We go shopping across town in Maadi at the City Center Mall every three or four weeks. In the past, we usually planned our outing so that we could start with lunch at Chilis, one of the anchors of the mall. Two years ago, we were disappointed to see that Chilis had closed, probably another restaurant done in by the Covid crisis.
This year, on our first visit, we saw that the Chilis space had been filled by a Lebanese restaurant, "Zahrat Lebnan." We decided to give it a try.
They have an extensive menu of middle eastern meals. I looked over the selection of Shawarma plates and sandwiches and selected the Mexican Shawarma Platter. I've never encountered that before. Linda picked out a more traditional kofta with tahina.
We each ordered a fresh-squeezed lemonade and I started with a bowl of lentil soup. These last two items are something we look forward to in many restaurants here.
The soup was outstanding, perhaps the best I've ever eaten. The lemonade was very good.
The entrees arrived along with three portions of delicious Lebanese "puffy bread," hot out of the oven. Oh, was that good!
The Mexican shawarma portion was generous and well presented. Linda would have preferred a bit less tahina on her Kofta but otherwise agreed with the quality. You can't even see the meat for the sauce. There really are 4 skewers of meat under there. Tasty but overwhelming.
Overall we would give Zahrat five out of five stars and look forward to a return visit.
The total price was under $20 - high by Egyptian standards but a bargain by home standard.
Somehow, I neglected to take a picture of the restaurant but will do so on our next trip and update this post then.
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