This awesome restaurant concept was inspired by a desire to create a flavor packed journey through a culinary wonderland that provides an insight into the rich food heritage of the Levant region. Our Levantine menu uses authentic ingredients and healthy cooking methods, to create a selection of vibrant dishes for our guests to enjoy.
What is the Levant?
It is a place, a taste, a region of shared plates and a wide palate of tastes embracing numerous cultures in the southeast corner of the Mediterranean, the “fertile crescent” that was the cradle of civilization. For it was in the Levant that humans embarked on their first adventures in agriculture, more than 10,000 years ago. Irrigation, cities and civilization eventually followed, and with them, diners, table settings and the first menus, as our newly settled species pulled up a chair and smacked their lips in anticipation.
What is Levantine Cuisine?
For the fertile crescent – broadly encompassing Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus and Israel, – is home to one of the healthiest, freshest, most delicious and ancient cuisines on the planet. The ancient Romans and Phoenicians heartily enjoyed many of the dishes that are served in our Levantine restaurant today – the likes of hummus, bamye, and tabouleh.
Common Ingredients in Levantine Cuisine
All these dishes call on the magic of fresh herbs and spices, as well as beans, pulses and plenty of squeezes of lemon. Some of the spices are familiar – cumin, cinnamon, turmeric, nutmeg, cardamom. Other ingredients are unique to the Levant – the likes of baharat- an Arabic mixed spice, or the lemony flavor’s of sumac. These, and herbs such as mint, parsley, and coriander all leave their distinctive signatures.