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| - I was happy when a family friend suggested we go to dinner here on our last trip to Cleveland because I love Mediterranean food and have been wanting to try this restaurant. We decided to sit on the patio, as it was the perfect weather to enjoy dinner outside. The patio is very spacious and most of the tables are in the shade, which is nice, although there are umbrellas for each table, as well.
The menu is a pretty typical Mediterranean one, with everything from salads to schwarma, and falafel to shish kabobs. Their appetizer list was pretty extensive- it was hard not to order one of everything! Being that the menu had too many good choices (and I was indecisive as usual), my mom and I decided to split the Taste of Taza appetizer platter and a bowl of the nine vegetable soup for our meal.
It seemed like it took awhile for the food to arrive, but some warm pita and dipping oil arrived to wet our appetites. There was also a sweeter tasting bread which was quite addictive. The bowl of soup was pretty good. It was full of vegetables in a hearty tomato broth. Next time, I will have to try the tomato couscous soup!
Our appetizer platter finally arrived and WOW was it big. We were glad we decided to split it! The platter included schwarma, shish tawook (chicken), vegetable couscous, Lebanese salata, hummus, and baba. The schwarma had a distinctive spice that I couldn't quite figure out (cinnamon maybe?), but nonetheless it was really good. I loved the chicken and fought my mom for it. The only thing I didn't really care for was the hummus- it just didn't seem to have a lot of flavor. So I ate the most of the baba instead! It was the perfect "dish" for the indecisive, and we got to taste a little bit of everything which was awesome. I would definitely order it again!!
Overall, it was a delicious dinner. The prices are more than reasonable for what you would expect at this kind of restaurant. I would definitely recommend coming here when you are in the mood for some Mediterranean...looking forward to going back!
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