My Tannour Brussels

Syrian food at its best

Renata from Brussels

""My Tannour" in Brussels is a Syrian restaurant where they make their own Syrian bread, tannour. They also slow cook lamb in this iron oven, how delicious!"

I was walking along a street at dinnertime when, through a window, I noticed the clay oven I had seen all over Syria when I visited that beautiful and hospitable country a long time ago. It’s ubiquitous there, and it’s used to bake the “tannour”, the flatbread they use to accompany all their meals. It’s normally baked right in front of you, the smell is inviting, and the taste is unique.

Clearly, I stopped there for dinner. The bread was baked right before being served to customers, as is tradition. We ordered a “tannour plate” with vegetables & either chicken, lamb or cheese. The food was very tasty, and you could feel that it was all prepared fresh.

We went inside to have a look at the place, and we chatted with Georges, the man behind this new place. He is Syrian but moved to Belgium a long time ago. He wanted to recreate the feeling of a very Syrian place. For this, apart from the clay oven, he built a custom-made cast iron oven, which he used to cook meat slowly. It can take up to 16 hours to slow-cook lamb using a wooden fire!!! For now, Georges is the only one who can bake bread, but hopefully, he will find someone who'll be brave enough to insert his/her arm in a very hot oven with a very small opening! Check it out when you're there!

PS: the restaurant right in front is from the same guy, it is also good!

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Brussels Spotter Renata

About me: I was born and raised in Torino, in the North of Italy. Studying engineering allowed me to live in many different countries. When I came to the point where I needed to look for a job I decided I wanted to have another experience abroad. In 2003 the job offer came from Brussels, for a big multinational company. I wasn’t that excited, didn’t know Brussels very well, and I always thought it was a grey and boring city. But I moved anyway and less than 6 months later this city had already changed my opinion and I have now declared it my hometown. I’ve even bought an apartment here n...

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