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😒 3/5 - Had came here on a Sunday afternoon to meet up with my
By 👻 @Andrew C., 11/27/2022 3:00 am
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Had came here on a Sunday afternoon to meet up with my traveling friend's niece and her husband for a meal while in London. We had no reservations but were promptly taken to a table, upstairs in the corner, kind of overlooking the outside and entrance of the restaurant, in a corner booth. By recommendation of the waiter, since none of us had Israeli cuisine before nor been to this restaurant, we were recommended to do the BRUNCH FEAST which is £34 per person (Nov 2022). The BRUNCH FREAST includes ALL the MEZZE served with housemade pita bread. Each person selects a MAIN from a list of 8 (prior to being mentioned the BREAKFAST BRISKET DOUGHNUT was not available). With a party of 6, 3 of us had ordered the LAMB PARCEL SHAKSHUKA, 1 SMASH & SHAWARMA SALMON, 1 FISH CLOUDS, and something else (i forgot)Weirdly our main's showed up after waiting a long time. The waiter comes up and said it was a kitchen mistake and they'll be bringing the variety of MEZZE soon. Unsure how this mistake could be made. I had ordered the LAMB PARCEL SHAKSHUKA which includes spiced tomato sauce, lamb kofta in a potato parcel, eggs, tahini, pickled chili, chives, and pita. Although this dish was very flavorful, it was very salty. Everyone at the table had agreed as well, even if eaten with the provided pita bread. Weirdly, the saltiness seemed to be an ongoing theme as both the FISH CLOUDS and the SMASH & SHAWARMA SALMON were also on the salty end. The FISH CLOUDS includes smoked haddock fish cakes, pita crumbs, poached eggs, white taramasalata, apple, and fennel. Whereas the SMASH & SHAWARMA SALMON includes Shawarma cured salmon, avocado smash, marbled harissa cornbread, horseradish mayo, and poached egg. I understand smoked/cured fish tend to be salty but this was on another level for these two dishes as wellWe were almost done with our mains before the platter of MEZZE had arrived at our table. (We had noticed this mishap had never happened to any other table around us). The MEZZE platter includes OLIVES w/ harissa, preserved lemon, and sumac, FETA & APRICOT w/ saffron and oregano, PINK TARAMA w/ smoked roe, extra virgin olive oil and chives, LABANEH & ZA'ATAR w/ strained Greek yogurt, za'atar & olive oil paste, and parsley, FIRE & HEAT w/ bonfire burnt tomatoes and Turkish chilies, and coriander, and TAHINI AND HARISSA w/ tahini cream and harissa. This platter would have been GREAT is we weren't quite full from the mains. Despite being full, we had still munched on this platter but not as thoroughly as we had hoped for. We had found it to be nice to combine the PINK TARAMA and TAHINI & HARISSA on a pita piece. The FETA & APRICOT is an interesting but delicious combination. I'm not a fan of olives but the olives here were pretty decent. Decent enough for me to eat 2 ! A sampler of desserts had come at the end. BURNT BABKA, MIDNIGHT MALABI, and QUINCE PUDDING. The BURNT BABKA has grilled pistachio & tahini enriched dough w/ blackberry compote and creme anglaise. Kind of reminded us of a fancier cinnamon roll. The MIDNIGHT MALABI has coconut, white rhum, black thaini, morello cherry, vanilla rosa, and sesame brittle. In a way, texture wise is smooth and creamy. Combination of flavors is a bit weird. Cherry and rose can be omitted (personally). Then finally the QUINCE PUDDING was a milk sponge with quince, meringe, and creme anglaise. Least favorite and appealing. Barely any apologies were given. Unsure if changes were made on the bill as friend's niece in law? had paid for the bill. Apparently the bill comes in the form of a QR code within a crystal that you scan and pay. Unfortunately I couldn't scan it from afar. Had expected much better from a MICHELIN guided (not starred) restaurant in terms of service and quality of food. Would have been great if our food came out in the right order and if things weren't so salty as well...
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