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| - Fat Pasha was a fun brunch experience. A small place specializing in middle-eastern style Jewish cuisine mostly with a flash of the more common, North American type too.
My girlfriend and I order the full Salatim place, which included 7 salads. Two I loved: the squash and the beets. Both were sweet and went very well with the pita. Two I found to be very good: the eggplant and the roasted tomatoes. Bother were savoury with a touch of garlic. The other three - tahini with everything spice, cream cheese, and mixed greens - were just ok. In fact I was not a huge fan of the cream cheese. All of the salads had a lot of oil. In some cases, like with the squash and the beets and the eggplant it was ok. Cream cheese covered in oil somehow wasn't a great combinations. But again, squash and beets were just excellent.
We also ordered the chopped liver. I liked this dish. Very rich, filled with a bunch of goodies like egg and fried onions and topped with chicken schmaltz (poured right at the table). It came with challah bread.
The service was very friendly too.
I thought that it was a bit pricey. The bill for the plate of salads and the chopped liver was, with tax and tip, a little more than $60 which is a bit too much for casual brunch. Mind you I very much like a casual brunch, when paired with the correct pricing. In all, this place is probably $10-15 more expensive than it needs to be.
I will add one more point, not a negative but a good-to-know. Fat Pasha is a small place, so definitely make reservations ahead!
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