All About Me
My name is Rahma Abdallah and I am a high school student and amateur food critic/writer. I live in New York and I love to review restaurants extensively; this love stems from watching cooking show after cooking show, starting when I was 4 years old. My favorite cuisines, restaurant wise, are Japanese and Italian, but I love exploring and delving into other cuisines. I will be reviewing these NY restaurants based on, first and foremost, food, then service, then ambiance, and the relative price based on the quality of these factors.
As aforementioned, my journey started at 4 years old, and it was the day I watched the first Masterchef episode ever aired. Something clicked inside of me that day, whether it be my need to explore food or my amazing ability to binge shows on Netflix and Hulu. Let's be honest, it was definitely both of those things.
Another factor that led to the creation of my review site was just growing up enjoying authentic Palestinian food. As a Palestinian woman, I feel the need to keep my culture intact while living in Brooklyn, and it is just empowering to relish classic dishes and feel connected. Some of these classics are: maklouba, a versatile flipped rice dish with meat and vegetables, kubbeh, a minced meat croquette with bulgur wheat, and the national dessert of knafeh, fine semolina dough with cheese with rosewater and pistachios, among many others. The desire to preserve this rich culture within myself drives me to learn about other cultures as well, and the best way I can do that and truly appreciate what there is to offer is through cuisine and food.
To me, food is education and it is all a learning experience no matter what, so I launched this site in the midst of a pandemic to try to bring about a sense of normalcy and return myself, as close as I could, to life as I knew it. I have dined outdoors a bunch of times and I have enjoyed a lot of it.
As aforementioned, my journey started at 4 years old, and it was the day I watched the first Masterchef episode ever aired. Something clicked inside of me that day, whether it be my need to explore food or my amazing ability to binge shows on Netflix and Hulu. Let's be honest, it was definitely both of those things.
Another factor that led to the creation of my review site was just growing up enjoying authentic Palestinian food. As a Palestinian woman, I feel the need to keep my culture intact while living in Brooklyn, and it is just empowering to relish classic dishes and feel connected. Some of these classics are: maklouba, a versatile flipped rice dish with meat and vegetables, kubbeh, a minced meat croquette with bulgur wheat, and the national dessert of knafeh, fine semolina dough with cheese with rosewater and pistachios, among many others. The desire to preserve this rich culture within myself drives me to learn about other cultures as well, and the best way I can do that and truly appreciate what there is to offer is through cuisine and food.
To me, food is education and it is all a learning experience no matter what, so I launched this site in the midst of a pandemic to try to bring about a sense of normalcy and return myself, as close as I could, to life as I knew it. I have dined outdoors a bunch of times and I have enjoyed a lot of it.