Taqwa's Bakery & Restaurant
4651 S 27th St., (414) 539-6878
taqwasbakery.com
Levantine
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Step into Taqwa’s Restaurant & Bakery and you’ll find a lovely space decorated with artwork and textiles painstakingly transported from the owners’ travels to Jordan. But equally lovely is the feast of dishes on Taqwa’s menu which celebrates the fare from climes including Jordan and Palestine.
Stand-outs include signature entrees like dawalee (grape leaves stuffed with seasoned meat and rice) are served alongside roasted chicken with yogurt cucumber salad; along with daily specials like malfof (stuffed cabbage leaves and mansaf, leg of lamb cooked in yogurt sauce with rice.
Be sure to try the freshly baked manakish (Palestinian taboun bread; I love it topped with cheese and za'atar), and don’t leave without ordering something from the list of freshly baked sweets (both the maamoul and warbat are outstanding).
During Ramadan (March 11 through April 9) guests are invited to enjoy a nightly iftar buffet beginning at 7 p.m. Reservations are requested and can be made by calling the restaurant at (414) 539-6878.
Recommended: manakish; dawalee (grape leaves); daily specials
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