Lebanese treats

It may not have been my first choice of restaurant, but I visited a Lebanese bistro in Southport recently and was pleasantly surprised.

The food was good and the atmosphere was authentic.

We were presented with a selection of dishes which ranged from Sujuk (homemade pan fried spicy sausages with lemon) to Laham Bilajeen (Lebanese style pizza with ground lamb, tomato, and pine nuts.)

The food was different, but tasty as well.

Meanwhile the Oscars are to be announced tonight (Sunday) in America.

Favourites to take the best picture award are The Hurt Locker and Avatar. Other films nominated in that category are The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, Inglorious Basterds, Precious, A Serious Man, Up, and Up in The Air.

Out of that list the only two I have seen are Inglorious Basterds and District 9. They were both good films, but they don’t deserve the award.

The most nominations go to James Cameron’s Avatar and his ex wife’s (Kathryn Bigelow) The Hurt Locker.

The Hurt Locker, an Iraq bomb disposal drama, won Best Film at the Baftas 2010.

Bigelow is also up against Cameron for the Best director award and if she did she would be the first female winner in this category.

Among the British nominees is Nick Park for a Matter of Loaf And Death. If he won it would be his fifth golden statuette. Although he is along way off Walt Disney who collected 26 Oscars.