Dearborn, MI - Super Greenland Market; Bizarre Foods Detroit episode continues to Super Greenland Market to try their raw kibbeh.

Ordering back at the counter was a bit tough. There was a language barrier and we weren't too sure if we were getting the correct meat. I asked for the raw kibbeh and received some blank stares. After speaking with a few people behind the counter and constant reassurance from them that yes, this is the one you can eat raw, we gambled. Well, I'm still here to write about it, so I guess it was the correct one. Thanks so the butchers.

Having raw kibbeh takes a leap of faith, trust, and goes against your typical teachings of cooking meat. However, we eat carpaccio and don't think twice about it, so what's the difference? The members of my party did try it, I give them credit, but after a bit or so, it was enough for them. I can only palate so much of it as well, but what I had of it, it's very good. If you've never tried it, I recommend it. It has the wonderful soft and mushy texture, but also grainy at the same time from the cracked wheat, mint, and other spices mixed with it. It has a lot of spices, not spicy, but spices.  The spices and the wheat give it much more flavor than if it were by itself, but it really adds the extra layer of texture of not so much crunchy, but gritty-like.  It's better than it sounds, I promise.

Ultimately, eating it raw is an experience.  Also, part of the experience is watching how they convert this glob of ground meat into this presented dish with a whole new color from the spices. Watch them stir the meat, adding spices, stirring, adding, stirring, shaping, etc...  You get the point.  They are masters of their work.

I would have given them four stars if it wasn't for the language barrier that worried us all if we were really getting what we were asking for. On flavor, four stars, whole experience, three.