Lamejunes!

[deguspice]

A couple of days ago, driving through Tewksbury I saw a new sign saying:

Johnny's Market
Middle Eastern Food

I didn't have time to stop, but I made a note of it. When I got home, I called them up and asked if they carry lamejunes. It turns out they carry both fresh and frozen, regular meat or spicy. I'm pleased. I love lamejunes(*).

The store also carries baklava and other pastries, several different varieties and brands of havlah, several barrels of olives (I'm not an olive fan, so I didn't really notice), spices, beverages, and other stuff that's not easy to find in the area. The market just opened 3 months ago.

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(*) When I was twelve-years-old, an Armenian friend of the family introduced me to lamejunes. They're sort of the Areminian version of a pizza. It's made of very thin and soft dough covered with spices, ground meat (or no meat), and finely chopped peppers.

Lamejunes make a great snack or a meal (I usually cook them flat and then roll them up like a cigar to eat them).

Before now, the only place I could get them was in Watertown at one of the middle eastern stores along Mount Auburn St. On the rare occasions I'm in Watertown in the daytime, I'd try to pickup a half dozen lamejunes (on occasion, I've borrowed a friends fridge to keep them cold while visiting).

So I'm happy that I now have a local store.

If you want to check them out, they're at 1487 Main St. (Rt. 38) and open until 8pm. They're in the same plaza as Kyoto restaurant (average tapanaki grill), so look for the green Kyoto sign.

p.s. They're pronounced "lah-meh-junes".

Comments

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

In fact--and I shouldn't say this loudly in an Armenian neighborhood--lahmacun, lamejune, or however it's spelled in the particular place serving it, is served in many places in the former Ottoman imperial lands. and in places where immigrants from those lands have settled. I saw them in Turkey, Syria, and Cyprus.

They're yummy.

Say, maybe I'll get one locally. Here in Karlsruhe, there are lots of Turkish restaurants which sell pide and lahmacun.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

When I was paying for the lamejunes, the guy behind the counter asked if I was Armenian.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm actually in Watertown on Mt Auburn on a regular basis since one of my appointments is there. Had I only known:)

Congrats on finding them near you

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

Yay! I love lamejunes. I can get them in watertown easily because of the armenian and lebanese population.

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

I want one now. Dang.

[candle-light.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for the pointer. Serious bonus points for only being a couple of miles from the house. :-)

Have you ever tried looking for lamejunes in Lawrence? There are a lot of exotic markets and restaurants there.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for the pointer.

I was hoping that it would be of interest to the local people.

Have you ever tried looking for lamejunes in Lawrence?

I haven't noticed anything obvious. But now that I'm aware that lamejunes are available someplace other than Watertown, I'll look the next time I'm in Lawrence.

[dianec42.livejournal.com]

"Looking for lamejunes in all the wrong places"...

[tcb.livejournal.com]

ah, now I understand your pre-Arisia comment about Lamejuns! must try them now!

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

They'd probably make good snacks for Arisia.

While writing up my description of lamejunes, I was thinking that I should get a bunch of tooth picks and serve slices of rolled up lamejune at a party (but not this weekend, I have chili(*) to make for that).

(*) My sister gave me a bag of "Ass Kickin' Chili Fixins (http://www.peppers.com/itemdetails.cfm?ID=1866)".

[tb]

Cool; I've been meaning to check that place out but keep forgetting about it. Just yesterday I was thinking that I'd have to make a trip to Watertown soon since I'm down to my last bottle of pomegranate molasses, plus I've been craving lamejunes too.

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

I first had them in Australia, where they were called "lebanese pizza".

There's a great Middle Eastern store in Quincy. They don't have lamejunes, but they sell fresh halal meat, greek yoghourt and frozen paratha and some frozen saffron-flavored bread which I'm rapidly developing a taste for.

It also gives me a chance to practice my Arabic which has gotten horribly rusty.