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FYI- my protip for Middle Eastern restaurants.
Try the baba ganoush (spelled differently depending on the transliteration).
Any place can make an interesting hummus. But if they can make a good baba ganoush, you know that they treat their dishes with care.
payn
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Wait...when did Tahini start tasting peanutty?
It's not, but people will mistake it. If you hear someone (American) say the hummus tastes peanut-y, it's from the tahini. Because they usually aren't good at differentiating sesame and peanut flavors.
I really like their Damascus bread (when I'm not getting a kabob or kufta burger), so hummus really being different was a surprise.
Well, IME the subtle ratios of tahini, lemon, chickpea, olive oil, and garlic can have a massive difference on the taste of the hummus ... and, of course, the actual ingredients (freshness, etc.) matter too! Even something as basic as tahini comes in a multitude of types.
And that's before you get to adding the salt, pepper, and possible spices (some people like sumac or other variants). A "Middle Eastern" restaurant will serve a subtly different hummus depending on where they from in the Middle East- an Israeli, tahini-forward hummus will taste quite different than a Jordanian hummus that uses yogurt.
Like many seemingly simple foods, the devil is in the details.
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Ryan Reynolds being his most upbeat self for two friggin' hours? I mean, isn't that him all his movies?
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Not to mention Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza PlaceRyan Reynolds being his most upbeat self for two friggin' hours? I mean, isn't that him all his movies?
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