Akel:Food
So a couple of hours ago I went to an Arabic food store called Ya Hala, you know, to buy some food supplies meshan el tabeekh. Mosh ino ana ba3raf atbokh ya3ni…
The minute I stepped into the store I discovered that speaking Arabic and getting away with some nasty remarks just doesn’t work in this store. Everyone, and I mean everyone, spoke Arabic. Even the Mexican guy by the deli section!!!
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The place is owned by a Palestinian man and it had everything to make me feel at home in el balad, downtown Amman. Arageel, samnet el ghazal, roz masri, freekeh, borghol, jebneh, labaneh… and almost everything was made in Lebanon. So I concluded that Lebanese people are either really smart or their stuff is just very cheap.
The visit to the store was like a brief trip home. So refreshing, but you don’t want to stay there for long.
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July 20th, 2007 at 2:07 am
Just enough stuff to take the edge of homesickness? There is a neighborhood in Anaheim that has all the store signs in Arabic, and I enjoyed going in there and surprising them that I spoke Arabic. glad you are having fun in teh mother-land!
July 20th, 2007 at 5:33 am
Tololy,have you tried the Hummus Place ….(305 Amsterdam Avenue;99 MacDougal Street;109 St. Mark’s Place) with its fresh pitas, hummus,fava beans and harif etc.. its website is http://www.hummusplace.com or the ‘Miriam’ restaurant in Brooklyn with its schawarma ?
July 20th, 2007 at 10:24 am
I didn’t go to any Arabic restaurants here because I eat Arabic food at home. I don’t miss falafel or hummus or shawerma yet, I’ve only been away for a month! Actually, I don’t even like hummus that much.