Beirut Grill - Arab Street

I love middle eastern food (naturally given that they have a spectacular array of tasty vegetarian dishes and most of the middle eastern restaurants in Singapore also serve sheesha).

Its a long story as to how I ended up at at Beirut Grill on 24 Dec 2010 (see bottom of blog for story).

First impressions
- Relatively standard restaurant design
- Nice ambience

The food
I love hummus and we ordered some, along with a lentil soup and given that the friend I was with already had lunch he (Mr. R) ordered a fresh cream, almonds and pistachios based desert called Oum Ali.

The hummus was okay (the version I ordered was with parsley). The texture was fine, the portions generous and the pita bread that came with the hummus was nice and warm (don't order extra bread unless you have company, the bread portion accompanying the hummus is more than adequate).

The lentil soup again per expectations though it could have done with more salt.

The Oum Ali was nice, but not really noteworthy.

Is this place worth a visit
Yes, especially if you are with company that is picky about being in a good looking joint (or with colleagues etc).

Hummus Beirut = SGD 8.00
Lentil Soup = SGD 5.00
Oum Ali = SGD 12.00

They have a 10% service charge but seem to be absorbing GST for now. Decent service. The owner actually seems to be middle eastern as does the chef (they were sitting and having coffee at a nearby table).

Address
Beirut Grill
72 Bussorah Street, Singapore 199485 (MAP)
Tel: +65 6341 7728
www.beirut.com.sg

The Long Story
- Decided to go to Malaysia by train. Spur of the moment. Closing Tanjong Pagar train station down in the middle of 2011.
- No tickets. Decided to go to Golden Mile, find tickets to KL to connect on train to north
- Went there. No tickets to pretty much anywhere in Malaysia. Going to Larkin in JB would have taken too long (wont have gotten to KL in time to catch trains going north)
- Decided to have lunch and sheesha at Arab Street (which is right next to Golden Mile Complex).
- Had lunch at Beirut Grill and headed to Brewerkz at Clark Quay for beers.