Hosted Annually by St. George ChurchHosted Annually by St. George ChurchMiddle Eastern Festival Menu
Lamb shank (roasted leg of lamb) $10.00
Gyros (beef ) $6.00
Kafta (lamb and beef mixed with parsley and spices) $6.00
Grape leaves (stuffed with beef and rice, served with a side of yogurt) $6.00
Baked kibbee (beef and wheat mix layered with meat, onions and pine nuts) $6.00
Shawarma (marinated, grilled chicken strips) $6.00
Falafel (chick pea and fava bean patties served with tahini sauce) $6.00
Spanakopita (filo dough pie stuffed with spinach) $5.00
Tyropita (filo dough pie stuffed with feta cheese) $5.00
Hommous and pita (chick pea dip with tahini, lemon juice and garlic) $4.00
Meat fatayer (yeast dough pie stuffed with spiced meat) $3.00
Spinach fatayer (yeast dough pie stuffed with spinach and spices) $3.00
Salata
(Mediterranean lettuce, tomato and mint
salad) $2.00
Cut watermelon
$2.00
Honey balls $2.00
Pastry Shop
A mouth-watering assortment of Middle Eastern pastries is for sale individually or in packages to take home and enjoy later.
Baklawa: layers of filo dough filled with crushed pistachios or walnuts
Bird nest: layers of filo dough filled with whole pistachios
Fingers: layers of filo dough filled with ground cashews
Burma: shredded wheat filled with pistachios
Mini rose: filo dough filled with pine nuts
Bassma: knafee dough filled with crunchy pistachios
Ballourie: baked shredded wheat with pistachios
Kaak: anise cookies
Coconut cookies
Makaroon: sweet fried dough
Ghouribeh: butter cookies
Walnut sandies: crushed walnuts, flour and butter
Chocolate mound: chocolate filled with either crushed almonds or caramel
Galaktoburiko: custard filo pastry
Shouiebieh: filo dough with cheese and light syrup
Mamoul: cookies filled either dates, pistachios or walnuts
Halawa: ground sesame seeds, halawa extract and sugar
Barazik: sesame cookies
Love Middle Eastern food? Take home our new church cookbook ($22) for recipes
from the Festival and around the world! Available in the bookstore.