It was the year 1989 when a 23-year-old young man, fleeing the Lebanese civil war, came to the Soviet Union to try to study medicine with a scholarship from the Communist Party, but fate had a surprise for him. In 1991, with the fall of the Soviet Union, our protagonist had to abandon his dream of being a doctor and leaving his studies aside, he fled to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, getting a job as a “fregachin” in one of the first Lebanese restaurants of the island. With the experience acquired in this restaurant over 10 years, and the desire to discover new flavors and experiences, Alí decided to learn to cook. And so, in October 2002, he founded his first restaurant, MONTE LÍBANO.