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[prasantrin]

unable to get to Tanoreen we ended up at Bab al Yemen in Bay Ridge last night. Super cheap, very tasty. Lots of lamb in different disguises - including a pretty cool stewed version with a fenugreek "foam" on it. Though in this case I think fenugreek has a natural surfactant in it and they just whip some of it up with water. Very traditional. We enjoyed it. Worth checking out for a variation on things.

Salta! The salta I had in Yemen was very tasty. If you go back, I would recommend trying a grilled fish dish if they have anything like that on the menu. The grilled fish is one of the stand-out dishes that I remember from my trip there (not just Yemen, but pretty much everywhere I went on the Arabian Peninsula had outstanding fish dishes).

[TaliesinNYC]

Enculturation matters, not ethnicity. It's a function of being exposed to French customs and practices from an early age.

I grew up... eating matzoh balls that my mother, grandmother, aunt and various cousins made. The result is that I have an understanding of the art of matzoh ball making that someone who did not grow up eating them would have.

I'll give you three guesses as to who said those.

Trying to bite my tongue here...

[TaliesinNYC]

I failed, but not surprising.

Yes, I've never been to Italy, therefore I have no hope of 'understanding' Italian technique, terroir or its cuisine. Therefore, I am hopeless and ever shall be. I should give up my quest to better myself culinarily and take up something more my speed, like say, synchronized needlepoint.

Oh, what am I saying? Italian cuisine doesn't exist because it's inherently inferior to French.

/sarcasm

[Stone]

Tacis Beyti – Turkish in Brooklyn
Coney Island Ave. and Avenue P

Is there a place like this in Manhattan? Astoria?

[Sneakeater]

I would not want to open a Turkish restaurant in a Greek neighborhood.

[StephanieL]

Not in Astoria. Your Turkish food offerings are pretty much limited to the Astoria branch of Gulluoglu.

[Stone]

Well, there are Egyptian places in Astoria. ?

Coney Island is a bit far from Manhattan and Westchester.

[Sneakeater]

Egyptians and Greeks haven't hated each other for centuries.

I have a Turkish friend who gives a fake name to her Greek haircutter, because she doesn't want a Greek applying sharp objects to her head to know she's Turkish.

People are SERIOUS over there.

[Stone]

Well, it doesn't have to be Turkish. I'd do Ali if he had space for 10. Is he still there? Is Sripraphai still good?

[StephanieL]

Well, it doesn't have to be Turkish. I'd do Ali if he had space for 10. Is he still there? Is Sripraphai still good?

He's still there but 10 people would fill his whole space. I think Mombar could fit a party of 10.

[Lex]

Well, it doesn't have to be Turkish. I'd do Ali if he had space for 10. Is he still there? Is Sripraphai still good?

He's still there but 10 people would fill his whole space. I think Mombar could fit a party of 10.

Looks like Stone now has an entourage.

[splinky]

Well, it doesn't have to be Turkish. I'd do Ali if he had space for 10. Is he still there? Is Sripraphai still good?

He's still there but 10 people would fill his whole space. I think Mombar could fit a party of 10.

Looks like Stone now has an entourage.

about time

[Sneakeater]

Sripraphai is still good, BTW. But Ayada is probably a little bit better.

[Lex]

Depends on what you order. I like them both a lot.

[Sneakeater]

Whenever I say I think Ayada is a little bit better than Sripraphai, it should not be taken to mean that I no longer think Sripraphai is phenomenally good.

I still think Sripraphai is phenomenally good.