, Kobee Factory What’s especially hard for many of us right now is the feeling of ineffectiveness. We need to support small businesses; we want to do more. The drumbeat of these thoughts compelled me back to Kobee Factory, a tiny Syrian restaurant in Van
the steam table. (Silvia Razgova / For The Times) Kobee Factory (55) At Waha Ghreir’s Van Nuys restaurant, start with an order of fried kibbeh — the tapered croquettes common among Middle Eastern restaurants in America. Ghreir’s are superior, the
, soft whole chickpeas folded among yogurt, tahini and olive oil and topped with fried shards of pita. Kobee Factory is unassuming, with half a dozen tables and spare decor, but the cooking — uplifting, stunning — is anything but. — B.A. 14110 Oxnard St
Syria, she will always claim that whatever you have in front of you is mere sawdust compared with what comes out of her mother’s kitchen. She will say this to distract you while she snags a bit of fried onion from your plate. Kobee Factory & Syrian
Valley. Fried kobee, hummus and yogurt with cucumber at the Kobee Factory & Syrian Kitchen. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times) Her menu is small and basic. If you come to Kobee Factory looking for the kind of lavish, meze-oriented feasts you find at
Stuffed lamb intestines at the Kobe Factory. Glenn Koenig/ Los Angeles Times Is there an uglier bowl of food than Kobee Factory’s stuffed lamb intestines? I’m guessing not — the twisted gray mass looks exactly like what it is: the gnarled, knotted insides
hard, monstrous lumps, a sure sign the crab is not from local waters). I’m headed back to Los Angeles shortly — and planning on a comforting breakfast of fatteh at Kobee Factory when I land. Hope your holidays wind down peacefully. For some dining
at Hayat’s Kitchen in North Hollywood or Kobee Factory in Van Nuys. But another laudable fried starter leaps out: mashed potato patties known as potato chops, stuffed with more ground beef. The kitchen nails the crunch-squish ratios; I tend to swipe
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