Category: Food
Dear John, 
Eat This Now – Magdoos with Labni at KHOURY’S
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Magdoos (or makdous) are Lebanese oil-cured, stuffed eggplants. The ones above tasted quite pickled and were quartered to reveal those spiced, ground walnuts stuck inside during the curing process. They came on a bed of the thick, satiny, creamy yogurt cheese called labni (or labneh) that the Lebanese consider a helpful digestif for any meal.
We at ELV consider this food so darn healthy, we don’t know why anyone would think it needed any digestive aid, but regardless, the tastiness of labni (alone, or accompanying any sweet or savory) is hard to deny.
The whole shebang costs on $7.50, and, along with a nice $8 tabouli salad, makes just about the perfect light lunch.
Just thought you’d like to know.
KHOURY’S MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT
6115 South Fort Apache Rd. #100
Las Vegas, NV 89148
702.671.0005
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This is not your same old, tedious Thai
Weera Thai, opened a couple of months ago, and occupies the same space that used to house Royal Thai — smack in the middle of one of those time-worn, seen-better-days shopping malls lining West Sahara near Valley View. Most of the stores here concern themselves with clothing our towns’ boundless supply of strippers, dancers, and hookers, but in between the stiletto shops, over the years, we’ve been able to find a few good things to eat amongst them. Unlike most of those businesses, though, and unlike the old Royal Thai, this one has taken the time and some money to refurbish the interior of their store — creating a warm and welcoming space that you won’t fear looking at too closely.