Dinner at George Townโs latest Middle-Eastern restaurant, one-month-old ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ on Burmah Road.
Our dinner spread:
๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ด - Arabic lentil soup.
Levantine dips (clockwise from top-left): ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด (mashed chickpeas, blended with tahini, lemon juice, and garlic), ๐๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ (Lebanese chopped, fresh vegetables with crisp-fried pita bread), ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ (creamy Levantine roasted eggplant, with beetroot, tahini, garlic, lemon juice, and yogurt) ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ข ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ (chopped, roasted eggplant mixed with garlic, tahini, lemon juice, and olive oil).
๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฉ (originating from Lebanon and Syria) consisting of finely chopped fresh parsley, fresh mint, finely diced tomatoes, green onions, pomegranate seeds, and fine bulgur wheat, tossed in olive oil and fresh lemon juice.
Chicken ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช - a traditional Yemeni dish consisting of tender, ๐๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ซ spice-rubbed, 24-hour slow-roasted chicken, served over long-grain Basmati rice.
Mixed grill, with grilled prawns, lamb chops, lamb and chicken kebabs, and ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฌ (skewered and grilled marinated chicken cubes), potato wedges, roasted tomato and roasted onion.
๐๐ช๐ต๐ข bread.
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๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ท๐ข with ice-cream.
๐๐ข๐ต๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ง - ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ (semolina pancake) filled with ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ๐ต๐ข (clotted cream) and chopped pistachios. My first time having this dessert, and I liked it best amongst all Middle-Eastern sweets Iโd ever had!
Freshly brewed Arabic coffee - very good.
Some really stellar cooking from its Syrian-born Head Chef, Bashir Khalouf. The very attentive and very efficient wait-staff were all Syrians.
Definitely one of the better Middle-Eastern eateries in George Town, and a serious contender to Syrian mainstay, Halab, and Lebanese heavyweight, Tarboush, nearby on Chulia Street.
Address
Levant by the City
12, Burmah Road, George Town, 10050 Penang, Malaysia
Tel: +601170110107
Opening hours: 11am to 2am daily.

















