- Mike Sula
- Lamb and beef koubideh kabob, Kabobi
The late and once-great Albany Park Lebanese restaurant Al-Khaymeih shuttered amid a rancorous legal dispute between the two brothers who owned it. It came back briefly in ’12, but was so catastrophically bad I couldn’t bring myself to write about it. Not long ago it died again, quietly this time, remarked upon by no one.
- Mike Sula
- Kashkeh bodemjan, Kabobi
It’s mostly about the platters at Kabobi, evidenced by the tables full of Toulabi adherents that camp out, languidly working their way through them amid long and animated conversation. But there are a few other entrees, like whole tomato-braised lamb shanks and bowls of ghormeh sabzi, a lemony spinach, kidney bean, and beef stew, plus a few salads and familiar Levantine appetizers like falafel, hummus, and baba ghanoush. But if you’re going that route stick with the strictly Persian kashkeh bodemjan (or, more often, kashk e bademjan), a sumptuous mash of roasted eggplant and caramelized onions enriched by reconstituted dried yogurt ($5.95).
Mike Sula
Bamieh, Kabobi
Mike Sula
Kabobi
