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It's located in the Aga Khan Museum on Wynford drive. I think you basically have to drive, it's in the middle of nowhere. i'm not even sure if a bus goes by, if it does it's limited. Also, no one says this, but you are forced to pay $10 to park there, so make sure to factor that into your budget if you are coming. Carpool.
Decor:
The place is real nice! It's clean and simple. There are floor to ceiling windows so it's nice and bright. The walls and ceilings are decorated with 19th century carved wooden panels from Damascus. There's a poem in arabic written across the panels. Nice
Menu:
I like when a restaurant puts items from their regular menu on their 'licious offerings. I use them to try out new places. Diwan did that. The food is a combination of the Middle East, North Africa, and India. The three dishes I picked were the Imam Bayildi (Smoked Eggplant), Aloo Gobi, and the melon salad for dessert.
Food:
Imam Bayildi was my entre. This dish was delicious. Honestly, if they would have put this dish in front of me for all three courses I would have been fine with it, that's how much I loved it. The only problem with it was I wished it came on a full platter so I could eat it for days! The dish was smoked eggplant with Tahini Yogurt, Pine Nuts, Pomegranate & seated on an amazing minted Chickpea Couscous Salad. Yum and Drool.
Next I had the "Aloo Gobi" with Roasted Cauliflower Steak Ragda Pattice, Sweet Peas, Green Chutney, Raita and Fried Onions. I'm not sure why it's in quotation marks.
This one cause a problem for me.As soon as they placed the dish in front of me i knew I couldn't eat it. The smell from the red sauce was so off putting. It smelled like concentrated spaghetti o's sauce. *shudder*. I thought that maybe I could hold my nose but when i tasted it - nope. I felt weird asking the waitress to take it away. I normally eat anything Put it in front of me and I'll try it. Nope not this. They were nice enough to make me another one with out the sauce , It was delicious, so delicious. I'd like to note that there was a woman at the next table who got the same thing and she didn't like the red sauce either.
My final course was the Minted Melon Salad with Sweetened Labneh, Great way to end the meal. One thing, you can tell they cut the melons probably the day before, they had that fermented softish edge on them.
My friend got the Sweet Onion Bhaji with Tamarind Chutney. I tried it and didn't really like it very much. She didn't finish it. but thought it was okay. Her main was Beef Kofta Kebab with Shirazi Salsa, Hummus, Toum, Rice and Naan. She really liked it. She hoovered it up. It smell and looked delicious.. She ended with mango sorbet. it had a cookie. Okay, call it the 12 year old boy inside but they looked liked a penis with testicles. presentation is everything people.
Thoughts:
So what do I think? Food was great. Wait staff amazing, Want to try out their weekend patio specials. Miffed off that I had to pay for parking in the middle of nowhere. Food was good. would only go back if someone else drove and paid for parking. ( not sure why this is bothering me so much)
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