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By: Meat. Some Sort of Bread.

Meat. Some Sort of Bread. — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:22:08 +0000

[…] Charcas 4309, Palermo – Taking over the space that used to be La Alhambra. Small spot offering up an array of Lebanese food (although the day we visited they’d sold […]

By: dan

dan — Fri, 28 May 2010 03:33:24 +0000

In reply to schussheim.

It wasn’t khobz, at least not what I’ve had before, which is more like a thinner, larger pita. This was almost paper-thin and stark white – and lavash can be soft as well, it’s actually quite common to use it as a sandwich wrap.

By: schussheim

schussheim — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:59:41 +0000

Dan, re-reading your post, I remebered that lavash (the armenian bread) is not soft but cracky. I think that the bread we enjoy at Alhambra is more a khobz (iraqi or lebanese bread) than lavash. Khobz is also the name of the dome-shaped iron oven where this kind of very thin and delicious bread is cooked.

By: schussheim

schussheim — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:48:49 +0000

I discovered this little great restaurant a year ago.
As I entered, I’ve noticed a photo from the late owner of the great lebanese restaurante Alhambra, who was at calle Inclán and was gone several years ago.
Soraya, his daughter, is in charge of the new Alhambra, that serves which I consider the best middle eastern food in B.A. The falafel was the best of my life, including famed falafels from Israel.