Eating Lebanese Lemons

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I've never eaten lemons.  Of course, I've had them in salads, juices and various dishes, but have never eaten them raw.

Our dear Lebanese friend Arlette brought us to the Mosaic Restaurant on Al Najda Street where we had our best Lebanese meal ever.  Without a doubt, one of our top 10 meals in the UAE.


All the dishes were perfectly cooked, elegantly plated and delicious - mouttabal, hummus, makanek, shish barak, kibbeh, etc.  This memorable meal will be hard to beat.

Arlette showed us how to sprinkle lemon slices with salt and eat them raw, skin, pith and all!  Tried it myself.  Quite surprised that the lemon tasted rather sweet.  

Arlette also ordered a dessert of rice pudding, topped with mangoes and flavored with mastica, a resin obtained from the mastic tree.  We found mastica in the nearby Lebanese Roastery.  Pretty pricey spice.











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