anthony: back in the city, mamnoon restaurant on melrose. anthony: have you been here before? raft: absolutely. this is a good spot. how you doing? anthony: i ve been smoking some of your product, so uh, if i m a little unfocused raft: before this you did? anthony: uh, what s that? raft: before this? [ laughter ] anthony: before this, yeah. raft: he said, what, what, what, what, what? [ laughter ] anthony: mamnoon is a modern take on traditional syrian and lebanese food. and it s done well. there s baharat spiced beef and lamb kebabs. fried cauliflower with tahini. a summer fatteh with local squash and charred tomatoes
fried cauliflower with tahini. a summer fatteh with local squash and charred tomatoes topped with sizzling brown butter and pine nuts. that s sweet and sour rice wrapped in grape leaves. raft: this looks so good. joy: the hummus is great. raft: this is my favorite cuisine. anthony: so how s business? joy: it s been an interesting three years because i feel like every year we ve been like refining the process and trying to get better. we re the little guys. raft: right now. we re mom-and-pop. joy: yeah, we re the mom-and-pop, but see the difference is washington state set up the law to try and help mom-and-pop s get started. anthony:how did you convince the family? this must ve seemed like a sketchy venture. raft: it s a gamble. joy: he said, hey, i got a family meeting. i need you here tonight. we were all sitting there and he puts on his little powerpoint on the tv and it s about 32 pages. and he tells us, hey, we need
anthony: back in the city, mamnoon restaurant on melrose. anthony: have you been here before? raft: absolutely. this is a good spot. how you doing? anthony: i ve been smoking some of your product, so uh, if i m a little unfocused raft: before this you did? anthony: uh, what s that? raft: before this? [ laughter ] anthony: before this, yeah. raft: he said, what, what, what, what, what? [ laughter ] anthony: mamnoon is a modern take on traditional syrian and lebanese food. and it s done well. there s baharat spiced beef and lamb kebabs. fried cauliflower with tahini. a summer fatteh with local squash and charred tomatoes topped with sizzling brown
anthony: have you been here before? raft: absolutely. this is a good spot. how you doing? anthony: i ve been smoking some of your product, so uh, if i m a little unfocused raft: before this you did? anthony: uh, what s that? raft: before this? [ laughter ] anthony: before this, yeah. raft: he said, what, what, what, what, what? [ laughter ] anthony: mamnoon is a modern take on traditional syrian and lebanese food. and it s done well. there s baharat spiced beef and lamb kebabs. fried cauliflower with tahini. a summer fatteh with local squash and charred tomatoes topped with sizzling brown butter and pine nuts. that s sweet and sour rice wrapped in grape leaves.
take on traditional syrian and lebanese food. and it s done well. there s baharat spiced beef and lamb kebabs. fried cauliflower with tahini. a summer fatteh with local squash and charred tomatoes topped with sizzling brown butter and pine nuts. that s sweet and sour rice wrapped in grape leaves. raft: this looks so good. joy: the hummus is great. raft: this is my favorite cuisine. anthony: so how s business? joy: it s been an interesting three years because i feel like every year we ve been like refining the process and trying to get better. we re the little guys. raft: right now. we re mom-and-pop. joy: yeah, we re the mom-and-pop, but see the difference is washington state set up the law to try and help mom-and-pops get started. anthony: how did you convince