1/5 Shaden H. 1 month ago on Google • 46 reviews New
I
had
the
canaan
bowl
with
chicken.
It
was
alright.
The
service
was
slow.
My
problem
however
is
that
the
so-called
"CEO"
of
the
restaurant
cannot
identify
the
origins
of
the
dishes
on
his
menu.
I
asked
him
where
he
thought
baba
ganoush
was
from
and
he
said
“it’s
not
from
anywhere”
but
it's
Colombian
because
it’s
"made
with
Colombian
ingredients.”
Let’s
be
clear:
baba
ganoush
is
from
the
Levant
region.
This
includes
Palestine,
Jordan,
Syria,
and
Lebanon.
If
you’re
going
to
put
something
on
the
menu
from
another
culture,
at
least
be
able
to
say
that
it’s
from
there,
instead
of
misappropriating.
Also,
Canaan
literally
refers
to
the
land
that
the
Levant
people
descend
from.
Additionally,
one
of
the
coffees
offered
is
"ibrik"
which
translates
into
"pot"
in
Arabic
and
this
way
of
drinking
coffee
originated
in
Yemen
and
it's
how
Arabs,
Turks,
Armenians,
Bosnaks,
drink
their
coffee.
Fusion
menu
is
fine,
but
disrespecting
other
cultures
by
calling
their
food
your
own
is
NOT
okay.
Edit:
modifying
my
review
to
1
star
due
to
the
owner’s
stupid
response.
My
review
said
nothing
about
any
conflict.
I
was
simply
stating
that
the
owner
was
culturally
misappropriating
the
food
by
saying
that
baba
ganoush
is
“not
from
anywhere”
(which
is
obviously,
false).
But
since
he
decided
to
bring
politics
into
the
picture,
then
let
me
correct
him
by
saying
that
there
is
no
“war”
happening,
only
a
genocide,
and
no
“peace”
is
possible
when
one
side
is
mercilessly
slaughtering
the
other.
If
you’re
going
to
cook
Palestinian/Levant
food,
don’t
strip
it
from
its
cultural
identity,
especially
at
a
time
when
Palestinians
(&
Lebanese)
are
currently
being
murdered.
Have
some
respect.
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