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loukoum
noun
Alternative spelling of locoum
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At Boulud Sud she added several Middle Eastern dishes to the dessert menu, including a grapefruit givré with sesame halvah and rose loukoum; pistachio kataifi, and rose-marzipan gelato.
At Boulud Sud she added several Middle Eastern dishes to the dessert menu, including grapefruit givré with sesame halva and rose loukoum; pistachio kataifi, and rose-marzipan gelato.
Not for me the image of the noble Sphinx or pyramids of Giza but the syrupy recollection of baklava and camel-emblazoned boxes of perfumed, sugar-dusted loukoum (Turkish Delight to you and me) peddled to we hot, cross children by men in dresses (one of the few other things to stick in my young memory) and much fuller of eastern promise than the sickly Fry's bar back in Blighty.
Mastic gum, the sap of a special Grecian tree, gives the sugar-coated loukoum its chewy consistency; rose water provides an aromatic counterbalance to the nuts in the Turkish Delight.
She also liked a Loukoum table lamp by Christophe Côme, which was topped with a block of crystal that appeared to be melting.
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