Middle Eastern cuisine especially ones you find that serve Tea and secondly display Hookahs always makes me skip a heartbeat. Mainly it's because I slow down my pace from my daily routines and consume myself into the evening sunset culture where enjoying oneself slowly sipping tea, chit-chating and smoking is what lifes all about.
I believe that's the reason why I demand less about Food being served in a reasonable amount of time because time itself is irrelevant in the presense of such environment with good Friends. That doesn't mean I wasn't HUNGRY, but what came out from this Tunisian Kitchen is well worth the wait rivalling the delicious Moroccan Meals I've had to date.
Apps:
Calamari Djerbieno ($6.95)(Green onion, Garlic, Chili peppers and Tomato sauce)
Brique ($4.25)((Pastry stuffed w/Potatoes, Parsley, Egg and Tuna)
Mains:
Chicken Merguese Couscous ($13.95)
Trout in Coriander Cream Sauce ($15.95)
Both apps were astonishingly flavourful, savoury, memorable, EAT it.
The control to make the Calamari perfectly tender was impressive.
That wasn't all, as the Tomato sauce was lightly spicy addictive.
Brique seems like a Kopita slash Bastilla hybrid which was seasoned deliciously.
The Mains were less intense but not by much. My preference is on the Trout in Coriander Cream Sauce simply due to the fact that the Merguese is usually too dry for my likes and the Chicken was slightly overdone. Maybe just maybe I shall try the LAMB dishes next time. Lamb anyone?