The four-day lebanese food festival would commence on Thursday at hotel Jehan Numa Palace, Bhopal. International Chef Jamela Zakey would prepare the lebanese cuisines during the festival. The food festival will be held from December 15 to 18 at Shahnama from 7 pm onwards.
While talking to the media persons here on Wednesday, Hotel’s General Manager Gaurav Rege told that Jehan Numa Palace has invited the renowned international lady Chef Jamela Zakey to give the locals of Bhopal an authentic lebanese culinary experience.
Rege further said that this four-day event would bring you a multi-sensory experience of lebanese tastes and aromas and is the perfect treat for all food lovers. There are several mouthwatering vegetarian and non-vegetarian traditional dishes like the Harira Soup, Moutabel, Baba Ghanoush, Tabbouleh, Fattoush, stuffed grape leaves known as Warak Enab, a meat pie known as Fatayer, a feta cheese and phyllo dough pastry known as Signara Boregi, marinated kebabs known as Saaj Shish Tawook and a Greek eggplant based dish known as Moussaka, he added.
Rege further added that classic desserts like the melt-in-your-mouth Baklava and the decadent Omali make the perfect sweet ending to a fulfilling meal. On the occasion, Chef Jamela Zakey told that lebanese food is a very popular cuisine in India and many of its signature dishes are savoured by people across the country. The interesting combination of ingredients used lends a great flavour to the food. We wanted to bring something authentic and unique to the people and lebanese cuisine seemed like the perfect choice.