Ziyad Imported Tahini (16 oz.)

Item Purchased: Ziyad Imported Tahini (16 oz.)
Location Purchased: Sultan's Market / 2057 W. North Ave. / Chicago, IL
Price: $3.99 + tax
Purchased on: 01/28/2007

Review: The Ziyad Brand company was formed in Chicago in 1966 and is one of the foremost producers, importers and exporters of Middle Eastern foodstuffs in the Chicago area. They are still family owned and operated to this day and distribute to ethnic grocery stores as well as large chains. I have been buying Ziyad brand products since my first couple of months in Chicago when I would travel to the end of the brown line to visit that fragrant corner grocery with all of the flavored tobacco in its adjoining room just to buy fresh honey and falafel mix. Now that I'm more Chicago savvy, I need only to stop off at Sultan's Market for a great lunch and a few grocery essentials.

Tahini is much like peanut butter, only made from sesame seeds. I like to have it on hand with a can of garbanzo beans to make fresh hummus. It's just too bad that my blender sucks everything but what you put in it.

Ziyad's tahini is creamy and rich in flavor and one of Ziyad's imported products, so you're getting the real deal and not some American cheese rendition made by Kraft. Sure, you may pay a bit more than you may like, but if you know what to do with it, this Tahini is well worth it.

Rating: 4 / 5

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