Kan Zaman, San Francisco

I'd been to Kan Zaman for a quick evening snack a few years back and never actually got back to it until very recently when I was hanging out with friends in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and suddenly remembered this place. Went there for dinner and the place was packed. There was some Belly Dancing going on and no one seemed to want to leave. Finally managed to get a table after aout 40 minutes but the food here is absolutely fantastic and worth the long wait. The atmosphere here is very casual, there's Middle Eastern music playing and live Belly dancing every hour or so at night. The place is also has a hookah bar and you have a variety of flavored hookahs to choose from. Can't comment on the hookahs tough as I've never smoked. I found the warm spiced wine on the menu interesting and ordered half a bottle of that. Its a warm red wine with cinnamon and cardomom flavor served with a slice of orange. The flavor was something I'd never tasted earlier and I loved it!! Their Hummus and Baba ghanoush were both amazing with the warm pita bread. For the main course we had Kibbi, Falafel, a meat pie and Shish kabab. I was thrilled with the Kibbi and the Falafels were the best I've ever had. On the whole it was a fun evening at Kan Zaman although I'd have enjoyed it better if we weren't holed up in one small cramped up corner...