Viewing Pleasure: The Best-Named Restaurant In Rogers Park

Big Buns and Pita is an Iraqi restaurant in Rogers Park that opened last summer and has steadily been gaining attention among locals and foodies. Assyrian cooking is sort of like a mix of Middle East, Turkish and Persian cuisines, and, unsurprisingly, is one of the oldest cuisines in the region. Most of the food on the menu here consists of variations on familiar Middle Eastern dishes, included the Kubba Mosul, pictured above. Not entirely unlike the Chicken Chips that we described in the previous post, this is a flattened version of the more common kibbeh ovoid. Kibbeh, as we’re sure you know, is made from minced lamb, onions and bulgur, stuffed into a bulgur crust, and fried. The Mosul variant has a much higher surface to volume ratio, allowing for much more fried goodness per unit of lamb. Also, think of the spreading possibilities: one could dollop hummus and tabbouleh and eat like a pizza (or lamaçun if you’re cool like that).


Big Buns and Pita [MenuPages]


[Photo and Discourse: G Wiv/LTHForum]

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Viewing Pleasure: The Best-Named Restaurant In Rogers Park