Fetteh: the Cousin of Hummus (plus recipe)
Fetteh, a warm dish of thick yogurt with soft chickpeas, is a delicacy you ought to try. If there are any good Lebanese restaurants near you, that’s a good place to start looking. If not – make it yourself.
The concept of Fetteh (or “fata”, depending on who you ask) may sound strange to you at first. Basically, it’s a combination of soft cooked chickpeas (like the ones used for hummus and msabbha), with yogurt and toasted pita bread.
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Falafel, from Washington to Shunyi
In a post called Competing Falafel Unbleached Brun, an American blogger, reviews two Middle Eastern restaurants. One is called Old City Cafe of Jerusalem. The other’s name is Amsterdamm Falafelshop. Both are places making falafel in the US capital, the guy’s hometown.
Judging from the pictures (you should certainly visit brun), both places make decent foods – and that’s includes the hummus, that looks like something I would try to eat. Brun was more detailed about their falafel offering, which sounds reasonable – pretty much what every falafel joint in Israel has to offer, more or less.
Falafel with Dada, Hummus with Nasrallah
Berlin hummus special, part II
After a week in Berlin, without real hummus, I was ready to go a long way – literally – to eat my favorite dish. Finally, after some scary experiences, I got what seemed like a second best: a great Falafel.
In the second week of our current visit to Berlin, we met David, a former Israeli who lives in Berlin for many years now.
David was very sympathetic to our sad story about not being able to find good hummus in the city. He suggested we go to Casalot, a Palestinian place in the Mitte quarter, serving traditional Arab dishes (here’s their German site).
Berlin Hummus Special: Part I
Berlin 2007 is huge cosmopolitan metropolis with a population of 4 million, and a feeling of endless choice. Dozens of different tongues are spoken through the city streets, in which people of all nations can be seen and delicacies from all continents can be eaten. Only the hummus sucks.
Ironically, it seems like 9 of every 10 Berliners are fans of Israel. Most Germans living today were taught to loathe nationalism, and detest racism and chauvinist thought of any kind. They are usually very pro-Israel, though, and are eager to express that.
Most Berliners with whom I spoke, had visited Israel at least once, or have Israeli friends, or at least know a word or two in Hebrew – usually “Shalom” – and do their best to use it in a conversation.
Add to that the fact that Berlin has a large population of immigrants from the middle-east – Israelis, Lebanese, Egyptians, Syrians, Palestinians, Jordanian, Iranians and mainly Turkish – and you’d understand how come they know what shawarma, falafel and pita are. And yes, they also ate hummus – but the chances are it did not have Tahini in it. Read more
Hummus in Berlin
Here’s a place I’m sure to visit on my next trip to Berlin.
Just came across a place that combines two of my favorites, Berlin and Hummus:
Berlin’s HummusGarten. I was not aware that such place had existed, otherwise I’d probably visit it earlier, in one of my trips to Berlin.
It’s located between Rosa-Luxemburg Platz and Rosenthalerstr., two places in which I’ve been more than a few times. And you can be sure I’d visit and review it the next time I’m in Berlin (and by the way, if your home town has good hummus places, feel free to write something about it and send us – we’ll be thankful up to our ears).
To read about places in Berlin which combines 3 of my favorites, read this one: Berlin’s best falafel Joints.
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