Good Food
Middle Eastern Fusion
Gustavo Arellano is the editor of the OC Weekly and the author of Taco USA : How Mexican Food Conquered America. This week he visits Midan al Tahrir , a "pan Middle Eastern restaurant" featuring dishes from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Qatar, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and more.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readGustavo Arellano is the editor of the OC Weekly and the author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America. This week he visits Midan al Tahrir, a "pan Middle Eastern restaurant" featuring dishes from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Qatar, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and more. He raves about the koushari, which he describes as the Egyptian equivalent to Rice-a-Roni. He also enjoys several appetizers like the fava beans and diced jalapeños, the roasted dove and the eggplant with marinara sauce.
Midan al Tahrir
1324 S Magnolia Ave
Anaheim, CA 92804
714-844-2515
You can find all of Gustavo's restaurant suggestions on the Good Food restaurant map.
You can also hear more about his new book and how Mexican food conquered America in this recent 'Reporter's Notebook' segment of KCRW's Which Way, LA?
