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It all started with a dream to provide the hardworking folks in the DMV the best Middle Eastern food outside the Middle East. Today, that dream has come true…

Our Menu

A fine selection of delicious food from the Middle East and North Africa. Don’t see something you love? Let us know…we’re always changing our menu to keep it fresh.

Tabbouleh

$3.0

Tabbouleh is a Levantine vegetarian salad made mostly of finely chopped parsley, with tomatoes, mint, onion, bulgur (soaked, not cooked), and seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. …

Matbucha

$4.0

Matbukha is a Maghrebi dish of cooked tomatoes and roasted bell peppers seasoned with garlic and chili pepper. The name of the dish originates from Arabic and means “cooked” in …

Israeli salad is a chopped salad of finely diced tomato, onion, cucumber, and bell or chili peppers. It has been described as the “most well-known national dish of Israel,” and …

Hummus

$3.5

Hummus is a dip, spread, or savory dish made from cooked, mashed chickpeas blended with tahini, lemon juice, and garlic. It is popular in the Middle East and Mediterranean, as …

Moroccan carrot salad is made by mixing cooked carrots with lemon juice, cumin, and herbs and garlic.

Baba ghanoush is a Levantine appetizer of mashed cooked eggplant mixed with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, and various seasonings.

Shakshuka

$9.0

Our signature dish. Our shakshuka is made with fresh, locally grown ingredients (eggs, tomatoes, hot peppers, and onions), olive oil, and succulent spices. Pared with a salad and hummus, it …

Mujadara

$6.5

Mujaddara consists of cooked lentils together with rice and garnished with sautéed onions.

Malawach

$6.5

Malawach is a flatbread that is traditional in Yemenite cuisine. It resembles a thick pancake but consists of thin layers of puff pastry brushed with oil or fat and cooked …

Kidreh

$6.5

Kedreh in arabic means a small clay pot and this recipe takes on the name because it is traditionally cooked in those small clay pots in a wood oven.

Pashtida is a hodgepodge of ingredients based on eggs mixed with veggies and (usually) cheese plus other dairy ingredients. Everything is mixed together, poured into a shallow casserole and baked …

Sachlav

$4.0

sachlav is a creamy drink traditionally thickened by ground orchid bulbs and scented with vanilla and rose water.

Malabi

$3.0

Malabi is a milk pudding that has legendary origins dating to Sassanid Persia. The basic ingredients are rice, sugar, rice flour and milk.

Knafeh

$4.0

Kanafeh is a traditional Middle Eastern dessert made with thin noodle-like pastry, or alternatively fine semolina dough, soaked in sweet, sugar-based syrup, and typically layered with cheese, or with other …

Sachlav

$4.0

sachlav is a creamy drink traditionally thickened by ground orchid bulbs and scented with vanilla and rose water.

Mint Tea

$2.5

Mint tea is a green tea prepared with spearmint leaves and sugar.

Lemonana

$2.5

Mint lemonade is lemonade flavored with mint. It may be made with whole mint leaves, mint-flavored syrup, or pureed mint leaves, and may be served over ice cubes or blended …

Hamantashen (oznei Haman) are triangular filled-pocket cookies filled with various fillings including fig, poppyseed, jam, and chocolate.

Donuts

$2.0

Sufganiyot are round jelly doughnuts The doughnut is deep-fried, filled with jam or custard, and then topped with powdered sugar.