Phoenicia - June 24, 2012

10406 Mayfield Road 780-455-8855 Dave's choice. You know it's going to be authentic Lebanese cuisine when you are the only caucasians in the place. The decor was typically modern and spacious but it didn't scream Middle Eastern like we had hoped. According to our waitress,, RaeAnne (sp), we had arranged Dinner Club a day late. Apparently Phoenicia comes alive on a Saturday night with dancing (even onto the street) and live music. Wednesday nights are happening too because it's tango night. Now let's dive into the food. There were a couple of different options for ordering: You could order individual items off the menu or, like we did, the full meal deal: a little bit of everything. Ordinarily the full meal deal serves a minimum of four people but seeing as it was our first time there, RaeAnne hooked us up. Because there were so many items, we are going to simplify this by naming each dish and then following it with a √ or x (for loved it or not). This overly obvious explanation was insisted upon by Bree. Tabbouleh (salad) x Fattoush (more salad) √ Hummus (chick pea dip) √ Baba Ganoush (egg plant dip) x but it's an awesome word. Wara'a Areeish Bil Zeyt (grape leaves) x Loubeh Bil Zeyt (Romano beans) √ Batata Harra (potatoes)√ Bil Jibneh (cheese pastry) √ Jwainih (chicken wings) √√ so good! Kibbeh (dumplings) √ but sauce needed. Jat Mashawee (mixed grill skewer) √ Bakalava (dessert which our waitress kindly brought us double of) √. While Dave damn near sprained his face trying to pronounce the various foods, all in all Phoenicia was a great send off before Dave's trip to the Middle East this summer.