Arabian House

Take Away
Chicken Tagine with more rice than any three humans could eat in one sitting for a fiver?
You’d be forgiven for thinking it’d be the single worst meal you’d ever have eaten in your life. There though you’d be wrong. Each order of this wonderful stuff comes with about a third of a large chicken that tastes as though it’d been cooked in a real tagine and a box… yes a box of cardamom infused rice.
Not the single greatest take-​away I’ve ever had, but they manage to provide really tasty food quickly and at a great price.

If, like me, you tend to order food rather a lot (no comments on my cooking habits, now) then you’ll know that Leeds has lots of places to choose for Indian, Chinese, kebabs and such like. When it comes to such cuisines as Lebanese we have much less option, so having spotted Arabian House on Unilocal I was keen to give them a go. Since Hungry House had decided to gift me 20% discount again, I was all over it. Not least because it had gotten past 8pm, I’d nothing to cook, and I was starving!
The menu offers a number of interesting and authentic dishes and because I’m indeciseive I opted for the mixed grill. To accompany this I chose some tzatziki, hummous, and a naan. The chap had a mosaghat batinjan (various spiced veggies with rice) and with all of the items a veritable feast arrived. Given the discount, the total order came to about £15 so it’s incredibly reasonable, and they certainly don’t scrimp on the portions.
The hummous and tzatziki came in huge foil dishes, so there was plentiful dipping option, the naan was gargantuan, the mixed grill had tons of pieces of chicken, a huge wing, and a large lamb kebab sausage. The veggie dish was a large vat of goodness in itself, and came with a huge portion of beautifully scented rice. It really was the best rice I’ve had from a take away — long grained, infused with real cinnamon sticks, and other stuff. The chips I ordered as a side with the mixed grill came, also, in a huge box. We were not short on carbs.
It took a little while to come, being about 10 – 15 minutes later than the latest possible time, so order early. As for the taste, I wasn’t too impressed with the hummous, as it seemed a little bland. The garlic dip, on the contrary, was so garlicky it almost tasted spicy. The chips, being thin fries, had gotten a touch soggy from the condensation in the packet, but the mixed grill was great. I preferred the chicken to the lamb, as I’ve had better, but the chicken was cooked beautifully and went extremely well with the tzatziki. The rice was exquisite, and I’d certainly recommend you order it to accompany anything from here. (Except maybe the desserts.)
All in all, it’s certainly worth trying something from the varied menu. Russell C wasn’t kidding on the portion sizes, so you can double up, save even more cash, and still enjoy a relatively healthy meal considering you’re ordering take away. I’ll likely try them again, but hope next time that the hummous is a little more flavoursome, and the wait not so long for arrival! In any case, it’s definitely recommended.