St. Raymond-St. Elizabeth Lebanese Fish Fry [Video]

ST. LOUIS — On Friday evenings throughout the Lenten season, you can find a fish fry on almost every corner.

This parish is serving up vegetarian Lebanese cuisine.

On the menu, you’ll find mjadra (lentils and rice), falafel, hummus, and pita bread. 

Parishioner Tony Hamad who immigrated to St. Louis from Lebanon in 2001, says the dishes for the Lebanese fare are family recipes that are at least 100 years old.

But, you can still indulge in your typical American-style fish fry, as they are serving up hand-breaded cod, shrimp, mac and cheese, and coleslaw.

It was only natural that I brought my father along with me on this assignment. As my family has been a part of St. Raymond’s parish since the early 1900s.

This Lenten season is the first time St. Raymond-St. Elizabeth’s partnered on fish fries …