It was my birthday a couple weeks ago, and as per tradition, I made my own birthday cake. Therefore, this year I made a cardamom cake with rosewater whipped cream frosting. It includes the very Middle Eastern flavours of cardamom and rosewater, some of my family’s favourites! For garnish, I simply decorated the cake with […]
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Montreal Eats: Dinner at Rumi
We went to Montreal for the Formula 1 race, and on Friday Tomiko, Ryan, and I met an old high school friend for dinner. She suggested Rumi, a restaurant specializing in Middle Eastern, North African, and Central Asian cuisine. Since all of us had gone to school in Saudi Arabia, we were all excited to try […]
Garlicky Moutabal
Moutabal is sometimes called baba ganoush. Although both dishes use roasted eggplant as a base, baba ganoush can also have other vegetables, such as tomatoes and onions, added. Moutabal, on the other hand, is just eggplant. Clear plastic containers of hummus and moutabal were everywhere in Saudi Arabia, even in our high school cafeteria. I’ve […]
Toronto Eats: Early Dinner at Fat Pasha
Fat Pasha is a newly opened restaurant on a quiet corner in the Annex. I passed by it on a few weekday evenings and was surprised that it was packed each time. After looking closer at their funky graphic menu, I was convinced to try out the neighbourhood’s newest Israeli establishment. The beautiful wall mural […]