235336 Fri Feb 26 10:13:07 -0800 1999 2 19 Outer Boroughs 0 1247438 The Waterfalls Cafe at 144 Atlantic Avenue is the best of that strip of Middle Eastern restaurants and one of the better Arab restaurants in NYC. The owner, Aladdin Hussari, serves the usual Middle Eastern classics--babaganoush, shish kebob, falafel, etc.--but specializes in Syrian dishes found nowhwere else (that I know of). These include mouhamarah, a spicy red spread made from red peppers, chile peppers, walnuts and oil, and motawama, a cooling salad of pureed baby zucchini with garlic and oil. Check out the refrigerated case at the end of the restaurant: There you will also find a wide variety of unique preparations, like swiss chard with a spicy dressing, vegetarian stuffed cabbage, moulkeya and shampat (a stew of cracked wheat in a spiced tomato broth). They also do the standards better than the competition--smoky babaganoush, juicy lamb chops and one of the best chicken shawarmas in the city. This is a friendly storefront restaurant with excellent food and it deserves to be better known. Fri Feb 26 10:13:07 -0800 1999 0 Andrew Coe 1 1247441 They have that yummy red pepper spread at El Asmar, also on Atlantic Ave., too. I love El Asmar. Not a restaurant, though. That swiss chard sounds very fine. I'll have to get me some. Fri Feb 26 14:10:03 -0800 1999 1247438 0 Jessica 1 1247847 Hellow I am a chef at a small but busy English pub situated in the middlands of England.We are currently looking for new and tastey ideas for our new menu and we would be most grateful if you could forward us a recipe for Babaganoush. If you could do that for us It would be great. Thanks heaps Martin James Head Chef 'The Kings Head' Aston cantlow, England Mon Oct 11 15:22:45 -0700 1999 1247438 0 martin james