Shawarma Zone WV has entered the chat. I woke up today and saw this food truck all over my social feeds. It's almost like within the past 24 hours, everyone discovered it and they had a grand opening. I joined the crowd by placing an order on DoorDash for chicken shawarma and falafel,...

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Pacific International Market is a specialty foods store that has all sorts of Persian, Indian, Asian, Arabian, and African products. They also prepare some hot made-to-order food items, like kebabs, shawarmas and gyros. I ordered a chicken shawarma and hummus, which were both "Tastie" - get it? Hummus is pureed chickpeas, which can...

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Rawabi is a brand-new restaurant on High Street in Morgantown. It replaced Jasmine Grill. It serves up Mediterranean food, including falafel, gyro, kebab, shawarma and hummus - or those just tend to be my favorites. My friend Sam and I went to check it out right when they opened. They weren't open at...

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Mamnoon Restaurant is known for being one of the best in Seattle, so I made reservations early. The restaurant boasts a "Modern union of Middle Eastern Cuisines," so I was excited to try this out since my experience is limited with Middle Eastern cuisine. Food is an essential part of all family and...

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Another Middle Eastern restaurant opened on High Street: Salam. It is in the longtime Mediterranean Market space (turned Dos Bros turned Zaytun turned now Salam). It joins a few other Middle Eastern restaurants on High Street: Beity and Jasmine Grill. I'm not well versed enough in Middle Eastern or Mediterranean cuisine to tell you...

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I did a quick culinary tour of Parkersburg with BFF Veronica to check off a bunch of places on the 101 Most Unique Places to Dine list, and our first stop was Cham's Lebanese Cuisine. Cham's Lebanese Cuisine is a family-owned restaurant that serves up classic Lebanese dishes: shawarma, falafel, kabob, hummus, etc. I...

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Affectionately known as "street meat," sidewalk vendors and foodtrucks are all over New York City. One of the most sought-after is The Halal Guys, found at 53rd and 6th (and other locations now). This food cart had quite a long line - especially compared to other vendors nearby. The line moved quickly, though,...

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