Maramia Cafe

Maramia Cafe London Palestinian Food

Maramia Cafe London Palestinian Food

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The latest venture majors on wild meats cooked over charcoal and craft beersThe sheer variety and quality of food available in Golborne's caf�s and restaurants never ceases to amaze.

It may be true that there's no such thing as a free lunch, but you'll find astonishing value on and around Golborne RoadOne of Golborne's favourite street food stalls, the Moroccan Soup Stand just opposite Le Marrakech grocer and butcher at 64 Golborne Road, has won the 2012 BBC Radio Four Food Programme Best Street Food awardGolborne Deli has been serving breakfast and lunch to hungry locals and visitors since 2002, but it�s recently had a revamp.

New owners George and Alex took over the business about a year ago, and they�ve given the caf� a new, contemporary styleOnce the Carnarvon Castle, lately the Fat Badger, the pub on the junction of Golborne, Bevington and Portobello Roads re-opened as Pizza East Portobello in May 2011French gourmet chef Alain Ducasse, who runs Michelin-starred restaurants around the world, has rated Golborne�s own George�s Portobello Fish Bar as the second best fish and chip shop in LondonThis restaurant is named for a Roman temple in Lebanon, one of the wonders of the ancient world, and the food there is definitely one of the wonders of modern GolborneFor delicious and authentic Spanish food, you need look no further than an old Golborne favourite, the Galicia.

Below are five places where you can enjoy your midday meal outsideWe Londoners love our Indian food so it�s a real bonus to have an excellent Indian restaurant on Golborne Road � Palki.

The fact that they also offer free delivery is even better newsMaramia Caf� at 48 Golborne Road serves, freshly prepared Palestinian and Mediterranean specialities at very reasonable prices including dishes such as tagines and falafel, and delicious mint tea more Portuguese cafe culture has a firm - and very welcome - place in the life of Golborne.

The hunt for authentic Palestinian cuisine at London's Maramia

Maramia, which is Arabic for sage, a herb that Palestinians are famous for, brands itself as “the first of its kind in the UK offering real home made Palestinian cuisine in the heart of London.”

Being a vegetarian, I ordered a grilled halloumi and zaatar (thyme) sandwich, while the bestie ordered the lamb kastaleta.

The lamb kastaleta was also served with salad, along with a garlic sauce and was marinated in their special Maramia sauce which consisted of parsley, mint, coriander, sumac, saffron, thyme, garlic chilli and yoghurt.

Before ordering the knafeh, I asked the chef if he uses Nabulsi cheese instead of the mainstream halloumi that is used in the UK, which butchers the original recipe.

Overall, minus some issues we had with texture, from the service, to the staff, to the flavours and even discussions, everything about Maramia was as Palestinian as one can get in London.

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Maramia Café at Golborne Road serves, freshly prepared Palestinian and Mediterranean specialities at very reasonable prices, and that’s including dishes such as tagines and falafel, and delicious mint tea.

Husband and wife team Mohammed Zomlot and Rola Darabaih are behind the business with Rola and Mohammed's mother preparing the food.

With a newly arrived baby on top of a new business, they've got their hands full.

It’s not difficult to see why Maramia Café is a favourite not just with your average Notting Hill- ite, but also with the likes of television newsreader Jon Snow and none other than David Cameron and wife Samantha who have been spotted relaxing over Sunday brunch here.

The Maramia menu includes an appealing selection of hot and cold mezze – all freshly prepared and carefully seasoned, Palestinian ‘sandwiches’ served in Arabic flatbreads and mouth-watering grilled meat and fish mains, cooked to family recipes.

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Known as the only Palestinian restaurant in London (and the first in the UK, according to them), Maramia sits at the end of Portobello Market has a great family vibe and exemplary service, with occasional music and dancing in the evenings.

There's great meze platters, makloubah (rice with veggies and chicken), knafeha, delicious Arabic coffee and a very interesting cheesecake.

Moreover, if you support solidarity with Palestine but haven't had a chance to travel there, this is a perfect place to experience traditional Palestinian hospitality and learn more about the country too.

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To this Babel of feeding places in one short street soon comes Moba (moba.co.uk) at number 53 offering bahn mi and boulangerie and promising a fusion of Asian and French flavours, and Percy Founders (percyandfounders.co.uk), which opens on March 26 in Fitzroy Place (where once stood the Middlesex Hospital).

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One of the best is the Sri Lankan Apollo Banana Leaf (apollobananaleaf.com), which serves dishes such as fried mutton rolls; creamy aubergine masala so good you won’t know whether to eat it or roll in it; the lurid purple guilty pleasure that is the tasty and terrifying Chicken 65; and devilled mutton, which comes covered in dark spice paste, glittering with curry leaves.

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