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10   

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8   

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10   

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8   

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10   

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  Rock Musician & Wife
  November 2012
  
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  Rock Musician & Wife

  This was our first visit to this restaurant. The food was absolutely delicious! wonderfully fresh ingredients! and outstanding flavours, although portions were on the small side Every dish we ordered didn't disappoint. We will definitely be making another visit.

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Meejana Sample Menu

The Lebanese Menu

Cold Mezze

V Hummus £5.75
Puree of chickpeas with sesame paste (tahina) &
lemon juice
V Hummus Beiruty £6.25
Puree of chickpeas with hot pepper, garlic, parsley,
sesame paste (tahina) & lemon juice
Hummus Awarma n £7.75
Puree of chickpeas with lamb & pine nuts on top
V Moutabbal £7.00
Puree of smoked aubergine with sesame paste
(tahina) & lemon juice
V Warak Enab G £6.50
Grape vine leaves filled with rice, tomato and parsley;
slow-cooked in olive oil
V Mouhammara n £7.75
Crushed walnuts in a spicy paprika-based paste
V Arde Chaouky £6.50
availability) steamed with garlic, lemon & olive oil
V Batinjan Rahib £7.25
Grilled aubergines, chilled, diced and mixed with
tomatoes, lemon & garlic
V Bamieh £6.50
Okra with tomato, garlic, coriander & olive oil. Can
also be served hot.
V Moussakat Batenjan £7.00
Baked seasoned aubergine cooked with tomato &
chick peas. Can also be served hot.
V Laban we Khiar £5.75
Yoghurt, cucumber & mint dip
V Olives £5.00
Selection of premium olives
V Labneh £5.75
So/ cheese made from strained yoghurt. Can be
served with or without garlic
V Shankleesh £6.75
Aged cheese served with tomatoes, onions and
thyme
V Tabbouleh G £7.00
The famous parsley salad, with cracked wheat, onion,
tomato, lemon juice and olive oil.
V Fattoush G £7.50
Mixed salad, lettuce, tomatoes, mint, sumac, onion,
radish, peppers, olives & fried Lebanese bread
V Chef's Salad £6.75
Rocket, avocado, tomato & pomegranate seeds with
Meejana House Dressing
V Tomato & Onion Salad £5.75
Fresh tomatoes with ?nely chopped onions, black
pepper & olive oil
V Fassoulia Salad £6.75
Butterbeans, spring onion, garlic, lime & olive oil
V Beetroot & Rocket Salad £6.75
Sliced Beetroot & rocket with our house dressing
V Mixed Salad £4.75
Selection of mixed leaves with a simple dressing
V Green Salad £4.50
Selection of green salad vegetables with simple
dressing of lemon and olive oil

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Bastorma £8.75
Thin slices of spicy Armenian smoked beef

SOUPS
V Lentil £5.00
V Tomato £5.00
V Leek & Potato £5.00
Clear Chicken & Vermicelli G £5.00

Hot Mezze

V Fatayer nG £6.75
Four spinach pastry parcels (contains pine nuts)
V Rikakat Jebne G £6.50
Four filo pastry tubes filled with Haloumi cheese
V Rikakat Khoudra G £6.50
Four filo pastry shells filled with mixed vegetables
V Falafel £6.75
Four croquettes of fava beans, chickpeas, coriander,
garlic & sesame
V Kellaj Jebne G £7.00
Haloumi cheese, thyme & tomato grilled in Lebanese
flat bread
V Grilled Haloumi £6.50
Haloumi cheese with olive oil & herbs
V Foul Moudammas £6.50
Fava beans simmered in tomato, garlic & olive oil
V Moudardara £6.00
Lentils and rice served with fried onions
V Patata Harra £6.75
Potatoes diced and cooked with coriander & spices
V Patata we Sabanekh bel Zeit £6.75
Potatoes diced and cooked with spinach & spices
Samboussik Lahme nG £6.75
Four bite size lamb pasties with pine kernels, deep
fried
Kibbeh Lahme nG £7.75
Four lamb and cracked wheat shells ?lled with
seasoned minced lamb & pine kernels, deep fried
Arayess G £7.75
Lebanese bread filled with seasoned minced lamb
Jawaneh £6.75
Chicken wings served with either garlic sauce or our
house coriander & tomato sauce
Lahm Bel Ajine G £7.25
Lebanese baked dough bases covered with spiced,
minted minced lamb and finely chopped tomato
Sojok £7.50
Spicy Armenian lamb sausage
Makanek n £7.50
Lebanese lamb sausages flambéed in lemon
Sawdat Djej £6.75
Chicken livers marinated in pomegranate sauce and
flambéed in lemon & garlic
Lisanaat £7.75
Lamb tongue with garlic, lemon & olive oil
Dafadeh £8.50
Frog's Legs served with coriander & tomato sauce
Dakn'al Laham £9.50
A delicacy of lamb sweetbreads, gently grilled

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Rikakat Kraydes G £7.75
Four filo pastry shells filled with shrimps, deep fried
Samak Bizri £6.75
Deep fried whitebait
Sabeedish Sautee £7.75
Squid with mixed peppers, chilli, spring onions &
parsley
Sabeedish Mekhli bel Zaatar G £7.75
Very lightly battered squid with thyme, deep fried
Grilled Squid £7.50
Squid grilled and dressed with olive oil and lemon
Kraydes £7.50

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GRILLED MEATS BY THE SKEWER
Lamb - £6.50 Ka/e - £6.00 Chicken - £6.00
Grilled meats (above) are served with a dipping sauce
– chilli for lamb and garlic for chicken.

MAIN COURSES
All of our main courses are served with your
choice of vermicelli rice, herbed new potatoes, chips,
mixed salad or vegetables unless stated. Grilled meats
are usually served on flat bread - if you are gluten
intolerant, please ask us to leave this out.
V Bamieh with Rice G £12.50
Okra cooked with tomato, garlic and coriander. We
can add chilli to this if required.
V Musakaat Batenjan with Rice G £13.00
Baked seasoned aubergine cooked with tomato &
chick peas. We can add chilli x to this if required.

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Mixed Grill £17.50
A selection of lamb, chicken & ka/e (minced lamb)
skewers gently grilled and served with chilli and garlic
dipping sauces.
Shish Taouk £15.50
Delicately marinated chicken pieces, charcoal grilled
and served with a garlic dipping sauce
Chicken Chawarma £15.50
Shredded chicken, marinated in our secret blend of
herbs and spices, sautéed and served with a garlic
dipping sauce
Farrouj Meshwi £16.00
Baby chicken grilled & served with garlic sauce (please
allow 25 minutes cooking time)
Djej Meejana with Safron Rice £16.75
Chicken marinated in our signature 12 spice sauce
Ferri Remmehn £18.00
Two whole quail sautéed in a pomegranate sauce
Kafte Khashkhash £16.50
Two minced lamb skewers in a spicy tomato sauce
with sweet peppers and optionally sprinkled with pine
nuts. Best with rice.
Kibbeh Labanieh with Rice nG £15.50
Kibbeh (lamb and cracked wheat shell ?lled with
seasoned minced lamb & pine kernels) cooked in a
minty yoghurt sauce and sprinkled with pine nuts
Kibbeh Bel Synieh & Fattoush nG £16.50
Baked kibbeh (lamb and cracked wheat layers filled
with seasoned minced lamb & pine kernels) served
with a laban we khiar (yoghurt, cucumber and mint)
dip and a fattoush salad.
Daoud Basha with Rice nG £16.50
Lebanese lamb meat balls served in a zesty tomato
sauce and served with rice – we can add chilli if
required.
Lamb Meshwi £16.50
Grilled, marinated cubes of lamb, served with chilli
dipping sauce on the side
Lamb Chawarma £15.50
Shredded lamb, marinated in a delicate mix of herbs
and spices, sautéed and served with tahina dipping
sauce
Castaleta £17.50
3 lamb cutlets marinated with mixed herbs &
charcoal grilled and served with a chilli dipping sauce

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Samke (Sea Bass) £19.50
Choose how you would like it prepared:
Plain Grilled
Tagine (Sesame-based sauce) with optional pine nuts
Shumra (Arak & Fennel Sauce)
Harra (Tomato, peppers, & coriander)
Jumbo King Prawns with Saffron Rice £21.50
Plain grilled or sautéed in tomato, parsley & garlic.
We can add chilli x to the tomato sauce if required.
Sabeedish with Rice G £17.00
Squid cooked in a spicy tomato sauce served with
vermicelli rice. Can be made spicier x if required.

STEAKS
Gourmet, grass-fed steaks served with herbed
potatoes, chips, mixed salad or seasonal vegetables.
Rib-eye Steak (Entrecôte) £19.50
Fillet Steak £23.50
Steak Sauces £1.95
Roquefort Sauce, or
Tarragon Butter Sauce, or
Brandy Pepper Sauce, or
Garlic Butter

SIDE DISHES
V Kabis (Pickled Vegetables) £3.75
V Saffron Rice with vegetables £5.50
V Rice with vermicelli G £4.50
V Mixed Seasonal vegetables £4.50
V French Fries G £4.50
V Fresh Chillies xx £2.50
V Garlic Dip or Chilli Sauce x £0.95
V Basket of Bread G £1.50

Special Order dishes
These dishes require at least 24 hours notice

Mezze
Ka/e Nayeh £9.00
Lamb tartar with parsley & onion
Kibbeh Nayeh G £9.00
Lamb tartar with cracked wheat, onion & olive oil
Habra Nayeh £9.00
Lamb tartar served with garlic and onions

Mains

Molokhia with Rice G £16.50
(Minimum 4 persons; Price per person)
Chicken served with rice with the Molokhia sauce
(Molokhia – or Jew's Meadow – is a typical herb of
the Middle East), fresh onion, lemon juice or vinegar
and dry-baked bread
Syadieh with Rice nG £21.00
(Minimum 4 persons; Price per person)
Sea bass served on a bed of rice with a luxurious,
delicately spiced sauce, sprinkled with pine nuts and
fried onions
Djej Ouzi n £18.00
(Minimum 2 persons; Price per person)
Roasted chicken served with ouzi rice (delicately
spiced rice with minced lamb) and sauce; sprinkled
with fruits and nuts
Kharouf Ouzi n £19.00
(Minimum 2 persons; Price per person)
Lamb shanks served with ouzi rice (delicately spiced
rice with minced lamb) and sauce; sprinkled with
fruits and nuts
Moghrabieh Djej £18.00
(Minimum 2 persons; Price per person)
Large couscous grains cooked with shallots and chick
peas in an aromatic chicken broth served with
steamed chicken

Desserts
Baklawa ......................................................... £4.50
Six assorted layered pastries with mixed nuts
including almonds, pistachios and pine kernels.
Maamoul ........................................................ £4.50
Four assorted shortcrust pastries filled with walnuts,
pistachios, dates or almonds
Knafeh bel Jebn .............................................. £5.25
Granulated pastry on cheese, heated until it melts
and drizzled with sugar syrup
Gateau ........................................................... £5.25
Warm Pecan Pie with Cream or Ice Cream
Warm Apple Pie with Cream or Ice Cream
Lime & Mascarpone Cheesecake
Lemon Tart
Chocolate Gateau
Banofee Pie
Carrot Cake
Luxury Ice Cream; per scoop .......................... £2.50
Vanilla
Mango
Chocolate
Hazelnut
Pistachio
Pineapple
Vanilla with Rose Water or
Lemon Sorbet
Ice Cream Profiteroles ..................................... £4.50
Two hearty ice cream profiteroles
Cheese Board ................................................. £8.00
A selection of three artisan cheeses from our
delicatessen, with biscuits and fruit

Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

Meejana Christmas Menu

Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

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