When you're handed a printed invitation to a dinner on a weeknight, you clear your schedule. Our classmate, Bonnie, invited the whole class to a traditional Syrian dinner at her house. Husbands and significant others were invited to join the party!
There were waiters, lots of giggles, whiskey, and wine. We had such a fun time sampling maza (Syrian appetizers), main dishes, desserts, and cocktails!
Salad course: middle eastern salata with za'atar bread
za'atar bread with eggplant salad
Appetizers: (in the back) bastelle (a meat-and-rice-filled dough pocket), slice of lemon, kibbeh nebelsiyah (meat-and-rice-filled "torpedo"), and lahmeb'agine (pronounced "lach-ma-jeen), a little meat pie.
kebbeh hamda (meatballs in a sour stew)
kibbeh hamda on top of rice with egg noodles
rubut with mushrooms (a stuffed veal pocket) << this was my favorite!
Our hostess, Bonnie, explaining the dishes.
A half Cornish hen (delicious)
Me and my guest, Justin
Pickled veggies
Classmate Avi cracking up at something
Dessert: fresh fruit kebab with a raspberry coulis & raspberry, lemon, and mango sorbet with mint.
kanafeh (tofutti cream cheese, fine noodles, and simple syrup in a custard cup) <<this was also my favorite
YUM!
Dessert martini: vanilla creamsicle
Classmates Bracha and Eugenia cracking up at something else. :-)
I'm cracking up, too
Me and Eugenia
Until next time!
Me and my guest, Justin
I'm cracking up, too
Until next time!
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