{"id":64209,"date":"2025-11-25T10:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/64209\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:37:06","slug":"best-of-houston-2025-best-middle-eastern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/64209\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Of Houston\u00ae 2025: Best Middle Eastern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Best Middle Eastern: Rumi\u2019s Kitchen<\/p>\n<p>Since opening two years back in Uptown\u2019s Post Oak Place, Rumi\u2019s Kitchen has brought Houston some of the city\u2019s most exciting Persian flavors. Chef Ali Mesghali showcases dishes like charred saffron-orange shrimp kabob, grape-molasses glazed lamb ribs, roasted corn ribs with black seed dukkah and three-bone pomegranate short rib. Flawlessly spiced and artfully presented, the dishes pair gorgeously with inventive cocktails and a world-class wine list; while weekend brunch service brings delights from Iranish coffee to shakshuka.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Rumi&#039;s+Kitchen\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xc0b790f8c6279939?sa=X&amp;ved=1t:2428&amp;ictx=111\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1801 Post Oak<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>713-715-7020<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rumiskitchen.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rumiskitchen.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/?post_type=newspack_collection&amp;p=390334\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 1 \u2013 Dec 31, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Best Middle Eastern: Rumi\u2019s Kitchen Since opening two years back in Uptown\u2019s Post Oak Place, Rumi\u2019s Kitchen has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33556,21142,2325,33557,33558,226,56,58,57,33559,33560,33561,66,33562,33563,67,33564],"class_list":["post-64209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-best-middle-eastern","tag-best-of-houston","tag-cuisine","tag-falafel","tag-fattoush","tag-homepage","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-iranian-food","tag-kabob","tag-lamb","tag-local","tag-middle-east-fare","tag-persian","tag-restaurant","tag-rumis-kitchen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}