About Al Shami - Oxford
Al Shami is a family-run Lebanese restaurant serving up sumptuous dishes to Oxford since 1988. Opt for the Bam Yeh Milzeit – fresh okra fried with garlic in artisan olive oil, simmered in a rich tomato sauce and served on a mound of steaming rice.
£6 Dish
Step away from the sandwich
Fetta Cheese Salad (V)
White Mediterranean fetta cheese, spring onions, olive oil£5.60Jibnat Halloum Salad (V)
White Mediterranean cheese, cucumber, herbs, olive oil£5.60Arayes
Ground meat, parsley, sesame oil, pine kernels, grilled in Lebanese bread£5.50Hommos Ma’a Lahma
Puréed chickpeas, diced lamb, pine nuts£5.60Maqaniq
Lebanese fried cocktail sausages£5.50Sujuq
Armenian sausages, mildy hot and spicy£5.50
Cold Meze
Hommos (Ve)
Puréed chickpeas, sesame oil, lemon juice and garlic£5.00Hommos Beiruti (Ve)
Spicy hommos, a traditional recipe with cumin and parsley£5.25Al Rahib (Ve)
Chargrilled aubergine with spring onion, tomato, peppers and our special dressing£5.50Moutabel (Ve)
Puréed baked aubergines, sesame oil, lemon juice, garlic£5.50Tabbouleh (Ve)
Parsley, tomatoes, onions, mint, crushed wheat, lemon juice, olive oil£5.20Warak’inab (Ve)
Vine leaves stuffed with rice, herbs and spices£5.75Kabis (Ve)
A selection of Lebanese pickles£4.25Olives (Ve)
A selection of Lebanese olives£3.50Kabis and Olives (Ve)
A selection of Lebanese pickles and olives£4.25Moussaa’at Badhinjan (Ve)
Fried aubergines, chickpeas, tomatoes, spices£5.20Loubieh Bzeit (Ve)
French beans cooked in olive oil, tomatoes, onion, garlic£4.50Mohammara Bil - Jawz (Ve)
Mixed crushed nuts, red capsicum, olive oil and spices£5.75Labneh (V)
Lebanese cream cheese and strained yoghurt£4.00Laban Bi-Khyar (V)
Yoghurt with cucumber£4.00Salatah Lubnaniya (Lebanese Salad) (Ve)
Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, onions, lemon juice, olive oil£4.00Salatah Arabiya Harra (Ve)
Lebanese salad with hot green chillis£4.00Fattoush (Ve)
Mixed salad with herbs and toasted Lebanese bread£4.00Foul Moukala (Ve)
Fried broad beans, cooked in olive oil and lemon juice£4.25Kibbeh Nayeh
Ground prime cut of raw lamb, crushed wheat and spices£6.40Kafta Nayeh
Ground prime cut of raw lamb, onions, parsley and spices£6.40
Hot Meze
Batata Harra (V)
Potatoes fried in olive oil, coriander, chilli, garlic£4.50Foul Medammas (V)
Boiled fava beans, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic£4.50Fatayer Sebanikh (V)
Pastry filled with spinach, onions, pine kernels, lemon juice£4.50Sanbousek Biljibneh (V)
Pastry filled with fetta cheese£4.50Sanbousek Bil-Lahme
Pastry filled with diced lamb, onion, pine nuts£4.50Falafel (Ve)
Ground chickpeas and broadbeans mixed with spices, fried£5.20Kellage Halloum (V)
Grilled halloum cheese in bread£6.40Zahra Maqlia (Ve)
Fried cauliflower topped with sesame oil, parsley, garlic, lemon juice£4.50Jawaneh Dajaj Mashwiya
Grilled chicken wings with garlic sauce£4.50Sawda Dajaj Maqlia
Fried chicken liver£5.20Samak Bsizri Maqli
Fried whitebait£6.40
Soup
Lentil Soup (Ve)
Lentils, rice, onions and garlic, served with pitta bread croutons£4.50Tomato Soup (Ve)
Tomatoes, onion, garlic£4.50Vegetable Soup (Ve)
Vegetables in a tomato-based broth£4.50Chicken Soup
Chicken, onions, cream and a little wheat flour£4.50
Vegetarian
Al-Shami Special Vegetables (Ve)
A selection of vegetables in a spicy tomato sauce£9.20Mujadara (V)
Cracked wheat, lentils and fried onions, served with yoghurt£9.20Bam Yeh Bilzeit (Ve)
Okra fried in olive oil, garlic and tomatoes, served with rice£10.50Sebanikh Bilzeit (Ve)
Spinach cooked in olive oil with fried onions and lemon juice£9.20Ardi-Shoki (Ve)
Artichokes with selected vegetables cooked in our special sauce£10.40
Wraps
Shish Taouq Wrap
£6.00Shawarma Chicken
£6.00Falafel and Hommous
£6.00Halloumi and Chips Wrap
£6.00Kafta kebab wrap
Minced lamb kebab marinated with onion and parsley.£6.00
Fish
Suyahdiyah
Spiced rice topped with fish, served with salad£11.00
Charcoal Grill
Mixed Grill
Kafta, chicken and lamb cubes, garnished with onions, mushrooms and tomatoes£11.50Kafta Kebab
Ground meat with onions, herbs and spices£11.50Kafta Kash Kash
Ground meat with onions, herbs and spices in tomato sauce£11.50Laham Mashwi Ma’a Al-Fitr
Tender lamb cubes grilled with onions, tomatoes, mushrooms£11.50Kastaletta
Lamb cutlets served with grilled tomatoes and peppers£11.50Farrouj Mashwi with Hot Sauce
Baby chicken, grilled and served with hot sauce£11.50Farrouj Mashwi with Garlic
Baby chicken, grilled and served with garlic£11.50Shish Taouq
Boneless chicken marinated in garlic, lemon juice and olive oil, grilled£11.50Al-Shami Kebab
Ground meat with herbs and spices, grilled and topped with garlic and sesame oil£11.50Ardi-Shoki Ma’a Lahma
Artichokes topped with diced lamb and pine nuts in a tomato sauce£11.50Daoud Basha (Lebanese Meatballs)
Lamb and cracked wheat balls cooked in tomato sauce, served with cracked wheat£11.50
Side Orders
Mixed Vegetables Sauté (V)
£3.50Peas Sauté (V)
£3.50French Beans Sauté (V)
£3.50French Fries (Ve)
£3.50Rice (Ve)
£3.50Bulgur (Cracked Wheat) (Ve)
£3.50Lebanese Bread (Ve)
£0.50
Soft Drinks
Orange Juice
£1.50Apple Juice
£1.50Coca Cola
£1.50Diet Coke
£2.007.Up
£2.00Tonic Water
£1.50Soda Water
£1.50
Mineral Water
Evian (0.5L)
£1.50Perrier (0.33L)
£1.50
Lebanese Wines - Rose Wines
Musar Jeune, Chateau Musar
£23.50
Lebanese Wines - Red Wines
Wardy, Terroirs Rouge, Bekaa
£23.45Musar Jeune, Chateau Musar
£23.50
Arak
Arak is the traditional drink of Lebanon and several neighbouring countries. It is distilled from grape and flavoured with aniseed and is normally served with water and ice.
Touma Arak (Bottle 14cl)
£18.95Touma Arak (Bottle 27cl)
£26.95
Beers (By Bottle)
Almaza (Lebanese Beer), Stella Artois, Kaliber (Low Alcohol)
£3.60
