🇱🇧 Beirut

"Broasted" chicken shawarma

Tony met with a rapper named Chino to talk about this radio station that hosts all types of musicians.

Tony had fish, a meze of hummus and salads, Laziza nonalcoholic beer.

Tony had tabbouleh, kofta with yogurt sauce and cranberries, stuffed grape leaves, kibbeh.

This huge night club has many different kinds of acts. Tony met with the owner.

Tony went back to Le Chef, where he ate on his last visit (when Beirut was bombed). They had hummus with pine nuts and ground beef, eggplant with tomatoes, chickpeas, and onions.  Fun story he told on this episode: The airport got bombed so after he finally got home taking a ship back to NYC, his girlfriend Ottavia met him when the boat docked and they conceived their daughter. 

A rotating cast of cooks provide regional foods from the artisanal market. Labneh, Armenian meat pie, artichoke and fava bean salad, fuul.

Tony ate Kibbeh, phyllo, Armenian cheese, spicy potatoes, meat & cheese filled pastries, hummus, stuffed grape leaves

They had drunken BBQ and chili dogs.

Two falafel shops owned by brothers who do not speak to each other, right next door to each other.

Two falafel shops owned by brothers who do not speak to each other, right next door to each other.

Bringing together different regions of artisanal and organic foods in a market. "Southern coastal bread bakers, kibbeh specialists from the mountains, wild herbs & vegetables from the Bekaa Valley, and pastries made from almost forgotten recipes. It's all here," Tony says.