One Thousand Nights is the first Arabic restaurant in China and the most famous Arabic restaurant in Beijing. At present, 1111 Nights has 4 branches in China, one in Beijing in Gongti and one in Blueport, and the other two branches are located in Shanghai and Guangzhou. Opened in 1998, the current owner of the restaurant is Syrian, because of its location in the embassy area, coupled with the restaurant's strong Arabic characteristics, it has received almost all the ambassadors of Arab countries to China and countless missions to Beijing, and the activities of the Arab Embassy in China are often held here.
Chef Hussan hails from the famous Alibaba restaurant in Syria, and he personally takes care of every dish in the restaurant, from the selection of ingredients, ingredients to the production. The restaurant's menu is based on classic dishes from Iran, Syria and other Arab countries, with traditional and authentic tastes. There are many soups in Middle Eastern cuisine, such as lentil soup, mushroom soup, chicken soup, seafood soup, rice soup, onion soup, etc., all of which have distinct Arabic characteristics. The representative Middle Eastern spicy fish is a home-style Arabic stew, the meat is delicate, not spicy, with tomato sweet and sour, and the soup is mellow.
The classic snack "Falafel" is a mixture of canned Egyptian beans drained and crushed into a puree, mixed with flour, coriander, pepper, etc., kneaded into small cakes and fried, which tastes crispy and delicious. Flavored salad tabouli, with parsley as the main ingredient, supplemented with crushed wheat, tomatoes, shallots and mint, seasoned with salt, lemon juice and olive oil, the taste is refreshing and has a hint of wheat. Another salad is a crispy salad, a variety of vegetables mixed with olive oil and spices, etc., and finally sprinkled with small slices of thin crispy, slightly sour taste, quite amazing. Arabic salad does not use high-calorie sauces such as mayonnaise, and the taste is fresh and healthy.
Hummus is a must-try on the Hummus table, a mixture of hummus and white sesame paste; The Pita Bread, fluffy inside and out, fluffy and chewy when eaten hot, and served with humus sauce, is a classic Middle Eastern taste. Baba olive, also a local specialty, is made of pasty eggplant puree with tahini, walnut kernels, tomatoes, French incense, etc., and can also be eaten with Pita cake.
Grilled meat is also indispensable in Arabic cuisine. Shukaf, that is, mutton skewers, the mutton skewers grilled in Middle Eastern countries are quite different from Chinese meat skewers, the mutton needs to be crushed into meat sauce first, and then shaped and kneaded into meat pieces, skewered on iron skewers, and skewered with small tomatoes and other vegetables between the meat pieces to roast together, the unique fishy smell of mutton is heavier, but it is also quite worth trying.
The two branches of 1011 Night in Beijing are very similar in style, with charming architecture and exotic style, with domes, columns, stone carvings, murals, etc., all showing complex and gorgeous Arabic style. The restaurant has occasional performances of Arabic dancers at night. Overall, 1011 Nights is a first-class Arabic restaurant in Beijing, with basic and classic dishes, which are suitable for beginners.
