The result was swoon-makingly soft, juicy and tender, the flesh puckered in nubbly ridges, the blackened edges deliciously crusty, the whole thing like comfort food as ordered by the gods of Lebanon.
Only the pizzas were any good; the bases nubbly and just thick enough to hold with the fingers without risking the dreaded droop.
This one was black and secretive, soft and yielding, with a wonderfully nubbly surface accentuated by sourdough crumbs.
But then the bread arrives – exquisite rolls scented with black onion seed or nubbly granary bread spiked with chilli and coriander, served with tiny phials of spiced salts.
I considered sending it back, but reasoned that Stephen was not a chef you argue with (I still maintain that best end of lamb should be cooked until it's nubbly and tight and the crust is, you know, crusty).
The walls are nubbly whitewashed brick, growing herbs sprout from zinc pails on every limed oak table, and a giant dried lavender heart hangs from the roof beams.
Slow-acting, eloquent color was Vuillard's forte, reinforced by intricate, nubbly paint textures.
He tore up the old nubbly blue carpet and put down a new nubbly blue carpet and restocked the cafeteria with frozen burgers and hot dogs, cases of soda, and industrial sheets of Jell-O and chocolate cake.
Inside, I took a good look at the cheap white dinnerware and ashtrays scattered around the nubbly blue carpet, tapped my fingers on the stacked-up plastic tables, and inhaled the stink of beer and mildew and the eggy scent of old sex.
The DVD catches and groans, but beneath it I can still hear the dehumidifier humming, and feel the nubbly carpet under my legs, as the pile diminishes at last.
