Thanks, all!
Didn’t take any photos, but here’s what we ordered:
Baba ganoush
Duck ‘nduja
Squash blossoms
Prawns
Tomatoes
Oxtail
Persian mulberry sorbet
Snickers ice cream bar
It was a fabulous meal. Service was excellent, and we had a bottle of Italian red from 2017.
The dips are spreads really are a highlight. That pita is dreamy and the fried one that comes with the baba is great, too.
My favorites were the dips, prawns, and tomatoes. But the entire table was happy.
Gotta go back for lamb neck!
Alas…I wanted the lamb and was outvoted.
The oxtail was great and the crispy elements in the rice was nice, but it was pretty fatty.
I did adore the mulberry sorbet…I don’t think I’ve ever had anything like it before.
The sorbet sounds most excellent. I am amazed that mulberries are still in season. My mulberry plants were done giving fruit over 2 months ago.
They also have the lamb shawarma recipe in their book if anyone wants to take a crack at it. I recall it turned out well (even though we didn’t make it with neck) with two caveats: 1) the amount of salt recommended was absurdly too high (even with the less dense Diamond Kosher salt) so I’d cut it back to .5tsp/lb and 2) the spice blend seemed a little off so we’d probably pre-grind the spices individually and measure volumetrically as presented in the book to see if that yielded a closer result.
The mulberry sorbet could have been made months ago.
It’s been some years since my visit but the mushrooms, and chicken liver really stood out. I don’t think I’ve had a better mushroom dish. Second place would be the mushroom tacos at BS Taqueria.
