One of the fun things about exploring new cuisines is that you learn some cool, unexpected stuff and then can share it. I ate at a great restaurant in Deep Ellum with clients at their holiday event. I’d been to the front restaurant, Revolver Taco Bar, before […]
If you want to invest in a restaurant, open a restaurant, do business with a restaurant or have something interesting to talk about at a restaurant, read this.
Excerpt from an article about where Pizza is most expensive (and cheapest) in the US:
Between 2007 – 2010, a USDA study estimated that 1 in 8 Americans ate some form of pizza on any given day. That number climbs to about 1 in 4 for males and 1 in 5 for females when looking specifically at Americans age 12 to 19. There’s no escaping it; pizza is engrained in our diets.
Pizza is not only a pillar of the American diet, but also of our culture.
Through saturation of TV, movies, and now the internet, it has entered the zeitgeist. How do you make characters as strange as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles more relatable? Make them love pizza. Right now, you can search on Amazon to find pizza sweatshirts, pizza pool toys, and pizza cologne. Even new disruptive and trendy technological innovations need their connection to pizza. That’s why there’s a pizza cryptocurrency and drone pizza delivery.
Question for us. Is pizza its own category of ethnic food? Where’s the best?
I don’t know that street tacos are a separate ethnic cuisine, and I don’t really care. They are unbelievably good, and Dallas has great ones all of a sudden, ranging from upscale to decidedly not. Our favorite, single best street taco in Dallas is the […]
Very much like I expect you might find in Medelin (says the guy who has never been to Columbia). The TV had what seemed to be a Columbian station on (but not too loud), the music was in Spanish and the colorful walls all […]
Come for the food, not the service, but the food will keep you coming back. For that matter, maybe just the bread will! Similar to Pita, clearly homemade, and served with a oil, seseme and spice before your meal comes, it is ridiculously tasty. This, coupled with the deserts at Albaghdady, will make you consider Iraqui baked goods from now on.
The bread along with the best lentil soup in Dallas could suffice for lunch (and will for me in the future I’m sure). Lentil soup tells a lot about a restaurant. This was homemade, without the mushy lentil taste so common, and instead with rice and spices.
My entre was lamb kebab. Very good lamb. Hummus was better. Pickles, grilled tomato, grilled onion and fresh onion slices all complimented the meat, as did the three sauces (yogurt, spicy red? And ?). Shawarma was a hit too.
Service: Yes, it is quite bad, as many review reflect. I tried to charm the server, but she would have none of it. Could have been my “charm”. That said, no water is served and you’ll need to let the staff know what you want or you’ll just be sitting there. I asked for recommendations, but none were forthcoming. I also asked about what they pickled in-house, and she pointed to a couple of jars but volunteered nothing further.
I did some internet digging related to Iraqi food (below) that may influence my selections next time.
Iraqi Food Facts:
Tablets found in ancient ruins in Iraq show recipes prepared in the temples during religious festivals – the first cookbooks in the world according to Wikipedia.
In Iraq, as it is in many predominantly Muslim countries, it is offensive to use one’s left hand while eating because the left hand is considered to be unclean. https://www.factretriever.com/iraq-facts
Iraq’s national dish is Masgouf (impaled fish) and its national cookie is Kleicha (meaning circle or wheel), both of which can be traced back to antiquity According to the Arab American Institute, there are approximately 140,000 Iraqi Americans living in the U.S. https://www.factretriever.com/iraq-facts
One of Iraq’s distinctive plants is licorice, which has been used for thousands of years for its health effects. Warriors in ancient armies found that chewing it kept them from getting thirsty. https://www.factretriever.com/iraq-facts
For 5,000 years Iraqis have been keeping bees. Honey is an important source of food and income for many Iraq families https://www.factretriever.com/iraq-facts
As to the Iraqi population in Dallas, you may find this interesting from the Texas Observer.
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