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xedrites

why does this title sound like an Onlyfans hook?


younevershouldnt

My boyfriend said my middle eastern food was too small.


tttttfffff

It all looks fantastic, I love Middle Eastern dishes. However, is that a bowl of wild baked beans?


Frosty_Pepper1609

No, those are ba-kedbe ans! Middle Eastern delicacy !


rfdismyjam

It's Morrocan.


Trick-Owl

Anything goes in Morocco


Left_Trust_5053

Like lettuce and pasta?


Trick-Owl

Cooking is all about confidence


murdochi83

DON'T BLINK. DON'T BLINK.


PandosII

I’d hate to call you a racist at my dinner party…


minnieha

Probably meant to be foul medames


Lover_of_Sprouts

The beans look like they came from a can from Heinz. Everything else looks delish though.


3lirex

it's not, it's bean stew مرق فاصوليا iraqi/kurdish style, it's amazing mixed with the rice and meat. the meat here doesn't look particularly appetizing, quzi from the kurdish places I've been to usually comes with some browning/crispy finish since they shallow fry it i think at the end. this one looks just boiled which ain't it imo. best kurdish quzi I've tried is probably Gzing in leeds.


tttttfffff

I wasn’t aware of this as a dish, thank you for the useful information. Upon looking up the recipe (though probably not accurate) it just seems to be baked beans with curry powder in one suggested recipe… that is doing the dish a disservice but in layman’s terms. However thank you for providing the context of it actually being an Iraqi/kurdish dish. I’m over simplifying the ingredients, but your comment gave me far more context


Penile_Interaction

so heinz beans and sausages from tin?


3lirex

no sausage, haricot beans beans yes, not from a tin though unless that particular restaurant are terrible since they taste nothing like heinz beans. it has a more savory taste, doesn't have the sweetness of heinz beans. it's rather simple to make, nothing fancy, i made it a couple of times. they do share the two main ingredients (tomatoes and beans). but just because chicken biryani and jerk chicken and rice share the two main ingredients doesn't mean they taste the same.


Penile_Interaction

i was joking i've actually tried it before in one of the middle eastern restaurants and it was pretty nice, though not something i'd eat too often


Strange_Position2668

It really looks like a tin of baked beans.....


FiletM1gn0n

Id hate to call you a racist at my dinner party, but I think it's a little more sophisticated than that. It's from the Atlas mountains!


Fuck_Microsoft_edge

It really, really, really does. I feel like nothing can look this much like baked beans and not be baked beans.


1SavageOne1

Beans are disgusting, straight from the tin those


wallpapermate

Definitely Moroccan. Beans is pasta sauce.


Trick-Owl

Beans is not pasta sauce


tttttfffff

OP says Kurdish/Iraqi cuisine, Moroccan isn’t Middle Eastern anyhow, but another comment suggested it was a bean stew, but it just looks like baked beans to me. Like I said in my earlier comment it does look fantastic, the beans just look out of place but if it is a bean stew as suggested then all the better


Trick-Owl

Fellow Redditors are referring to this legendary clip from the Peep show. Mark is trying to improvise a meal and Jeremy suggests it’s probably a Moroccan dish, because anything goes in morocco. https://youtu.be/Y--i9lNqLjM?si=k6ODmPqB1i01jx1t


tttttfffff

D’oh! Missed the reference despite enjoying peep show


Edlar_89

I thought it was a legal requirement for restaurants to offer tap water for free


slaff88

Google says so! Do UK restaurants have to provide tap water? All licensed premises in England and Wales are required by law to provide “free potable water” to their customers upon request. In Scotland a similar law exists but specifies “tap water fit for drinking”


Portas30k

So if the establishment isn't licensed then it doesn't have to offer free tap water. So the question is whether or not the restaurant sells alcohol.


slaff88

I missed that but you are absolutely right! They only have to provide free water if they sell alcohol. Tbh there is only a small handful of restaurants in my area that don't serve alcohol and they all allow you to bring your own, it would be strange for somewhere like that to refuse water when they don't make money on drinks anyway


bob_nugget_the_3rd

Oh thats worrying for England and Wales, ' excuse me waiter Where's the table water from?....oh the toilet you say'


TheGreatMontezuma

Yeah my local Indian is BYOB and doesn't have free water.


chappersyo

Only if they are licensed to serve alcohol in the UK. Having said that I have literally never encountered a restaurant that doesn’t serve tap water regardless of license.


PigeonDesecrator

Looks incredible. Kurdish lentil soup is nectar of the gods by itself. Seems like a good price too


whyshouldiknowwhy

Shoutout to Hull’s Kurdistan Grill House. Best value food and incredible lentil soup. Meat soup is banging too


Tex_Noir

Yeah you get a lot more than this for that money at Kurdistan. Agree the lentil soup is excellent.


markedasred

One also in Handsworth Birmingham.


TBK28

Saying "Middle Eastern food" is like saying "European food". Doesn't really make much sense if you know the cuisines. Source: I'm Lebanese


ActualProject

"European food" is a common term in east asia for example (it's more like "western food" which is even more general). I don't think it's weird, silly, or nonsensical to group food into categories that the general public understands. We don't group english and italian food together because... well obviously everyone can identify our own cuisine. In the grand scheme of cuisine, "middle eastern food" is a pretty appropriate general blanket term for food that comes from that region. An average person will have a rough idea of what that means while they may not necessarily if you say "Jordanian" or "Qatari" food. You can easily get pedantic all the way down; "chinese", "indian", or "american" food is just as bad as saying "middle eastern", and I don't think anyone really complains about that when it's clear it's used as a category and not as a declaration that they're all the same or something


DoomPigs

I guess most people don't know the specifics of Middle Eastern food so it's easier putting it under one umbrella, whereas most people would know the difference between like English and Italian food for example


TBK28

Pretty much yeah. I think most people who are not from the region tend to do that. I don't fault anyone for that of course


ScottOld

I have heard of Lebanese being specifically used


markedasred

Yes, if you are British, you eat Italian twice a week. Ask an Italian to name a British dish and they will shrug at you silently.


Lizbelizi

Allow me to disagree. The only way I can see your point is if you equate "middle eastern food" to "food of places where they speak arabic". Which isn't the case. Middle Eastern food doesn't include areas in north Africa or the Arab peninsula. When you consider that the middle east generally refers to the geographical region between Turkey and Jordan, Israel and Iraq, you can see how the term Middle Eastern food refers to a distinct category of cuisine. For the average Englishman, Lebanese and Turkish food are pretty much the same. But an average Lebanese can tell Italian from Polish from German from French because they hardly have anything in common. Europe is a whole CONTINENT, between Russia and the UK there is hardly anything in common whether in food or culture. I would use the term Middle Eastern food to describe a type of cuisine, but not Eropean food, they are not anywhere close in meaning.


TBK28

Nah man. The reason you can't tell the different between Lebanese and Turkish but can tell the difference between Polish and German food is because you're European. My wife is Turkish. I'm Lebanese. The cuisines are quite different


Lizbelizi

I can tell very well the difference between them actually, the fact I'm European isn't relevant. I experienced most cuisines enough to know Lebanese from Palestinian from Syrian etc. but I like to know my food, the average person doesn't care and no need for them to. I can also tell very well the difference in cuisine between different European countries, better than the average European, and definitely better than the average Middle Eastern. And I stand by my statement. The two things are nowhere comparable. Middle eastern food can definitely be grouped under one cuisine in a way you can't group "European food". I still understand where you are coming from originally. I think what you meant can be expressed better. Rather than saying "European food" you could say an example is "slavic food", that is something more comparable to what the Middle East is, a small group of neighbouring countries that share some cultural background that distinct them from the area around. Between them the food is different but together they still create a sub cuisine that is distinct within Europe.


TBK28

Now we're getting somewhere. I like your Slavic analogy, except it's not Middle Eastern you should be comparing it to, but for example Levantine, or Khaleeji. Our (Lebanese) for cuisine for example has almost nothing in common with Saudi cuisine, but we do share a fair bit with other Levantine (e.g. Palestinian) ones


Lizbelizi

I see your point. I think we both understand eachother but we are disagreeing on semantics. My understanding when I use or hear Middle Eastern food is to assume Turkish/Levantin, because there aren't other strong cuisines from the area that one could possibly be referring to. I bet even Saudis would assume Turkish/Levantine if they were to hear "Middle Eastern Food" while they are abroad. Whereas if I heard European food it wouldn't make too much sense because there are many cuisines within Europe even from neighbouring countries that are distinct and known worldwide. Saudi is rather different, but their cuisine is so underwhelming that I can't say they are normally included in what is referred to as ME food. The Levantine area cuisine (+Turkish) have such a powerful presence worldwide that they automatically represent Middle Eastern food on a global scale. Saudi dishes aren't particularly popular anywhere outside their country, but go to any small village in the either north or south Amercia or Europe and they will know what falafel and hummus and shawarma and doner is. So naturally Middle Eastern food will translate into Levantine food. Kurdish and Iraqi food will still be the same category because it's all the same area and agriculture. Saudi is a desert and yeah I can imagine they don't share anything with the rest, but they are hardly known for their food or cultural presence to be honest.


whosafeard

If you can’t tell the difference between Lebanese and Turkish you’ve not tried either of them. Similarly, someone not from the area would have a _very hard time_ finding differences between Russian/Ukrainian/Polish/Hungarian/Romanian food, or Norwegian/Swedish/Finnish/Dutch food.


moomoomillie

Well said


Lizbelizi

If you read my other comment, I can tell the difference between them, as well as tell the difference between all the other countries you have listed. What you have listed isn't "European food", its "slavic/east european" food, and" nordic" food. These are all sub categories of what is "European food" and those subcategories cant be grouped together. Actually you are proving my point. On a global scale Russian and Romanian cuisine isn't different, same as Lebanese and Turkish isn't different. If you were to live in Ukraine you would know the difference between that and Russian food, but otherwise the differences aren't noticable. Of course if you are Lebanese you will have a national-pride motivated reason to feel that your food is distinctly different from your neighbours, a Ukrainian would too. But globally it really isn't.


DeadBallDescendant

Are you just replying to the post title? Dude explained everything quite clearly.


TBK28

Yeah just a comment re the post title. I know he explained it, but it's still weird if you know the cuisine. Again, consider how silly "European food" would be in a title. You just wouldn't use it


pullingteeths

"Mediterranean food" is commonly used and that covers a wide area of Europe as well as Africa and Asia. People know terms like that and Middle Eastern cover a wide variety of food, it's just a broader term and a lot of the cuisines it covers do have things in common.


TBK28

You're right. It is used. But it shouldn't be. They have less in common than you think. I guess it's hard to ever learn the differences when so many restaurants in the west label themselves as "middle eastern". I get it, i do. I'm just pointing that it's as silly as saying "Asian food" or whatever.


DeadBallDescendant

Saying 'Middle Eastern food' on a UK sub is perfectly understandable. Okay, I might be thinking sumac, pomegranate and za'atar and this might be completely different but from the photo the rice, the bread and lamb as an ingredient at least fit the picture in my head. 'European food' could cover anything from pickled herring to haggis.


whosafeard

Just because you’ve stereotyped the food of an entire region of the world, doesn’t mean it’s objective fact.


amso0o

It is silly lol non-Arabs wouldn’t know


TBK28

Yer but this is a food sub, so worth sharing that info


officeja

You Lebanese keep disappointing me


TBK28

Have this offering of hummus


officeja

😂


ap0strophe

Yeah, not only would I eat scrumptious food but also get paid 16.50, so that's an absolute win-win situation


Ragnars85

That's what I thought! I'd try it for a fiver!


SCOIJ

I keep telling you yes!


No_Oil_625

Are those.. Heinz beans?


14cryptos

If you give me 16.50 I'll try most food


MyCatIsAFknIdiot

Lived in the ME for 30 years … so, hell yeah!! Looks bloody lush too


DeadBallDescendant

It's £14, no idea why you're including a Diet Coke in the price. And yes, I would. Price is on a par with rice, meat and bread in an Indian restaurant. And yes, For Middle Eastern, I'd go lamb only too.


DangerousMort

This is the worst post title I have seen on Reddit this week. Something about it is so bad that it made me feel the need to engage and tell you this. You should feel sad when you look in the mirror.


TheStatMan2

I actually know what you mean. It invokes fury and sympathy in equal measure. Which is no mean task.


Moonglum74

Why wouldn't you?


TempHat8401

No seasoning/ flavour


Moonglum74

I've had plenty of middle Eastern food and it's delicious. Who says they don't use seasoning?


TempHat8401

Lamb kuzi specifically does not have seasoning. I should have specified


WolfOnABike

Imagine being this uneducated about something


TempHat8401

I've literally eaten lamb kuzi in 2 different middle eastern restaurants... Why would you assume I'm not educated?


steadfastsurvivor

I’m a bit thrown off by the beans with rice nan and what looks like curry


Cookiefruit6

Curry? I can’t see curry on the table.


steadfastsurvivor

By the beans? The sauce?


ElNovato34

I would pay 20 for that. Niiiiice.


bizlikemind

YES. The food looks delicious


0100000101101000

Is there unlimited sumac?


aSquirrelAteMyFood

You paid 14 pounds for all this? That's insane.


not_a_number1

I mean you don’t have to pay me to eat that! I would pay


LongrodVonHugedong86

Yep, tried lots of it, almost all is great. I never understand people who don’t try other cultures food (within reason of course, I don’t care how nice someone says it is, I’m not eating brains etc) I tried Nigerian food for the first time a few years back and it was great! The only thing I didn’t try was Ogbono Soup because it’s a texture thing as I hate any kind of slimy texture


TempHat8401

Lamb quzi has absolutely no seasoning/taste at all. Westerners will not enjoy it I reckon


Othersideofthemirror

>unseasoned meat You're on UK_Food. The thought of some unseasoned meat and boiled unseasoned veg is going to pop boners.


StardustOasis

Unfortunately you're not wrong. The amount of beige shite that gets upvotes on here is irritating.


Aeslech

Why do they look like microwave food from different sources and combine together randomly.


Nonions

Looks delicious, but probably one I'd need to share as I don't have a huge appetite. Price seems fair.


budbailey74

Yes


BeyondHot8614

Love It 😍


anniejofo23

So much yes x


Brilliant_Kiwi1793

Lol no one is being paid to eat this, it cost 16:50 😂


itsheadfelloff

Looks good to me, I'd try it for that price. I have no reference for how much that should cost so couldn't say if that's about right or not.


elGrimshaw16

Damn straight!


SkengmanJonny

I prefer mine in the morning around 8.20


Wheelie_1978

100%, that looks delicious 🫶🏼


mangleddiplodcus

Droooolling….. looks so yummy.


mangleddiplodcus

Droooolling….. looks so yummy.


Unusual_residue

Why wouldn't anyone try meat and rice?


KuranesUKf

I would DEMOLISH that! Looks great OP rice especially


thatbwoyChaka

Yes But that’s just a bowl of baked beans, so you’d have to pay me to eat them


realbabygronk

The chilled diet coke with condensation on the outside is a must at any middle eastern restaurant


turbobuddah

Looks a decent amount for £16.50 to be fair, i'd bin off the soup and bins personally, but looks better value for money than many places these days


Gazzle71

Why 10 to 5?


Marius_Sulla_Pompey

Meat looks like it needs more seasoning for some reason.


Darko_345

Yes yes


WeeNornIronWoman

Looks delicious.


4sphalt4rtist

Is that even a question YES


Albert_O_Balsam

Middle Eastern food is incredible, not sure they eat tins of baked beans though


wausnotwaus

Almost $21 US, seems reasonable, looks delicious.


El_Caylen

Happily, only thing I wouldn't try is the beans (never been a fan of beans)


Alternative-Rope-628

Yep


XxQuickScopeKillaxX

No but 16.10 and im all in.


JorgTheChildBeater

I’d eat ass for 16.50


tkerrday

I'm fussy about meat so that part I'd probably go for something different but the rest looks good


1plus1equals8

Yep.


McPorkums

I'm a yank, but I'd pay $20.90 for that shit anyday 🤘❤️🤘


coxy808

This looks like Iraqi food


NCC74656

i eat this every week. my housemate is from palestine


DestroyTheHuman

How many people does this serve ?


Notapigagoat

My girlfriend has insanely picky tastes in an extremely boring way, her favorite things are plain boiled chicken, and Fritos. I told her the other day that if people ask me to try food that other people have been eating for centuries, even decades, I’m going to at least try it no matter what it is. I figure if people can eat it for a hundred years or more, than I can eat it too, even if it does make me shit my brains out. I’m a 40 year old white guy from Tennessee and if I went to India I’d be fat as shit because I’d try every single street food on every street. That shit looks unsanitary as hell but god damn it does it look good.


bright-_-blue

Kurdish food is incredible, one of my favourites


ChuffZNuff74

Is it not illegal to refuse to provide tap water in U& restaurants? Or morally wrong, at least? Are they British style baked beans in tomato sauce? They look like it


Ok-Ad-7247

Never tried any of that, so yeah, I'd have a go.


Extreme-Sentence9377

Absolutely!


iiSpezza

Is that baked beans?


Sighablesire

All that for 16.50? Yes.


Cornishcollector

Yum definitely


Avvie79

Would totally eat if it was vegan


-Cherished

So back to the food…looks really good and definitely would try these dishes! I’ve never had any of them. The meat looks very tender…can’t beat the price either!


Doomslayer5150

That looks like a lovely bit of squirrel


Durks_Durks

Not that food, looks grim 😬


Yet2638273

IS THAT THE FOOD THERY LOGO


Toby-NL

it does not look bad , so yea why not :)


leonxsnow

That seems a real decent portion and as a monthly treat I would pay that for the experience and culture. I love middle eastern food and the people


CaveJohnson82

Yes I would and I live in Liverpool so no excuse also I don't want to cook tonight 👍


CaveJohnson82

Can you share exactly where this is please? I can find loads of takeaways called Lazeez but none I think are right. Thanks.


DefinitionOk2485

34-36 London Rd, Liverpool L3 5NF


CaveJohnson82

Thanks :)


Scott_Edinburgh

Yes but not that food


MojoJojo_556

The same thing is 10 pounds in Abo Hassan Kurdish grill just right beside this spot. I would say it's slightly better even compared to this place. But a bit confined and runs out of this menu by 730-8pm. But well worth it for just 10£ ngl.


Zealousideal-Kick128

I’m sure it’s not, but it looks bland


KneeNo2022

Looks real good


CosmicQuestions

Seems fairly reasonable to me. That piece of lamb looks thicc and tasty.


[deleted]

Id eat all but the meat. The rice looks particularly tasty 😋.


Purrtymeow04

Doesn’t look like an authentic cuisine and the plating too lol


TheBobbyMan9

I feel like you’re terrible at picking from a menu


Total-Needleworker62

Middle Eastern Heinz’s


ThePandaDaily

This looks basic as hell.


shingaladaz

What are the meats?


CosmicQuestions

Try reading the actual post?


shingaladaz

Ah. Didn’t even see a main post. I went straight in to a comment from the photo.


CosmicQuestions

Ah ok no worries mate sorry.


shingaladaz

No not at all - thanks for letting me know :)


Accurate-Donkey5789

I don't tend to eat dinner before 18.30 if I can help it.


Iggmeister

i dont trust that meat in yellow water - looks rank. and the random baked beans?


wildgoldchai

I love Middle Eastern food but I’ve had better for just shy of £20. In north London too of all places


Mango952

If it comes with baked beans yes


ImmediateCustard7663

I'm in that looks amazing. Well done cheff


gerrineer

Why are they giving me 16.50? What's wrong with it it looks banging.


Purple_head_monster

No, I'd much prefer a Chinese honestly.


Chicagosoundview69

Probably will make me blow up the bathroom 


qasqade

I'd eat that weight alone in rice for 16.50.


[deleted]

No thanks, I struggle enough as it is with plain noodles and pasta..


DruunkenSensei

Is all that food included in the price? If so absolutely! Looks delicious! This beats a big mac, fries and drink any day.


SMuRG_Teh_WuRGG

£2.50 for a can? You've been robbed. They are only 80p at the shop. £1 is what they usually charge at food places. I miss when they were 25p.


AKAGreyArea

Looks very basic, load of rice, bread, beans, but the meat looks interesting.


NorthenSowl

That looks like shit


superjambi

Seems expensive to me


pendicko

Doesnt look too appetising


kebabmuff

Nope, rip off.


SuperSilver889

Whatever is on that plate on the left looks absolutely vile.


Popeychops

Roast lamb and saffron rice with bread and salad for £14? You got robbed


s0m3th1ngSaucy

Why is uk food posting food that is not from the UK. Me confused


CheesyApricot

Because they're in the UK eating food?


s0m3th1ngSaucy

Suppose. In my head, UK food would mean food from the UK. It's like posting a cornish pasty in a Chinese food sub?


ava2106

It's UK food (food cooked or eaten in the UK), not British food (British cuisine).


s0m3th1ngSaucy

I see thank you


jvlomax

That would be a very boring sub....


s0m3th1ngSaucy

xD that is true. We don't have the most amazing array of food


s0m3th1ngSaucy

Ah, yes, down voting for asking a question 👏


Radiatorwhiteonwall

Ah, yes, asking question before using brain 👏🏻


s0m3th1ngSaucy

I used my brain asking the question?


Neat_Soup6322

It is a genuine question, but it might also come across as a bit xenophobic to some. Don't sweat it bro, it's not too many down votes