Having had enough of the rave reviews from my well-travelled and well-fed friends, I decided to make the trip to Dupont to find out what the hype is all about. And boy, were my expectations blown out of the water. For appetizers, we had a trio of salad, with homemade labneh with za'atar, charred eggplant, and a delicious kale salad. The labneh is so addictive, my friends and I were fighting with our spoon to finish the remaining morsels. Next, we had the grilled squid which had turmeric kimchi and chickpea mayo - simply addictive.
At a modern fusion Jewish restaurant like Fat Pasha, one must always order at least one meat dish where we had the grilled lamb sirloin apricot and pistachio pesto, and delicious herbs. The roast cauliflower was the crown jewel of our meal with its fantastic garnish of pomegranate and halloumi a delicious cypriot cheese.
The portions at Fat Pasha are indeed generous but you may skip dessert as they were rather disappointing. With maple syrup and quite a lot of sugar, the sticky date cake and milk & honey pudding was an unhealthy nod to North America's sweet tooth.