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| - Aida's is a tiny little restaurant on 4th street that I have been going to now since around 2001. My parents stumbled into it one evening and never left after downing in a vat of the best baba ghanoush I've ever had. They live there now. As do I.
Of course I don't. But if I could find an apartment directly above this restaurant, I would likely eat enough labneh and baba ghanoush to kill a small horse.
Eating here, like many places, can be challenging for me because I have some of the most annoying food allergies on Earth that include not only peanuts and most other nuts, but the entire legume family. So beans, peas, chickpeas, lentils... I can't have any of it. If you've put two and two together just now, you'll have realized that this means I've never had hummus before. *GASP* Yes it's true. This makes eating at Aida's tough, because I've not been able to enjoy their legendary hummus or walnut dip. But enough of this self-pity. Let me tell you about the things I can eat and how amazing they are.
The baba ghanoush. I can't stress this enough. Please eat this. It's unreal. Smokey, creamy, so good. The labneh is also amazing. Smooth and cool and just plain awesome. Get some as an appetizer and save some to dip your garlic chicken cubes into that you ordered as your entrée. And when asked if you want rice or potatoes as a side, you want the potatoes. Believe me.
While I have to say, that over the last 5 years or so, Aida's has slipped ever so slightly in quality, it's still great. I go there to eat baba ghanoush and labneh alone, so, that really says something.
Yelp 30 day challenge: 1/30.
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