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| - This is the sister restaurant to pomegranate (right next door). Their specialty is grilled meat, whereas pomegranate does more traditional oven types of dishes from what I understand. I went in with pretty high expectations because the previous time I had tried to come (after failing to get a table at pomegranate next door), they told me it was a 2 hour wait for a table, and it was a wednesday. They told me to not even bother coming without a reservation. wow.
Anyway, first the appetizers. The eggplant salad was a tad smoky to my taste (I would have preferred just a hint of smokyness) but the green fava bean puree was excellent, although it had virtually no salt in it, so a few dashes were necessary.
I ordered the beef kabob with the pomegranate sauce. I forget the name. You get one long skewer, but you can also order an additional skewer of one seasoned ground beef (similar to kofta) for another $5, so I went for that too. The regular beef skewer was alright, but nothing mind-blowing. The ground beef mixture one was actually quite a bit better and both went good with the pomegranate sauce. The sauce itself was actually blended with walnuts. It was good, but I have had better pomegranate sauces on meat in my life.
In any case, a really nice atmosphere and all around pretty good food.
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