Ashourya
Marseille, France
The read// why locals go
Ashourya cooks Syrian food on Cours Julien, everything made in the house kitchen, from kibbeh and arayes to bamia and sabanekh. The kitchen leans on the Levantine repertoire with a Mediterranean accent, and the room is built for lingering rather than for a quick plate — the sort of address where a table fills up with small dishes and nobody hurries. It is a halal kitchen, and the card carries enough vegetarian and vegan cooking that a mixed table is straightforward rather than a negotiation. Mains sit around eighteen euros, ordered a la carte. A second Ashourya address works Boulevard National, but this is the Cours Julien room, in the middle of the quarter's noise.
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Cours Julien 26, 13006 — Marseille
The read// why locals go
Ashourya cooks Syrian food on Cours Julien, everything made in the house kitchen, from kibbeh and arayes to bamia and sabanekh. The kitchen leans on the Levantine repertoire with a Mediterranean accent, and the room is built for lingering rather than for a quick plate — the sort of address where a table fills up with small dishes and nobody hurries. It is a halal kitchen, and the card carries enough vegetarian and vegan cooking that a mixed table is straightforward rather than a negotiation. Mains sit around eighteen euros, ordered a la carte. A second Ashourya address works Boulevard National, but this is the Cours Julien room, in the middle of the quarter's noise.
