We at ELV have long had a great deal of admiration for Khoury’s — the Mediterranean/Lebanese restaurant formerly located in the far southwest reaches of the valley.
In fact, the only thing we didn’t like about it was how far it was from our house.
Tag: Lebanese food
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
HEDARY’S
Just for good measure, we went to Hedary’s twice in the past week just to see if we were wrong about it kicking the hummus out of most other Mediterraneans in town (Khoury’s and Pita Place excepted).
We weren’t.