By TULSA TO DO on Nov 10, 2011, at 12:00 PM Updated on 11/09 at 9:42 PM
TULSA TO DO
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Everything is made by hand for the Lebanese Hafli dinner. For tabouli, parsley is chopped, lemons are squeezed and garlic is pressed.
I've tasted Lebanese food that tasted like it came packed and frozen from a food service truck. It's disappointing when you're ready for fresh, authentic food and it tastes anything but.
That would never happen at Hafli, the annual Lebanese dinner at St. Antony Orthodox Church. The food here is perfect, made exactly the same way by generations of Tulsans with Lebanese roots.
It's the intimacy of Hafli that makes it so special. A small dining room leaves everyone elbow to elbow, happy to have plates of grilled chicken, hashwa, cabbage rolls and hummus. The kitchen is just as intimate, leaving you wondering how these great cooks can make literally thousands of cabbage rolls in such tight quarters.
The dinner runs Thursday through Sunday, but even if your schedule won't let you stay for lunch or dinner, stop by and pick up food from the deli. You'll find exceptional hummus, baklava and meat pies among many others.
HafliWhen: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. Sunday
Where: 2645 E. Sixth St., west of the University of Tulsa at Sixth Street and Columbia Avenue
Cost: $15 for adults, $5 for children 12 and younger
Dinner includes: grilled chicken breast served over hashwa – a blend of rice, beef and almonds – cabbage roll, hummus, pita bread, salad, butter cookies and drink
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