Saturday, May 28, 2011

[LDN] Yalla yalla, Beirut Street food


‘Yalla’ means ‘hurry up!’ or ‘let’s go!’ in Arabic
知道這間餐廳是因為網上的人常常冠以good cheap eat的美譽
吃的是lebanese food
特意找同樣喜歡四處尋覓好吃的女友來





Yalla Yalla在soho 紅燈區一條隱蔽的小巷裡頭,在外面經過數百次都竟然無留意過
地方很小, 如上圖一眼看畢,只容得下七八張桌子

或許是那些cushions和橙黃色的燈光所致,
somehow帶點local and cosy的感覺





知道這裡位子有限,18:30便到,
naturally, 我們選了近food display的table
牆上的黑板有Todays Special
這裡的menu分為三大類,
就是小碟mezze to share (£3-5) ,
mains (£7.5-£12.5)和wraps (£3-4.50)




Olive oil /
complimentary starters: olives & pickles /
my apple, mint and ginger lemonade (yumz)

我倆都不好肉,就胡亂把大部份vegetarian的mezze都點了





Round 1!

Hommos
Chickpea puree, tahini and fresh lemon juice dip


一向喜歡用pita bread點hommos,
Yalla把這道入門菜造得很不錯,新鮮且充斥著蒜味
hommos 上還有點chick peas和corriandar





Pita bread

fluffy and well-toasted.
吃之際餐廳那寥寥可數的桌子也迅速地filled up了





Fattoush
Gym lettuce, tomato, cucumber, spring onion, mint, raddish, parsley and tossed crispy pita bread with sumac, red wine, vinegar and olive oil salad


One of the two salads on the menu.
a good mix of basic, fresh ingredients and textures
那個dressing somehow我覺得有點酸,但友人卻覺得ok






Halloumi Meshoue
Grilled Halloumi cheese with tomatoes, black olives, fresh mint and olive oil

這個cheese很好吃!
halloumi是Cyprus一種傳統的芝士,用上綿羊和山羊的奶造成的
是硬身的芝士,所以能夠放在grill上,
味道方面,奶味重,但絕對不像平時goats cheese那樣臊!





Baba Ghannouj
Charcoal grilled aubergine puree, tahini and fresh lemon juice dip

Round 2 來的首先有這個dip
炭燒的味道使百變 (or if you like...了無個性的) 茄子鹹香有致,
配上香甜奪目的 pomegrante seeds,
增添味道的層次外還滿足了牙齒的需要: something to bite on
也是個一流用來點pita bread的dip。





Manaee cheese
Baked pastry with halloumi cheese topped with roasted sesame seeds

雖然說是pastry,但實在像一個thin crust多點,
generous portion of cheese,配上芝麻非常香口,但會膩
我們兩妮子各自吃了一片後也帶走了餘下的






Falafel wrap
Falafel with tomato, pickled turnips, lettuce and citrus tahini sauce


這裡的wrap可是名物,平靚正
由falafel到halloumi cheese,或是grilled lamb到chicken shawarma,
簡簡單單但絕對惹味抵吃,是閒時takeaway的good choice
女生吃一個wrap再加一點小吃必飽了
而且somehow這裡的wrap烘了後異常香脆,是脆卜卜的脆




儘管整個晚上Yalla Yalla再繁忙也好 (people waiting to eat-in and for takeaway),
service維持friendly且not too pushy

Yalla Yalla確是London一處難得的good cheap eat
是夜吃了很多(太多),每人還點了飲料買單方才~£25
如果你也有興趣刺激一下味蕾,這裡精緻抵吃的必能滿足你





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Yalla Yalla

1 Green's Court
Soho, London (opp Soho Snog)
W1F 0HA




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