lahmajune in the east bay?
greetings all... does anyone know of a good place to get lahmajune (the armenian flatbread with the addictive meat topping) in the east bay? or sf, or anywhere else in the bay area for that matter? preferably at a deli/market for purchase by the dozen (or two) rather than at a resto... danke!!!
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don't know if anyone is reading this thread anymore, but - turns out turkish kitchen in downtown berkeley has excellent lahmajune! spelled the turkish way, lahmacun. it's a resto, not a market, but it's delish.
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re: elmwoodchica
Robert Lauriston
Sep 29, 2011 09:37 AM
Almost everything I've had at Turkish Kitchen has been great.
They ought to have them at St. Vartan's annual festival, which is the first weekend in October, but I can't remember for sure.
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re: twocents
i didn't think everything at turkish kitchen was great, but their lahmajune did hit the spot for me (and sometimes, that can be a very idiosyncratic thing, when trying to satisfy a memory!).
i'm planning to check out st. vartan's, and maybe st. john's in SF in a couple of weekends as well (http://www.stjohnarmenianchurch.com/b...). the summer-long food prep schedule on their website alone is enough to make me curious.
the one time i checked out oasis, what they had seemed like sfiha rather than lahmajune (thicker bread, less vegetal-y filling).
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re: elmwoodchica
St. Vartan's definitely has it and the fest is next weekend (10/7 - 10/8). My Armo bf thinks fondly of it if that helps. He buys a couple dozen and keeps them frozen until he has a craving. They have a big to-go food section with lots of stuff made by the church ladies. Great dolmas as I recall.
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re: davepitt
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re: Robert Lauriston
Of course they are. Being Armenian I've been eating them since I was a kid (though we spell them "lamejun". My point was that having a Turkish vendor at an Armenian church festival may be considered a little insensitive. I edited my post because I realized I didn't want to get into a political discussion on a food board.
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re: davepitt
Robert Lauriston
Nov 1, 2011 08:55 PM
All the food at St. Vartan's is made by volunteers. I didn't mean that Turkish Kitchen would be there.
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hi folks,
thanks for all of the suggestions... is fremont really the closest lahmajune to berkeley/oakland? wow!thanks for the spelling advice... i know, it's spelled in a million different ways. even just the armenian version is transliterated as lahmajoon, lahmajun, lahmajune, lamajune, lahmahjune, and on and on... i'd never seen "lahambajin" of "laham bel-ajeen" though. interesting. the turkish version i had when i was in turkey, and i have to say... can't remember what it was but there's something about the armenian version i like better. maybe just that it's the stuff i remember eating when i was a kid growing up in LA? probably.
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Melanie Wong
Aug 18, 2006 06:33 AM
If a Levant version would suit you, then check out Iraqi baker, Rihab's in Belmont.
Laham Bel-ajeen @ Rihabs in Belmont
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re: Peter Cherches
Melanie Wong
Aug 18, 2006 09:34 PM
That doesn't surprise me. That was the spelling on the menu, and each place uses a slightly different phonetic spelling to convert from arabic or other native language.
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