Posted By
Mark M
Mar 29, 2011 02:15
Whenever I am in Lebanon I like going up towards Faraya and having lunch at Al Arzal. The past few times I've been there though the food wasn't as good and the fact that they don't have tabbouleh which I've suddenly fallen in love with after 30 years of hating it meant I needed to find a new place. I wanted to try Al Balad in Faqra but they close during the winter so we…
Posted By
Mark M
Mar 29, 2011 09:03
The blog Beirut/NTSC posted some very sad news yesterday, it turns out the Gandour "Tarboush" is actually not a Gandour or Lebanese creation, but it's actually copied from a Swiss company! They copied everything, the chocolate idea, the branding of it and even the name! The original name of the Swiss chocolate was "Têtes de nègre" which translates to "Negro heads" in English and "Rass al 3abed" in Arabic. Back in 1992 "Têtes de nègre"…
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