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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:06 pm Post subject: Very Good Middle East (Arabic) Food Buffet in Itaewon |
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There's no shortage of Indian buffets in Itaewon, but when I saw a flyer for a Middle East buffet last week, I had to go.
I was not disappointed: for 15,000 won, they had about 10 dishes, all of them good and some of them excellent, many of them with meat and many without, as well as very sour yogurt (as it should be!) and great hummus. The place wasn't busy but the food was still fresh and hot. The decor was nice too.
Go out of exit 3 at Itaewon station. At the first corner, turn right. It's on the left side of the street, in the basement where What the Book? used to be, a few doors past the Foreign Food Mart. |
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Gimbap Lover
Joined: 06 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Sounds killer. Thanks for the tip. |
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sonicmatt
Joined: 04 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| do you remember the name? was it foreign restaurant? |
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brento1138
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Good stuff. I haven't been eating much Middle Eastern food lately... gonna have to try this one out.
On a separate note, I was sad to see that Moroccan restaurant disappear. Not the big one, but the tiny one (called Marakesh Nights), it could seat like 10 people max, sort of between Berlin and the money exchange place. Wonder what ever happened to those two Morroccan dudes that ran that place. I quite liked them. I used to stop in and drink a beer with them once in a while... oh well. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:38 am Post subject: |
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| sonicmatt wrote: |
| do you remember the name? was it foreign restaurant? |
The name is "Alsalam Damascus" (good luck pronouncing that one!) and it's up the hill, past the Foreign Food Mart (the Foreign Restaurant is down the hill). |
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chungbukdo
Joined: 22 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:46 am Post subject: |
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| brento1138 wrote: |
Good stuff. I haven't been eating much Middle Eastern food lately... gonna have to try this one out.
On a separate note, I was sad to see that Moroccan restaurant disappear. Not the big one, but the tiny one (called Marakesh Nights), it could seat like 10 people max, sort of between Berlin and the money exchange place. Wonder what ever happened to those two Morroccan dudes that ran that place. I quite liked them. I used to stop in and drink a beer with them once in a while... oh well. |
I went to Marakesh Nights on Friday for the buffet. It was delicious. |
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| cdninkorea wrote: |
| sonicmatt wrote: |
| do you remember the name? was it foreign restaurant? |
The name is "Alsalam Damascus" (good luck pronouncing that one!) and it's up the hill, past the Foreign Food Mart (the Foreign Restaurant is down the hill). |
All sah lahm Dah mass cuss.
Anything else?
BTW do they have pita? And is the hummus REALLLLYYY good? I've been dying for hummus for 2 consecutive years. |
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brento1138
Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| chungbukdo wrote: |
| brento1138 wrote: |
Good stuff. I haven't been eating much Middle Eastern food lately... gonna have to try this one out.
On a separate note, I was sad to see that Moroccan restaurant disappear. Not the big one, but the tiny one (called Marakesh Nights), it could seat like 10 people max, sort of between Berlin and the money exchange place. Wonder what ever happened to those two Morroccan dudes that ran that place. I quite liked them. I used to stop in and drink a beer with them once in a while... oh well. |
I went to Marakesh Nights on Friday for the buffet. It was delicious. |
Yeah, I've been to the big Marakesh Nights down the street near the international clinic, but I didn't find it that great, or as fresh, as the smaller place. It seemed to be run by different people. |
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deizio
Joined: 15 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| brento1138 wrote: |
Yeah, I've been to the big Marakesh Nights down the street near the international clinic, but I didn't find it that great, or as fresh, as the smaller place. It seemed to be run by different people. |
+1, v. disappointing |
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plato's republic
Joined: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Ancient Greece
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:21 am Post subject: |
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OP,
This sounds good. Any chance you could elaborate on the dishes that were on offer?
Thanks |
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Mariella713
Joined: 22 May 2010
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:36 am Post subject: |
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Oh my taste buds are watering...I'll definately be checking this place out soon!  |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| plato's republic wrote: |
OP,
This sounds good. Any chance you could elaborate on the dishes that were on offer?
Thanks |
I don't know what most of them were, but besides the hummus and yogurt I wrote in the OP, there was lentil soup, bread, baklava, pineapple, plus a bunch of dishes with vegetables and meat (chicken and beef). I don't know what those dishes were, but some of them were very good.
Sadly no pita, but the hummus was pretty good (not fantastic, but definitely good). |
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