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Wed Oct 17 2012
Meza is so popular – and tiny, with room for only 15 customers – it’s necessary to book well in advance. The menu consists of hot and cold meze dishes and grilled meat mains, and everything we sampled was excellent.
Fatayer pastries were packed with fragrant spinach and onion; stuffed vine leaves were slightly dry but improved with a dab of olive oil; and the makdous (pickled aubergines stuffed with walnuts) were beautifully presented – they’re typically served whole, but these were halved and covered in pomegranate seeds. The houmous wasn’t as light and creamy as most versions in Beirut, but there’s something to be said for a Lebanese chef going easy on the oil. With crisp bulgar wheat shells and moist minced lamb interiors, the kebbe were tremendous, and the shish taouk was grilled to juicy perfection and served the proper way, with an unhealthy dollop of garlic cream.
The wine list features affordable Lebanese bottles, and it’s great to see beer from Lebanese Brew, one of the Arab world’s newest microbreweries. The setting is nondescript and the service slightly rushed, but the superb food makes Meza a gem.
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