The festival was at Saint Anthony Maronite Catholic Church on Sadler Rd., in Innsbrook. We headed over at lunchtime, and I was surprised by the number of people who were there! Of course, there were Capital One badges all over the place...which is common anywhere at lunchtime on a weekday in Short Pump or Innsbrook, so there were a ton of people we knew and hadn't see for a while.
They had big tents set up with live music, food tables, and a ton of picnic tables for the hungry masses. I've never had Lebanese food, but have heard good things about it, so I tried a few things. I got a shrimp kabob with rice, which doesn't sound exotic, but this didn't taste like shrimp and rice, it was fantastic! They used a middle eastern spice blend (not sure what the blend consists of) on most of the foods, and a lot of dishes had lemon juice, garlic, and onion, but none of them tasted the same. I also got kibbi, which is a layered concoction of diced beef, onion and pine nuts - yum!
I got spinach and feta pie, which was more of a pastry puff, but wonderful, hummus and pita, and for dessert, I had zalabia, which was fried dough, dipped in a syrup.
Yum! It was good to get out of the office and experience food of another culture, all wrapped up in 1 outing!
Looks like you had some fun. It's always cool to try new things. I don't think I've ever had Lebanese food. One day! :)
ReplyDeleteI want to go to a greek festival!! There is one next weekend here in Fred.