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Lamb Shawarma

📍 Philadelphia Lebanese $$$

at Suraya

"Suraya's lamb shawarma — slow-roasted with garlic sauce, pickled turnip, and sumac onion — is the version that has made this Fishtown restaurant essential. The lamb is stacked on a vertical spit and roasted until the exterior chars, then sliced to order. The garlic sauce is made fresh, the pickled turnip adds acid, the sumac onion adds brightness. This is Lebanese food at its most satisfying."

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"Suraya's lamb shawarma — slow-roasted with garlic sauce, pickled turnip, and sumac onion — is the version that has made this Fishtown restaurant essential. The lamb is stacked on a vertical spit and roasted until the exterior chars, then sliced to order. The garlic sauce is made fresh, the pickled turnip adds acid, the sumac onion adds brightness. This is Lebanese food at its most satisfying."