Something

Green
Smoked Capsicum Frittata - crisp leaves, roasted sun dried tomato
oil, onion jam, cilantro avocado cream 19,000

Smoked Salmon Caesar - romaine, anchovy, parmesan and caesar

dressing, dill marinated smoked salmon walnut tartine 17,000

“Rock & Roll” Crab Salad - mixed salad, crab julienne, honey
mustard dressing, dill croutons, beetroot chips (also available with
chicken) 14,000

Salmon Niçoise - home smoked salmon niçoise, tapenade

mayonnaise, soft boiled quail eggs 16,000

Watermelon/Feta - pickled watermelon, marinated feta cheese,

toasted pumpkinseeds, walnuts, mixed leaves 13,500

Smoked Duckling Salad - roasted stone fruit salad, pickled figs,

wilted endives 27,000

Lebanese Tapas, the Amethyste way – homous, moutabel, vine

leaves, tabbouleh, cheese rakakat, spinach fatayer, mini pitas 13,000

Cheese Selection - pickled jam, roasted fruit bread 17,000

All salads can be adjusted for vegetarian requirements, please ask your waiter.
Something
Fresh
Assorted Sushi – sushi/nigiri, pickled ginger, soy sauce 16,000

Sashimi - yellow-fin tuna/salmon sashimi, kani salad 16,000

Half Smoked Balik Cut Salmon, seared, served with three salsas –
mango/ cilantro, tomato/spring onion/green chili, pineapple/crushed
3-color pepper corns 22,000

Mini Burger Trio – three mini sirloin burgers, wasabi, ketchup, truffle
mayonnaise, fries 22,000

Tempura Sushi Lollipop – wasabi mayo, sweet chilli sauce

13,000

Seared Tandoori Scallops – apple/cinnamon raita, fried papadom

29,000

Amethyste Tempura Sharing Platter – tempura prawns, sea bass

fingers, green asparagus tips, calamari, battered vegetables 45,000

Mini Kofta Kebab For Two – lamb/mint, beef/sumac, chicken/

lemongrass, sea bass/coriander, prawn/orange confit 35,000

Club Amethyste – traditional club sandwich, fries 18,000

Something
Sweet
Profiteroles – vanilla ice cream profiteroles, hot chocolate sauce,
sprinkled praline 12,500

Float Combination – balsamic strawberry, basil ice cream, red figs/

pear,
cinnamon sorbet, pomegranate, lemon/mint sorbet 15,000

Sharing Dessert Platter – sweet nibbles to share, sweet melon,

pineapple wedges, chocolate/raspberry sauce, caramelized
macadamia
nuts, chocolate cassé, pistachio tuiles 26,000

Ice Cream, your choice – vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, ashta,

ginger 15,000

Sorbets, your choice – mango, pineapple, raspberry, lychee, lemon,

mandarin 15,000

Chocolate Craziness – chocolate ice cream, brownie, chocolate

sauce, crème chantilly 15,000

Tropicana Fantasy – mango sorbet, diced mangoes, pineapples,

kiwi, roasted coconuts, crème chantilly 15,000

Peach Melba – vanilla ice cream, raspberry coulis, toasted

almonds,
crème chantilly 15,000

Banana Glacée – vanilla/chocolate ice cream, banana slices, chocolate

sauce, toasted almonds, crème chantilly 15,000

Coupe Romanoff – vanilla ice cream, strawberries, strawberry

coulis, crème chantilly 15,000

Coupe Dame Blanche – vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, crème

chantilly 15,000

Coupe Brasilia – chocolate ice cream, espresso, crème chantilly 15,000

Watermelon – chilled, sliced sweet watermelon 15,000
Pineapple Cheese Cake - raspberry coulis 15,000
History of Shisha
into Turkey about 500 years ago, it
A wise man once said: «Cigarettes are
endured a surge of popularity among
for nervous people, competitive people,
the upper class and intellectuals thus
people on the run... When you smoke a
changing in design.
Shisha, you have time to think. It teaches
you patience and tolerance. It gives you
It grew in size and complexity and
an appreciation of good company and a
became similar to designs that we are
highly balanced approach to life».
more familiar with today.
Brass and glass were added to the design
The origins of the hookah date back to
and less wood was used.
nearly a millennium and come from the
Intricate paintings and mosaics were
North Western provinces of India along
added for beauty and elegance.
the border of Pakistan. These hookahs
were simple, primitive, and rugged in
Hookah smoking migrated south into the
design and were usually made from a
Arab world from Turkey to Lebanon and
coconut shell base and tube with a head
Syria, where it got the name Arguileh.
attached.
It then spread into Egypt and Morocco,
The hookah then made its way through
where it is known as Shisha. It is also
the Persian Kingdom and acquired
known as the Hubble Bubble in Saudi
Tombeik, a dark tobacco grown in
Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
modern day Iran, which gives it a strong
flavor. The hookahs designed in the
Today, hookah bars are social places
Persian Empire are still handcrafted
where many people get together to
today, with each one being cut from a
discuss politics and local events.
piece of wood.
When the hookah made its way

Arguileh/Shisha 22,000
Moassal Bahranin Teffah
Moassal Inab
Moassal Ward
Moassal Naanaa
Moassal Farawla
Moassal Zaghloul
Moassal Lemon & Naanaa

Cigars
Cohiba Robustos 48,000
Cohiba Siglo VI 75,000
Cohiba Esplendidos 78,000
Partagas Serie P 32,000
Partagas Serie D 29,000
Punch Punch 28,000
Montecristo No.2 32,000
Montecristo Eagle 20cm 42,000
Hoyo De Monterrey Double Corona 43,000
Romeo Y Julieta Churchill 38,000

All prices are in Lebanese Pounds, including 10% VAT.

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