A fun evening, some good food, great company, and cheerful staff.
My favorites were the lemon potatoes (which appeared to have a generous heaping of something resembling zaatar), the herring salad (tahini seemed to work much better than mayo as a carrier), and the spicing on the red snapper.
I did, however, think the seafood was uniformly overcooked, which was a pity. But, as some of us discussed, that may be cultural preparation and not actually “overcooked”.
The thin, long slice on the octopus made it pretty chewy vs the usual cylindrical cut. The calamari was the best-cooked of that mixed grill platter (which also included tiger shrimp).
The dorade didnt seem seasoned inside, just the skin (which was lovely and crisp on top).
The seasoning on the red snapper (which I mistakenly called dorade for more than half the meal) was my favorite flavor of the night, well-rubbed across the entire inside of the butterflied fish.
The tomato base of the tagine was very flavorful, but the seafood in it, not surprisingly, was very overdone (at least the shrimp I ate, I don’t know about the calamari). Still, the sauce was a nice accompaniment to the fish that needed a little something. The rice, which looked seasoned, didn’t taste of much on its own but was lovely with the tomato sauce too.
It was heartening to see lots of families there later in the evening; it got busy for a Monday night!
Adding pics of the beets (which were made better by a bit of the feta from the salad), lemon potatoes, moussaka (others will have to speak to this, I didn’t eat it), grilled clams, and a full shot of the spiced, butterflied snapper and the whole grilled dorade.
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