Eating Lebanon: The Adventures of Chef Chad Houser, Randy Potts, and Chef Kamal Mouzawak

Posted on April 19th, 2011 9:00am by Nancy Nichols
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Here is a photo essay of Chad, Randy, and Kamal’s first day in Beirut.

Chef Chad Houser and Chef Kamal Mouzawak tete-a-tete at Souk el Tayeb market.

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Selling honey at the market. Photo by Chad Houser.

The market founded by Kamal: Souk el Tayeb. Photo by Randy Potts.

In front of Beirut's first wine bar on opening night. It sells Lebanese wines exclusively. Chad is in center rear, Kamal to Chad's left.

The manoushe lady at the market. Manoushe are like small breakfast pizzas. They have been made on these grills for thousands of years. Photo by Chad Houser

At Tawlet, Kamal's restaurant in Beirut. Parigi has an open kitchen, but at Tawlet there is literally no distinction between kitchen and restaurant. It's all one. Photo by Chad Houser.

5 comments

  1. In the first photo, is that Chato’s scooter in the background?

    @ 9:26 am on April 19, 2011

  2. This is great. Looking forward to the next installment.

    @ 1:39 pm on April 19, 2011

  3. [...] Randy Potts and Chad Houser (Parigi) are in Lebanon cooking with Chef Kamal Mouzawak. Potts has filed two reports. Today he sends the fol [...]

    @ 1:50 pm on April 20, 2011

  4. Just FYI for anyone interested in hunting down any of the food featured, manoushe is just what the bread ia called. It can be topped with things like a pizza or just bread. The alternate name for it is Saj which is also what that upside down bowl looking object that it is cooked on is called. They make a delicious version of it at World Food Warehouse in Richardson.

    @ 2:23 pm on April 20, 2011

  5. [...] Potts and Parigi Chef Chad Houser who are in Lebanon. You can read their previous reports here, here, and here. Jump for [...]

    @ 12:48 pm on April 21, 2011