ABI Falafel: the best that the Orient can offer us

Two Palestinians wanted to bring a piece of the Middle East to Ljubljana. Ten years ago, Abid Shaar and Hasib Al Kadoura opened Falafel, the first place with Arabic food in our country. Soon after, Falafel was taken over by the Shaar family, as Hasib opened his own in Kamnik. ABI Falafel is today a well-known and popular location for gourmets.

In the first years, the offer represented the most typical Middle Eastern street food. Falafel sandwich, fatajer, hommos, Arabic wraps, shishkebab, knafa and Arabic tea are still the flagships of Abi Falafel's offer. Falafel means a small fried patty, which is not made of meat, but of chickpeas and a mixture of more than twenty spices. It is the result of thousands of years of tradition and is therefore optimal nutrition for everyone. In the Arab world, it is found right around every corner and is an indispensable part of the daily menu. It is most often served in Arabic bread with fresh vegetables and tarator, a sauce made from sesame paste and lemon.

The Shaar family is known among friends and acquaintances for their great love of cooking. This is most outwardly manifested in Abi Falafel, as the permanent offer was soon followed by other dishes that won the hearts of many gourmets. Scallop, kubbe, special and maxi sandwiches, baklava, couscous cakes, tofahije, etc. All of them are carefully prepared from the freshest and best ingredients. You could say that on Trubarjev 40 sometimes it bursts with the chef's creativity.

Among the latest innovations are the famous Arab soups and a wide selection of products that are not available in our country or whose price is excessively high on the Slovenian market due to their exotic nature. Now at ABI Falafel we can buy tahina, halva, date syrup, goat cheese in olive oil, eggplant stuffed with walnuts in olive oil, dates stuffed with almonds, fig marmalade with sesame, carob syrup, rose water, hot harissa, beans, leocha , babaganough and fragrant spices.