Paramount Fine Foods Restaurant review

Paramount Find Foods Restaurant

Paramount Fine Foods serves Lebanese food. The restaurant has a nice simple cellar type environment, with a mix of a bar table and restaurant, it is a nice casual environment to chat and eat. They have quite a selection of food choices, from sandwiches to pizzas to burgers and grill items.

Restaurant Impressions:

• nice simple relaxing environment
• bad service
• spacious seating

complimentary bread (?)

My friend who recommended this place to us was very excited for this complimentary bread to come. We could understand her excitement when the waitress brought over the bread.

another view of the complimentary bread, see how big it is?

We were laughing when the bread came because it was so big! This bread was served very hot and fresh. Its taste is very light and crispy. This bread is hollow. We didn't end up finishing this bread though. The other foods were very filling themselves. This bread did make waiting for the food much easier. We were all very impatient hungry people. (=D)

our pizzas left to right: Spicy Chicken, Cheese with Zaatar and Spinach with Cheese

Upon my friend's recommendations, we decided to get 3 pizzas and split them. We ordered Spicy Chicken, Cheese with Zaatar and Spinach with Cheese! They were all so tasty and served really hot! They were thin hand made pizzas. They didn't have a strong taste nor any "pizza sauce" (like Italian pizzas). they were special. (check below to see the menu, the prices were very reasonable). The portions did not look very big, but don't let that fool you. We were so full when we finished our last slice.

1. The Spicy Chicken was a little Spicy, I didn't know Spicy chicken can be turned into a pizza dish (in a good way). The pizza contained diced grilled chicken flavoured with spices & mixed with a spicy sauce.

2. The Cheese with Zaatar tasted strongly of herbs. (Zaatar is a type of spice, the blend it with), the pizza contained Melted Accawi cheese with Zaatar. It was everything you needed to satisfy your taste buds: oily cheesy, salty and herb...y.

3. after having the 2 pizzas I thought, ok, there shouldn't be anything better... but once I tried the Spinach with Cheese pizza, I was surprised, there IS something else that is better. This pizza was Spinach mixed with onions & sumac topped with melted Accawi cheese. A different kind of goodness from the other 2 pizzas.

Kebbeh Piece

We ordered these appetizers called Kebbeh Piece, they didn't come till we were half way done our pizzas though. I think the waitress should have brought these out for us first since they were "appetizers". Anywayz... I have never had Kebbeh before, but it is really delicious! These Kebbeh were served with hummus (as a dipping sauce).

This restaurant makes Kebbah with Ground sirloin mixed with cracked wheat & stuffed with spiced beef & cashew nuts fried in vegetable oil. (am I making your mouth watery? :D)

So what are Kebbeh? It is made from Bulghur (a type of wheat) mixed with minced onions and beef/lamb. It is then fried. I did some research and discovered that Kebbeh is considered a national dish of the Lebanese. (Some spell Kebbeh like Kibbeh, but they are the same thing).

This was really delicious too! (I highly recommend these Kebbeh Piece)

partial menu of the appetizers

partial menu of the pizzas

The prices are reasonable, as a party of 3 hungry people (and given we were all hungry from work and rehearsal), this meal costed less than $20 in total. I am absolutely content by the quality and quantity of this restaurant. I will definitely be coming back to this place very soon. (I hope they improve on service soon!)

I am so glad to be acquainted with Lebanese food this time. I have never thought about what food they have,  I am so glad to have had the opportunity to try something new! Thanks to my friend Lydia for recommending us to this place!

rating: 9/10

website: http://www.paramountfinefoods.com/index.html