Food! Question!

[snidegrrl]

Who here has been to the Lebanese Taverna?

If you have, have you had their garlic sauce?

If you have had their garlic sauce, do you have any idea how they make it?

Because I need to mainline it into my face.

Comments

[kelowna]

Yes.

Maybe?

No.

Ok.

[snidegrrl]

we have a winner. if you would like to know, return to see comments!

[tzel]

Um, I know how to make it. It's actually Lebanese mayonaise.

Lebanese Garlic Sauce Ingredients
4 Bulbs of garlic, peeled 1 ts Salt
1 c Lemon juice 3 c Puritan oil (up to 4)

Instructions for Lebanese Garlic Sauce
Put in blender (NOT a food processor) and blend until smooth on medium. Add in an extremely slow stream, 3 to 4 cups of Puritan oil. Blend constantly on about medium. It should become like a thick white mayonnaise consistency. Store in refrigerator in a glass container. Serve with meats, as a seasoning in salad dressings or on pocket bread sandwiches. This is a tricky recipe. Sometimes it "breaks". That is, it stays thin instead of the mayonnaise consistency. The flavors remain the same. If it separates in storage, just stir or blend again.

[snidegrrl]

well then!

i had no idea. now everything i eat will be covered in garlic sauce.

[angela_la_la]

Bulbs = heads, right, not cloves?

I went to a Lebanese place last month and ate this sauce until my mouth hurt.

[rshackleford]

Holy moly it was delicious.

I would guess that it is only several/ten cloves, rather than heads. Garlic + oil would be pretty delicious potent delicious potent on their own.

[ashoemaker]

Yum! I've never been been to one, but I checked out the menu online and it sounds delicious. I'll have to visit the one in Tysons Galleria the next time I'm up in the area for work.

[snidegrrl]

OK... but if you come to Silver Spring you should eat at one with us! I know, I know, it is much further than Tysons. :)

[ashoemaker]

Definitely! I just mentioned Tysons as it's about walking distance to our company business offices and they often ask me where I want to eat for dinner when I'm up for meetings (particularly as I'm the weird vegetarian). But yeah, we definitely need to get time to get around and actually visit people we know up in the area -- it's so close and yet so far. :)

[snidegrrl]

Hey, it's not like I've made the trek to Blacksburg in a thousand years! No guilt necessary. If you made it up to see us we'd almost be required to take you to Abol, the ethiopian place with the great vegetarian platter. And I would be so excited to take you to Great Sage someday. :) While I am not a vegetarian, I am working very hard on appreciating more vegetarian dishes.

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[professorbooty]

Lebanese Taverna Market is basically across the street from my apartment.  I can probably buy it by the pound -- as I do with their hummus.

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[snidegrrl]

Fortunately, after they had finished with the meetings here at work, the giant tub of it was unclaimed... so I took it home. NOM

[panicsyndrome]

yes, yes, and no. but I agree the garlic sauce is very tasty.