i love the concept of kibbeh. it's meat. surrounded by meat. that's beautiful. MEAT SURROUNDED BY MEAT!!! we had this place in bloomington on 4th street. it was called the international market or some generic name but we referred to it as ali's because that was the name of the guy who owned the pad. even after ali left to open another store on 10th we called the 4th street one ali's for months to come. actually, i don't think we ever stopped. every chance we got we would try to persuade him to give us a discount. he finally gave it to us when we came back to it after graduating. come to think of it, he was one shrewd dealer. in conclusion, i would like to reiterate my point: meat surrounded by meat. just beautiful.