Wow this place was great! and not what I expected..
I've never eaten Tunisian food before so after reading a lot of great things about it on yelp I figured I'de check it out. I was thinking it would be more middle-eastern - not far from egyptian style middle eastern food. I was way off. Its much closer to moroccan food (but different). There is definitely a marked french influence on the food.
The first thing about this place is how small it is. You sit at a table and you see the guy preparing the food right there. the kitchen is completely exposed. Kinda cool. For a time the cook had no help so he would have had to stop preparing my food to get me more water :P
My friend and I started with the Calamari. The guy said it was not like any other calamari dish and he was right. It came in this spicy sauce which was great.
I ordered the trout in coriander sauce. It came with potatoes and eggplants. Everything was grilled (over hot coals i think) so it had a great grilled flavour. I love when they grill meat first and then put the sauce on it. Thoroughly excellent and very reasonable for a fish entree at $15.
My friend had the merguese which I think has been written about at length here. Its lamb sausage. I tried it. Extremely flavourful and tasty. Also has a really nice sauce.
I will definitely be back. This neighbourhood is a hidden treasure of awesome north african restaurants!