According to popular music, there are many bad situations you can find yourself in when you’re in the desert during the day. You could be riding over sand dunes with red, peeling skin on a horse with no name, or become sweaty and tortured after spending hours under the sun on a quest for a rare desert rose. Desert nights, on the other hand are a different story – especially when they’re spent enjoying regional cuisine and a hookah at a Middle Eastern café just on the outskirts of the dry, sandy expanse. Experience a figurative yet ideal night in the desert with today’s WagJag: $29 for $70 worth of appetizers, desserts and hookah at Desert Nite's Hookah Bar & Lounge.
Exhibiting a softly-lit, well-cushioned seating area and an atmosphere filled with scents of shisha and Middle Eastern spices, Desert Nite's Hookah Bar & Lounge is an oasis within the busy streets of downtown Vaughan. Diners can step inside to experience the same authentic cultural consumption they would if they were at a real Arabian coffee shop, or Qahwa, where people gather to play games, have a cup of tea and a snack, and of course, smoke a hookah pipe. Your taste buds will be equally entranced with the eclectic mix of appetizers, desserts and 25 different fruity tobacco blends, some of which have been mixed in-house.
Indulge in puffs of Avalanche Banana, Melon Dew or Red Venom Cherry ($15 a hookah) before, after or while you enjoy bites from appetizers like hummus, baba ghannouje, tabouleh salad or a stuffed grape leaf (all $6). Satisfy your sweet tooth with a dessert at the desert haunt – options include syrupy baklava ($3), chocolate-topped pecan pie ($5) or blueberry lemon cheesecake ($5). Your voucher is valid towards non-alcoholic beverage, so wash it all down with an Arabic coffee ($2), latte ($4) or soft drink ($2).
