Khetha izidlo ezingu-8 kusuka ku-hummus eyenziwe ekhaya, i-baba ghanoush enomsi, isaladi yase-Iraq, i-börek (i-pastry enosawoti), amaqabunga ekhabe agcwele, i-dolma (imifino egcwele ilayisi), i-fried rice kibbeh (ilayisi elinongiwe nama-croquette enyama), i-lahm bi ajeen (isinkwa esiyisicaba senyama sase-Middle East), isaladi ye-eggplant tahini, imifino yezinkathi zonyaka eyosiwe, i-Iraqi chicken tebsi (inkukhu ebhakwe kancane enemifino). Kuhlinzekwa nge-pita esanda kulungiswa ekhaya ukuze kube nokokuzithokozisa okunempilo kokudla okwabiwayo. Kuphethwa ngetiye lesiko lase-Iraq.

Sungula imenyu enezidlo ezintathu egqugquzelwe yase-Iraq ehambisana nalokho okuthandayo. Iziqalo: i-hummus eyenziwe ekhaya enekholifolawa enomqando, i-baba ghanoush enepomegranati, i-kibbeh yelayisi ethosiwe eneyogathi enominti, noma amaqabunga ekhabe agcwele. Isidlo esiyinhloko: umlenze wewundlu phezu kwelayisi le-basmati, i-biryani yase-Iraq enenkukhu egazingiwe, inkukhu ekhrimini yelamula nama-olive, i-dolma yendabuko, noma inyama yewundlu egayiwe kusosi ye-tahini yezithelo ezisawolintshi. I-dessert: i-baklava eyenziwe ekhaya, i-Arabian bread pudding, i-banoffee, i-kunafe enoshizi, noma amakhiwane agcwele i-ricotta enezinongo.

Okokuzithokozisa kokudla kwangasese okufudumele kwabantu ababili, lapho ukhetha khona ukudla (kwase-Afghanistan, kwase-Persia, kwase-Arabia, noma kwase-Turkey) futhi imenyu yakhiwa ngokusekelwe kulokho okuthandayo. Jabulela isidlo esihlelwe ngokucophelela esinezidlo ezintathu: isidlo sokuqala esingamapuleti amancane esitayela se-mezze, isidlo esiyinhloko esinokudla okudumile kwendabuko okuvela ekudleni okukhethile, kanye ne-dessert ekhuthazwe amaswidi akudala esifunda. Kuhlanganisa isevisi yetiye yesiko ekugcineni.