Leila: Showcasing Lebanese Culture with Culinary Excellence in UAE Since 2006

Leila: Showcasing Lebanese Culture with Culinary Excellence in UAE Since 2006
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ليلى: عرض الثقافة اللبنانية من خلال التميز الطهي في الإمارات منذ عام 2006
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Peter, Leila is a story, a story that is known in Lebanon,
a very big story, a project.
Lebanese food, he took Lebanese food in a sample way, nice,
close to the heart.
He spoke the language of the youth, without missing the
basics, which is the old Lebanese.
Let’s start with Leila in the UAE.
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Peter, Leila is a story, a story that is known in Lebanon, a very big story, a project. Lebanese food, he took Lebanese food in a sample way, nice, close to the heart. He spoke the language of the youth, without missing the basics, which is the old Lebanese.

Let’s start with Leila in the UAE. How many years have you been here? Leila, it’s been around 10 years. We started in the city center, in downtown and Zahya city center. So it’s been around 10 years, as I said, the menu is always the same, typical Lebanese.

Of course there are special things that we do and create every time. Leila, hopefully we are growing and opening a fourth location. So mainly this is it, our food is known, hopefully you will try it now and give us your opinion. I don’t know, when did Leila start in Lebanon?

Leila started in 2006 almost. We started, the story of Leila, which 3 quarters of the people know, Leila started in 2006. She was a Lebanese woman, she went to the mountains and learned cooking from her grandmother. She took all the recipes from her grandmother and went back

To the city in Beirut and opened in the UAE. After that, she went to the Arab countries and opened her shops. She also succeeded in Dubai, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. But hopefully here, as they say, after Lebanon, there is Dubai. Dubai is the center of attention.

I don’t think there is a Lebanese in the world, and not only Lebanese, who doesn’t know Leila. Of course. Leila really raised the name of the Lebanese kitchen with a modern touch. Exactly. Hummus, some people call it colored, but it is not colored, it has more flavors. What distinguishes Leila’s kitchen?

Leila’s kitchen is first the quality, second the taste that we have, and third the service that is always approachable. It understands people and their needs. How long have you been with the brand? Since 2006, I have been with the company for 17-18 years.

I have been moving to Dubai for 19 years, almost all this time I have been with the company. Leila has become a part of my life. Of course, we don’t forget Fayrouz because we pray for her every day. So this is it, generally.

We want to tell them that Leila, if you noticed, we are sitting outside, because the weather in Dubai is starting to be very nice. It started to get cold. Today, we are sitting on these new furniture, which you are seeing for the first time here.

If you are in the UAE, or you came to the UAE, and you want to sit on the boulevard, let’s call it the Champs Elysees of the UAE, and you want to eat Lebanese food, or dance, we are here on the terrace. Leila, who has been here for a long time, welcomes you

Anytime. It is time to go inside, I will show you the place, and we will go to the kitchen, and the chef and I will put the fine touches before lunch. I am hungry today, and I am excited to eat Hummus. Ready. Hummus The chef has arrived.

Peter told us about the brand, and Chef Alaa will tell us about the menu. I will go in and check to make sure that the kitchen is correct. Maybe we will make 2-3 plates, and I will eat Hummus fresh from the inside, before they arrive under the AC. Let’s go.

Chef Alaa, they told me that you have been in Leila for a long time. How many years have you been in the company? Almost 18 years. From Lebanon, we started from Ashrafieh, then we went to Dubai, and then we came back to Leila, Dubai. In the end, it is a culture, food culture.

Tell me, what did Leila do in the last years, and what do you offer to our customers? Leila, since we started, and we started to develop it more and more, we mostly work on quality, we only get products from Lebanon. Also, we work on all the food to have the same Lebanese taste.

If you go to every Leila, you will have the same taste in all the places. Lebanese thyme, Lebanese olive oil. All Lebanese. If I want to say Lebanese, old, and traditional, I came to Leila. A bit more modern? Of course, more modern. From the plates, from the presentation of the plate, from

The taste of the plate. We go from the old to the new. We find everything in the plate. What are the 5 most famous things that you like? The first thing is the pesto Rasasfour in Leila. Leila’s Hummus is special, especially here in Dubai. All people say that the Hummus is very delicious.

We have very delicious Ma’aneh. We also have Mashawi. You are eating the best Tawouk in Dubai. Let me ask you a question. Very important. You have been sitting here for 16 years. In the same company, in the same kitchen. You still have a smile on your face and you are still happy.

What is this secret? I am in love with Leila. I love Leila and I love its food. This much and more. Maybe I will stay in Leila all my life. We always have something new. What do you want? Ma’aneh? Chicken liver? Fire! Let’s go. Let’s go. I remember a long time ago.

I remember the Hummus. Super creamy, without garlic. Olive oil. It is shiny and beautiful. The Hummus that comes in the middle is hot. It is very well done. I am waiting for the chef to start. Again, look at it. Creamy. Amazing. The grains in the middle are well done.

They are hot and do not crunch. Olive oil. Amazing. Top quality. It is shiny. What can people do when they don’t have Hummus? Take your time. Chef, take your time. Take your time. It is good. It is done. It is done. Come to the table. Take your time. Thank you.

Let’s go to the other side. Super crunch. Super crunch. What do you feel? Fresh bread. Let’s go to the other piece. The Hummus were great and I’m still in love with them, I want to come back and eat them. On stories on Instagram. The eggplant. Top. I feel like having a bite.

Can I take 2 bites from each place? Mhammara. Top. And the grapes. Amazing. You know, I love everything. I love the grapes, I love the Kebbeh. The eggplant is great. The potato. Do you remember how? We take the potato and put it in the Hummus. From one side to the other.

Nothing is missing. Nothing is missing. Exceptional quality, good food, great food. These are on top. They are famous since a long time, also with a bit of yogurt on the side. Crunch crunch. This is a biscuit. Super biscuit, like the Toshka, they put the dough on the

Inside, it gets rough on the outside. Exceptional. It has pine nuts as well. Bravo. Super bravo. I am eating alone and the whole table is mine. I am happy, I don’t want to stop. Bakla. Olives. Tomatoes. And Fajel. I am enjoying it.

It brought me back to the village, but how do you eat it? You eat it like this. Like this. Like this. This deliciousness is wrapped in the bread. The sourness that I want to fill my mouth now. Cheers. I am loving it. What did he say? No, he didn’t want to eat sugar.

What did he say? I am convincing myself that a person can eat delicious Lebanese food and not taste their dessert. If it was the Mafroukeh. Mafroukeh with pistachio, clotted cream, and a bit of sugar syrup. There you go. It is light. Its sugar is light. It doesn’t have a crunch.

It doesn’t have semolina or sugar. The sugar syrup is on the lips. Top. The taste of pistachio, and the smell of rose, wow. Maghleh. I can eat Maghleh everyday. I love Maghleh. I hope that one of my friends will give birth to his wife to eat Maghleh. My grandma’s Maghleh. Oh my God.

Wow. I will memorize the address because I will definitely come back. And then, Laila, bravo bravo bravo. Bravo Laila. From my heart, bravo Laila. I will tell you something. You will say that I eat a lot of Lebanese food. I visit a lot of Lebanese places. And I love what they do.

And then there is something. There is something extra. There is this extra mile. There is this extra 10% above 10. Which is a feeling. Which is the taste of passion. Which is tasty and busy, right? But there is something more. There is something higher. There is something that makes me happier.

And I felt it today. Few didn’t feel it. Very few didn’t feel it. People ask me, there are a lot of Lebanese restaurants. Where do you go? I go to a place where I feel this extra feeling. And today, I felt it. I feel it. The ice cream is amazing.

The desserts are amazing. The balance is nice. The plates are nice. The seating is nice. I don’t feel like stopping. And now, as the sugar opened my liver, we will go back and eat a new plate of Hummus.