Introducing our 5-Star Beirut Bowl!

Picture a tastebud-teasing Lebanese mezze on top of punchy spiced fries, loaded in a street food bowl!

This is exactly what we have created with our latest show-stopper, our '5-star' Beirut Bowl! Oh boy what a vibe it is...

We did an experimental trial of our lively new bowl concept, earlier this month.

As a low-key soft launch, we floated the idea on our chalk board menu to see how the locals responded to it.

Our first concept creations of Falafel and spiced Lamb.

With an intriguing list of locally-sourced British and Middle Eastern ingredients, our Beirut Bowl not only provoked the enthusiasm of our diehard regulars... New Forest foodies and passing by holiday-makers were keen to explore the authentic taste of Lebanon in a humble street food bowl.

We were delighted to talk through the concept several times over, confident our hungry visitors were set experience flavour combos that would fire up their tastebuds.

WHAT'S THE CONCEPT?

The Beirut Bowl is the brainchild of our mixed heritage Lebanese/British Head Fire Cook, Chris.

The real deal, and from the heart! We have family recipes from Chris's mother's homeland Lebanon, fused into this mouth-watering meal.

On his visits to Lebanon's capitol city Beirut, Chris prepared dishes with his aunties which feature the colourful ingredients that he lovingly dollops into his vibrant bowl.

Beirut, the capitol of Lebanon, inspires the culinary delights of the Beirut Bowl.

As a Beirut Bowl diner you have textures to explore that both melt in the mouth and crunch.

A lively fusion of warm Lebanese spices with kick, zest, bite and fragrant wholesomeness which provide nutritionally balanced meal (including getting your 5-a-day)!

WHAT'S IN THE 5-STAR BEIRUT BOWL?

For your proteins you have a choice of Lebanese low 'n' slow spiced lamb (smoked in our TMG offset pit smoker), beef kafte or homemade falafel (my mouth is watering as I write this... yum)!

Your lovely protein is served over crispy batata harra seasoned fries and topped with the family recipe hummous, chopped salata, pickles, chargrilled chilli peppers, harissa hot sauce, garlic toum sauce, a few olives, a smattering of chilli flakes and a sprinkling of fresh parsley.

Our 5* Beirut Bowl is fully loaded Lebanese deliciousness.

Chris's latest food creation showcases what can be done when you take a passion favourful food, work with a bunch of local, sustainable ingredients and add a Middle Eastern twist to them.

WHAT MAKES THE BEIRUT BOWL SO GREAT?

The party in the mouth and all the goodness of these lovely fresh ingredients speak for themselves…

But, the feedback?! It has been immense!

You really must try our immense, 5-star rated Beirut Bowl!

Folks are loving the Beirut Bowl, rating it 5 stars, telling their family and friends!

Thanks to the incredible response, what started as a humble food experiment is shaping up to be quite our likely Origin signature dish. After all, this is part of our origins; and we are Origin Barbecue.

Bournemouth Superstar DJ Big T devours his Beirut bowl, Beef Kafte with a cheeky bit of Falafel.

WHEN CAN I TRY THE BEIRUT BOWL?

On the weekend of Friday 8th to Sunday 10th August; he Beirut Bowl will enjoy the limelight as the star of the menu for 3 days straight.

The Friday and Saturday are regular opening days for casual dining, serving from 4-8pm. Booking is not obligatory, but if you wish to pre-order, we will be opening this option in the coming days so please check back to the Menu page of our website shortly.

Sunday 10th August is a ticket-only music event, which has been put together by independent promotors. It's called 'Deep In The Forest' and apparently it sold out weeks ago.

Beirut Bowls are on for this event!

If you are one of the lucky 250 peeps who have a ticket for that, you're in for a jolly good time!

As well as enjoying a splendid deep house music showcase by some very talented, internationally renowned DJs of that genre; you will be able to partake in some deep and delicious Beirut Bowl sampling with your friends.

...Not forgetting some some award-winning beer sampling courtesy of master brewer Neil and friends, at the Drop The Anchor tap house on site.

WE LOVE FEEDBACK!

If you were here on our experimental days and tried our Beirut Bowl, please let us know in the comments section below! We would love to hear your thoughts.

We are always keen to listen to feedback, it helps to tweak and improve our offerings!

Finally, I'll leave you this little gem to watch... It's our latest video promo by the main man videographer Keith @keithpmwhite (that's his IG).

Check out how Firestarter Chris crafts the Beirut Bowl!

Thank you for your continued support of our vision with Origin Barbecue, we appreciate every single one of you!

Big love,

Victoria, Chris and the Origin Barbecue Team.