And when I did, I went all out and took a group of lovely colleagues out to Tamam. A large group meant a feast and a feast meant I had a chance to try almost everything on Tamam's menu (and it was all amazing).
Tamam serves authentic Palestinian food prepared by a lovely Palestinian owning family.
With Palestine a walking distance from Lebanon, you'd think the food will be the same.
And using Palestinian olive oil in the food (which is the best olive oil in the world in my books) just elevated the taste of everything even further.
The humus was warm (which meant the chickpeas were warm when smashed, a sign of freshly made). You could identify the taste of eggplants in the baba ghanouj, again a sign of freshly made.
Generous amounts of olive oil and sumaq. Lots of fresh pita and the feast begun.
But the star of the appetizers was the Halloumi Eggplant.
Fried eggplants served with grilled haloum and soaking with zaatar and olive oil.
A perfect flavour combination that I will be trying at home soon.
The meat mains are slow cooked, well spiced and elegantly presented.
But my favourite was the Freekeh that came with it.
No idea how it was cooked, but way better than any Freekeh I tried making at somerville kitchen.
Rolled in a ball, spiced with more than my salt and pepper and cooked with tomatoes.
The same variation went for the stuffed cabbage rolls.
Too stuffed for dessert, but who could resist these home made baklawa's packed with pistachios and generous amounts of rose water. Delicious, I will be ordering a tray one day and eating it all myself.
Thank you Tamam for putting together a lovely feast and looking forward to my next visit.
Tamam
2616 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC
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