A few blocks from my London flat is the Berber & Q Shawarma Bar. It’s our favorite neighborhood restaurant – one of those places that you want to go back to again and again to eat the same exact thing because it’s THAT good! Intensely flavorful smoky cumin-scented grilled meats, vegetables and dips are served with technicolor toppings, delicious drizzles of tahini, pomegranate molasses, olive oil and lemon, sprinkles of pomegranate seeds, spices and fresh herbs. Their signature dish and the one that I have come to adore the most is their Cauliflower Shawarma.
Shawarma is the ever-popular Middle Eastern street food, usually a meat-centric dish of beef, lamb or chicken cooked on a rotisserie, sometimes grilled, shaved onto a plate or stuffed into a wrap and served with a variety of accompaniments such as tahini, hummus, herbs and cucumbers.
Cauliflower shawarma is the vegetarian approach to this irresistible dish. I’m pretty sure Berber & Q invented it and their recipe is in their brand new cookbook Berber & Q. …
