Well, we've been munching, brunching, lunching and crunching our way around the City. Occasionally, between bites, we remember to blog 'bout it! Some reviews follow from our most recent meals...
Boucla
439 Rokeby Road, Subiaco
April's Jameliche dinner! Chosen by blog contributor Hanini, Boucla was a cave of jewels and wonders. They don't take bookings, so Sarvelicious hurried down early to secure a table and a selection of mezze (highlight: robust meatballs with hints of cumin on a bed of rocket and tzaztiki) and some blood orange juice. Filigreed, beaten silver lanterns hung from a dark ceiling, and dining tables nestled cosily among shelves, artfully draped with jewellery and home wares. The main counter was stacked high with baklava and other tempting pastries, distracting us from our main meals. Aladdin's Cave? Indeed!
Our four mains: beef with eggplant, cinnamon and honey over rice, chicken tagine with olives over couscous, spanakopita with salad and SotD, lentils. The menu was very select, but every dish was beautifully flavored and balanced.
After dinner, we managed to fit in some kourabiedes* (crescent shaped Greek shortbread biscuits), date biscuits* and a chocolate friand. Our waiter wasn't sure which date biscuit we wanted, so he brought us both kinds, the second type was on the house! I ran back after we'd paid our bill to pick up a third date biscuit for hubby. It was buttery soft and lightly scented with orange blossom water. Even if you can't get a table, pick up a few of these biscuits with a take-away coffee.
The next weekend, I threw together a Boucla-inspired dish: beef and eggplant tagine, with honey, cinnamon and pomegranate molasses, cubes of Danish fetta and burghul. It was easier than trying to fight for a table on a Saturday night! If you're keen, it's worth the wait; Boucla has the Jameliche stamp of approval!
*P/s Jen if you're reading this and you've got a good recipe for Greek date biscuits from Mama Tombouloglou, please don't hold back...!!
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