MORE, PLEASE
I'm supposed to be thinking and writing about summer eating right now, but my mind keeps drifting back to the foods I had last week at Zaitooni Deli in Red Bank.
My friend Lucy told me about Zaitooni. She works in Red Bank and found this new Lebanese/Middle Eastern spot shortly after it opened on Mechanic Street. She felt certain I'd find it special.
Right she was. (I wrote about Zaitooni in today's Eat Out column, which appears in Jersey Alive!) And right were we to order a mini banquet. The thing is, now all I feel like eating is Zaitooni's parsley- and mint-strong tabbouleh salad, its soul-warming hummus and baba ghanouj, and its fava beans laced with garlic, lemon and olive oil. I'm supposed to be in a July state of mind, but I'm living last week's cheese manoushi pie.
I've got to move on, I know. But I hope you check out Zaitooni and find your own version of tabbouleh bliss there. Meanwhile, I'm going to be cooking tapas this weekend, in preparation for a little tapas party on Monday night. If we get monsoon'd out by the nor'easter, I may be stuck in a Middle Eastern eating mind-set for weeks.
Well, that wouldn't be so bad, would it?
Where are you eating and/or what are you cooking this weekend?
cheers,
Andy
4.13.07
My friend Lucy told me about Zaitooni. She works in Red Bank and found this new Lebanese/Middle Eastern spot shortly after it opened on Mechanic Street. She felt certain I'd find it special.
Right she was. (I wrote about Zaitooni in today's Eat Out column, which appears in Jersey Alive!) And right were we to order a mini banquet. The thing is, now all I feel like eating is Zaitooni's parsley- and mint-strong tabbouleh salad, its soul-warming hummus and baba ghanouj, and its fava beans laced with garlic, lemon and olive oil. I'm supposed to be in a July state of mind, but I'm living last week's cheese manoushi pie.
I've got to move on, I know. But I hope you check out Zaitooni and find your own version of tabbouleh bliss there. Meanwhile, I'm going to be cooking tapas this weekend, in preparation for a little tapas party on Monday night. If we get monsoon'd out by the nor'easter, I may be stuck in a Middle Eastern eating mind-set for weeks.
Well, that wouldn't be so bad, would it?
Where are you eating and/or what are you cooking this weekend?
cheers,
Andy
4.13.07
posted by Andrea Clurfeld at 1:56 PM
2 Comments:
Although it's out of your official territory, you should try "Silk Road" in Warren... it specializes in Afghani cuisine which is delicious (not too spicy, I take my nonadventurous friends there). The fresh cucumber salad that comes with each entree makes me like vegetables.
PS: Share Our Strength Taste of the Nation events in Princeton and Basking Ridge (formerly in Madison) are coming up... Good cause, great food.
http://tasteofthenation.org
Silk Road? I don't know it, but I love the name and will definitely keep it in mind. What are some of the dishes you enjoy there? And do you have a more specific address for it? (I just called directory assistance, which couldn't find a number for me.)
thanks for the tip!
Andy
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