FIne Mediterranean Cuisine from The Levant Region
During Dine Out Long Beach, one of the area’s finest Mediterranean restaurants, Ammatoli Mediterranean Bites is offering a three-course dinner for just $35 per person. It’s quite a deal and if you haven’t yet experienced Ammatoli you will be blown away by the cuisine and stylish and warm ambiance thanks to its owners' husband and wife team Sam and chef Dima Habibeh.
Ammatoli shines a spotlight on Levantine cuisine from the Middle East's Levant regions: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine. Chef Dima sources the highest quality ingredients available and the results are extraordinary flavors. Their fresh and creative menu of mezzas, kebabs, entrees, soups, salads, wraps, flatbreads, sides and desserts are made from scratch and health-oriented.
Favorites from the menu include Falafel Mezza's served with turnips, tomatoes and tahini sauce; and the perfectly fried Kibbeh with bulgur, wheat balls stuffed with ground beef and walnuts. The Fattoush salad was easily the best one I’ve ever ordered. It tasted like all of the ingredients were just picked that day: romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, parsley and radish, tossed with house dressing, sumac and toasted pita. You cannot go wrong by sharing a Mezza combo, that way you can try six of the hits from the Mezza selection. You can choose six! From the kebab and entrée menu, the grilled kebab special is exceptional, it comes with pita, sauce, rice and two sides such as tabbouleh, babaghannouj, French Fries, and Labne.
The Knafeh dessert is an incredible combination of shredded phyllo dough filled with white cheese blend, topped with orange blossom syrup and pistachios.
Dine Out Long Beach February 23 - 29, 2020
3 – Course Dinner. $35 per person, tax, and gratuity not included
+$8 Paired Glass of Wine or $6 Lebanese or Draft Beer
Mezzas -- Choice of one:
- Grape Leaves with Beets Labne Puree -- rice, tomato, parsley, onion, and fresh mint rolled in grape leaves with roasted beets labne puree.
- Spinach Kibbeh -- fried bulgur wheat balls stuffed with seasoned spinach and onions.
- Soup -- red lentil or green lentil soup
Wine pairing: Savino, Pinot Grigio or Château Kefraya, Blanc de Blancs
Main Course -- Choice of One
- Grilled Kebab -- grilled chicken or katfa kebab skewer served on a bed of turmeric rice with your choice of salad (greek, fattoush or tabbouleh)
- Chicken Shawarma -- chicken shawarma served on a bed of turmeric rice with your choice of salad (greek, fattoush or tabbouleh)
- Beef Shawarma - beef shawarma served on a bed of turmeric rice with your choice of salad (Greek, fattoush or tabbouleh)
- Ammatoli’s Signature Vegetarian Special -- Hummus, tabbouleh, two falafels and two grape leaves
Wine pairing: Marco Bonfante, Stella Rosa or Château Kefraya Les Bretèches, Blend
Dessert -- Choice of one:
- Ammatoli’s Homemade Baklava -- baked layers of phyllo dough pastry, crushed walnuts and pistachio, topped with our homemade orange blossom syrup and pistachios!
- Basbousa Semolina Coconut Cake -- basbousa semolina coconut cake drenched with orange blossom syrup and garnished with almonds and rose petals. a traditional Egyptian dessert made throughout the Levant, especially during wintertime.
Wine pairing: Moncigale 'Roquatelle', Cotes De Province, Fruité Rosé or Paul Jaboulet “Parallèle 45” Blanc
Menu available from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday; 11 a.m. to 10:p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Ammatoli Mediterranean Bites is at 385 E. 3rd St. in Long Beach. 562.435.0808.
