Lebanese Taverna

Well...it was hubby darling's birthday on the 11th and we sure needed to celebrate...but on a budget.

So what better way than to go to yelp and find out the right place to do exactly that?

The most popular choice, for Mediterranean food was...well...someplace that closed at 9. And since it was 8 46PM we sure as hell were not going to make it! Good thing...because then we ended up in 4 and half star rated "Lebanese Taverna". And what a place we ended up at!!

Let me start with the negative thing first. The place is so DAMN difficult to find!! Its in Inner Harbor no doubt, but the GPS makes you go someplace which is about a block away from the restaurant. This is probably because the restaurant is in a place where you cant take your car...which is a good thing because they have outside seating. But its only uphill once you reach the restaurant. The hostess is so friendly, that you instantly like the place. Once you are seated you get an equally friendly waitress...be prepared to pay a hefty tip. You will want to :)

The food was awesome..of course. We had Chicken Shawarmas for appetizers. They offer fresh pita bread (by fresh I mean fresh off the oven....HOT!!) with your drinks. They dont have too many non-alcoholic drinks-just juices. I heard Guava and of course that was my obvious choice. And surprise surprise...it was fresh guava juice...not the pink tainted Real juice stuff...and Mono had some alcohol based drink. Let me ask him to give you his thought on the drink

"I chose  Arak over wine and beer as this was a traditional Lebanese drink. It was a clear drink, almost looked like Vodka, but tasted nothing like it.  It had a strong flavor of Anise which made the drink almost taste spicy. An interesting thing about this particular drink was as soon as you add water or ice to it, the color of the liquid changes to milky white. Overall I would highly recommend this drink"

Ah well...I guess someone had fun on his b'day night!

Anyway...food as I mentioned was delicious. We had the shawarmas as our appetizers and followed it by lamb chops (the dish was called masawi). Lamb chops cooked to perfection....My only let down in food were the bakhlavas. But that is not LTs fault. I have an Egyptian friend who makes Bakhlavas...and I swear NOTHING tastes as good as those ones. So well...However having said that LTs Bakhlavas were not too bad either...

Overall a very very good dining experience! Cant wait to go back to this place again.