Posted By
Najib
Nov 29, 2024 05:38
Swiss chocolatier Läderach is now open in downtown Beirut on Allenby street. Läderach was founded in 1962 and is a decades-long family business specialising in luxury Swiss chocolate, and famous for its FrischSchoggi slabs, pralines, and truffles. This is one of my favorite chocolate places and their slabs are the best! My favorites are the Almond/Hazelnut Dark, Strawberry-Curd White and the Midnight Marzipan Dark. They also have chocolate boxes, bars, truffles and advent calendars for…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 22, 2024 04:29
This is sad day for Lebanese cuisine as one of its most awarded chefs and authors has passed away. Lebanese-Australian chef Greg Maalouf, long considered as the “godfather of Lebanese cuisine”, has died at the age of 64. Maalouf begun his career in the early 80s and shun in the early 90s when he took over The O'Connel's Restaurant in South Melbourne. He then became the Executive Chef of MoMo restaurant in Melbourne where he…
Food
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Laura Dudas, an Ottawa councillor, has officially asked council to recognize Ottawa as “The Shawarma Capital of Canada”. The council is expected to vote on this motion at their next meeting. I have no idea ...
Baladi
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Marc Diab was originally from Ain Ebel South Lebanon before he immigrated to Canada with his family and decided to join the Canadian army. He always dreamt though of opening a restaurant next to his ...
Baladi
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Beirut has several beautiful coffee shops, maybe some of the most beautiful worldwide according to this CNN article. In fact, Beirut-based Kalei Coffee Co. was featured in “Designing Coffee: New Coffee Places and Branding”, a ...
Baladi
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The World’s 50 Best Restaurants is an annual publication highlighting the best 50 restaurants in the MENA region. In this year’s list, three Beiruti restaurants were featured: Em Sherif, Baron and Tawlet Mar Mikhail while ...
Baladi
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Zaatar W Zeit appears to be doing quite well in Canada as they just opened their second branch in Vancouver on Park Royal, with the first open back in 2019 in Downtown Vancouver. I was ...
Food
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One of Lebanon’s finest restaurants has recently opened a luxurious branch at Dubai Mall. Babel, which was previously at La Mer Dubai has relocated and opened on Dubai Mall’s Fashion Avenue. The new location is ...
Baladi
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This week marks the feast of the assumption of Mary, a feast celebrated mainly by Catholic Churches around the world. The assumption of Mary or (عيد السيده) is a very special in Lebanese villages mainly ...
Food
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There’s a new chain of coffeehouses open across Lebanon called “Stories” that has a striking resemblance to Starbucks. From the logo to the colors, the cups, the straws, even the aprons, everything looks the same. ...
