Palestinian rotisserie chicken to be available at 2 Silver Spring restaurants later this month

The owner of All Set Restaurant & Bar, Money Muscle BBQ, and Fryer’s Roadside in Silver Spring is teaming up with Shababi Palestinian Rotisserie Chicken to make Shababi Chef Marcelle Afram's spatchcocked smoked chickens available at two of his restaurants later this month. Afram will use chef and restaurateur Ed Reavis' 1000-gallon smokers to duplicate the smoked chicken recipe popular in Palestine in the 1940s.

“When my grandfather was a tour bus operator in Palestine during the 1940s, Zarb, a smoked chicken dish, was a very popular offering at roadside stands,” Afram said in a statement. “This collaboration will be the first time I’ve been able to smoke Shababi chicken, thanks to Ed’s smokers. To be able to offer Shababi in one of the original styles of the Palestinian chicken which inspired the concept is very fulfilling.” 

Chefs Marcelle Afram & Ed Reavis

The Shababi pick-up and delivery menu will first be available April 17th through April 19th at Fryer’s Roadside, located at 12830 New Hampshire Avenue in White Oak. All Set at 8630 Fenton Street in downtown Silver Spring will be the pick-up location the following week, on April 24th and 25th. The April team-up will culminate in a Chef’s Dinner hosted at All Set on April 27th, featuring a family-style menu that will combine Palestinian spices and flavors with the restaurant’s seafood-focused menu.

The pick-up and delivery menu will offer the following selections: Whole Smoked Chicken ($175, serves four to six) or Half Smoked Chicken ($90, serves two to three) meals, both of which include five sides and a trio of sauces. Side items to choose from include the Smoked Pulled Lamb Leg (a Shababi favorite available for the first time as a side), Za’atar Potato Wedges, Aleppo Crisp Cukes served with chili crisp, and Taboon, a homemade flatbread topped with sumac caramelized onion and garlic spread. A la carte and other add-on options will include the “French Onion” Labneh ($11), last season’s homemade Pickles and Olives ($9), and the M’halabia ($9), a sweet milk custard topped with strawberry rhubarb jam and pistachio.

Tickets for the April 27 Chef's Dinner (menu TBD), available for $115, may be purchased through All Set’s Tock page. Pick-up and delivery orders can be made online, as well. The full pick-up and delivery menu can be seen above.

Photos by Farrah Skeiky