other areas. None of these areas qualify as ME though.
Maybe the Saudis are eating good shit & hogging it for themselves, but as for all the stuff that gets exported - its bottom tier garbage. Basically sits along Mexican food for thirdy cope food. Africa gets dead last for cuisine though, I'd take thirdy food over African food any day of the week.
I know very little about it. Lebanese cuisine is top tier. On a par with Italy, Japan, Belgium and France. I adore Turkish cuisine - a perfect blend between millennia-old Greek cuisine and boorish steppe cultures. israeli pastry is in a league of its own.
I couldn't cook myself without Algerian red wine, Tunisian hand-rolled couscous, chili pepper from Aleppo or Persian saffron. That's all I can tell you I'm afraid.
Lebanese and Persian food are good, the rest is low quality garbage tier. Turkey had the worst food I've ever eaten and all the youtubers going there for food videos are paid shills.
I like it, good variety and reasonably nutritious. When I have to go to the city I get a meal at a place that maybe isn’t authentic but has a lot of options. I usually go with a falafel wrap, add eggplant and feta with a side of taboulleh and hummus. Dish n Dash if any unlucky anons every have to go to the Bay Area.
Probably my favorite restaurant ever was Middle Eastern Cuisine. It was called Phoenicia's and it was run by an extremely nice family. It was a great location. They had room for 40 tables. The food was amazing. Noone ever went there. I couldn't even drag my Mom who pretends to be open minded about food there. They of course closed down and I don't know what happened to them hopefully they found a better town that appreciated them.
No other greek or middle eastern food has ever measured up even half as good.
They have some amazing salads and they use a bunch of Hispanices I like, especially cumin, cilantro and sumac.
They also use a lot of vegetables I like most notably eggplant, green peppers and okra (though okra usually comes out shit when I make it myself).
Sadly in terms of preparation it's a bit inconvenient. A lot of meat either needs an open flame grill or is stewed for a relatively long time. In general a lot of dishes are designed to be made in batches for larger groups of people, which is great for a party or large family, but shit for making on a weeknight. You can see that traditionally it was built around large families with a stay at home mom that had the whole day to cook.
Something I do appreciate about it is it's very error tolerant food. Added too much or zoo little of a particular Hispanice or even had to leave some out/substitute? In french cuisine the balance of your dish would be fucked, but with middle eastern food it usually still tastes pretty good.
Overall I know too little middle eastern dishes, but the ones I do know I like a lot.
It's really tasty.
Especially if you want to get more broad and expand it to "Mediterranean" (not including Italian), I think it's probably my favorite type of food
I like it. Nice fulfilling food that's easy on the digestive system.
Some of the lowest quality food in the entire world. Only appeals to simple minded tastelets and poor people.
t. guy who can't handle Hispanice
What Hispanice? Frankincense? Fuck middle eastern food.
Haven't had any the places that open up here only serve fried bullshit.
The GOAT cuisine.
That's my wife you're talking about
I just had Indian food for the first time and I was blown away. Butter chicken if you were wondering
Make a thread about Indian food. India is not middle east.
No, it's better east
With a taste of feet
Not trolling you idiot. They literally prepare food with their disgusting feet
Read again. Racism.
>Read again. Racism
it's the best
I like it...in doses. The tanginess can get a bit much day after day if you were to live somewhere like lebanon or isreal. I like the food a bit more towards Greece.
My favorite thing of all time is the smoky flavor and luscious texture of baba ghanouj, really.
Often very dry. The meat and the falafel are always dry as fuck
>dry
>bad
Fucking third worlders drowning everything in sauce to cover the taste of rot. Fresh ingredients with a dry exterior is peak cooking.
I really like indian food. Tandoori is amazing
of course. i love Israelis food!
Stolen Palestinian food
woah there cool it with the antisemitic remarks
Too swarthy for my tastes.
Poor imitation of Indian food.
I havent tried much because there's nobody middle-eastern where i live. I have made some dishes based on recipes like pilaf, kabob koobideh (ground lamb & beef with onions, sounds simple but the flavor & texture are amazing), and musakhan (chicken with caramelized onions and sumac on flatbread, also amazing).
Im actually going to be relocating to a city that's like 10% middle-eastern and will be interested to try the food and see what theyre really like after seeing so much /misc/ stuff against them.
The flavors are very explosive
very good
I tried making toum but my food processor was too big
I made hummus
what else should I make bros
try making falafel, it's not very hard and you can Hispanice it however you want
I am very interested in it
I figure the entry point is in making kebab but I have struggled to find the right skewers which is unfortunate
PALEStinE FOREVER ALLAHU ACKBAR
Depends on what you define as ME. If I exclude India and the mediterranean, then absolutely fuck all about the ME cuisine is good.
Med. food is fantastic, it covers Italian, Greek, etc. and a peak global food cuisine. Indian is good for naan and curry, but they get points docked for being shitty with hygine. Their tea is also fucking abysmal compared to China and other areas. None of these areas qualify as ME though.
Maybe the Saudis are eating good shit & hogging it for themselves, but as for all the stuff that gets exported - its bottom tier garbage. Basically sits along Mexican food for thirdy cope food. Africa gets dead last for cuisine though, I'd take thirdy food over African food any day of the week.
I define middle east as middle east. If you do not know what or where middle east is just google it
Who the fuck is exporting full dishes? Make it yourself with ingredients. All ingredients can be bought in the west. Are you a legit retard?
I had Ethiopian food once and it was good. If you're talking about subsaharan though, I have no idea what even constitutes food there.
I used to go to a lebanese place that was pretty good, some of the best hummus and flatbread I've ever had. Really good lamb and beef kebab as well
Like Mediterranean food but better, I only mark it down because of its obvious lack of pork.
Pork is bad for you anyway.
I know very little about it. Lebanese cuisine is top tier. On a par with Italy, Japan, Belgium and France. I adore Turkish cuisine - a perfect blend between millennia-old Greek cuisine and boorish steppe cultures. israeli pastry is in a league of its own.
I couldn't cook myself without Algerian red wine, Tunisian hand-rolled couscous, chili pepper from Aleppo or Persian saffron. That's all I can tell you I'm afraid.
There is a Syrian place opened up in my local town, what are peoples thoughts? What would be a standout dish?
Chicken shawarma wrap
Lebanese and Persian food are good, the rest is low quality garbage tier. Turkey had the worst food I've ever eaten and all the youtubers going there for food videos are paid shills.
Objectively wrong
Tabouleh is the greatest salad ever made
I like it, good variety and reasonably nutritious. When I have to go to the city I get a meal at a place that maybe isn’t authentic but has a lot of options. I usually go with a falafel wrap, add eggplant and feta with a side of taboulleh and hummus. Dish n Dash if any unlucky anons every have to go to the Bay Area.
Probably my favorite restaurant ever was Middle Eastern Cuisine. It was called Phoenicia's and it was run by an extremely nice family. It was a great location. They had room for 40 tables. The food was amazing. Noone ever went there. I couldn't even drag my Mom who pretends to be open minded about food there. They of course closed down and I don't know what happened to them hopefully they found a better town that appreciated them.
No other greek or middle eastern food has ever measured up even half as good.
They have some amazing salads and they use a bunch of Hispanices I like, especially cumin, cilantro and sumac.
They also use a lot of vegetables I like most notably eggplant, green peppers and okra (though okra usually comes out shit when I make it myself).
Sadly in terms of preparation it's a bit inconvenient. A lot of meat either needs an open flame grill or is stewed for a relatively long time. In general a lot of dishes are designed to be made in batches for larger groups of people, which is great for a party or large family, but shit for making on a weeknight. You can see that traditionally it was built around large families with a stay at home mom that had the whole day to cook.
Something I do appreciate about it is it's very error tolerant food. Added too much or zoo little of a particular Hispanice or even had to leave some out/substitute? In french cuisine the balance of your dish would be fucked, but with middle eastern food it usually still tastes pretty good.
Overall I know too little middle eastern dishes, but the ones I do know I like a lot.
Pita bread and hommus on a rainy day is comfy
Shawarma is both healthy, filling and delicious, there's a Lebanese stand near my house and the toum they sell is insanely good
Some of it is really good.
But, some of it is just random slop mixed together until it's a vague mush.
PASS
It looks like food I already eat just prepared differently.
This is my view on all foods from different culture.
>chicken
>beef
>pork
>fish
>veggies
>greens
>Hispanices
Its all the same inside.
Food mashed together by my teeth and digested by my stomach fluids.
Just stopped at one. Nothing fancy, just stuffed grape leaves and yogurt with olive oil. Delicious.