Dining in Bekaa Valley

On Monday night, we went out from Damascus in the direction of Lebanon. It was a farewell do for us in yet another one of those amazing restaurants one could find in Damascus.

The place is at the edge of the well known Bekaa Valley, a fertile land located between Damascus and Beirut, though we were still on the Syrian side. Beirut was just 30 km further on. The Bekaa Valley is in-between the two famous mountain ranges in the region known as the Mount Lebanon to the West and the Anti-Lebanon mountains to the east in Syria. We were smacked on the foot of the Anti-Lebanon mountains.

Just South we could see Mount Hermon or known as Jabal Haramon. It is prominent for its snowy top on the border between Syria and Lebanon. It also overlooks the Golan Height where a small contingent of Austrian army is posted there to oversea that nothing is happening in this most sensitive real estate. The place was annexed by Israel during the war with Syria.

Back to this amazing restaurant, it has an Egyptian theme. The front of the restaurant is lined up with pharaonic sculptures, the inside equally has lots of Egyptian artifacts. Simply amazing to dine here knowing that I was quite close to one of the world's hot spots.