Our taste buds were yearning for the Middle East yesterday, but which country? Decisions, decisions. Well since we're in the Tri-State region finding authentic Middle Eastern cuisine did not pose much of a challenge. In my opinion (M) the Main Street area bordering Clifton and Paterson NJ has some of the best (and authentic) cuisine of that region. I had heard of Toros a Turkish restaurant in Clifton, and decided to see what S thought (actually it was S who blurted "Let's eat Middle Eastern!"). Well, I have to admit that was one of the best suggestions I had made that week. Everything we had was super awesome!
It was four of us all together, and since we're all foodies we decided on a family style dinner. We had of course the traditional Turkish bread , Cobana Salata (traditional Turkish salad with cucumbers, tomatos, parsely, and feta cheese), Arnavut Cigeri (fried veal liver), Toros Karisik (combination plate of chicken and shish kebab), Hunker Begendi (chunks of lamb on eggplant puree), Levrek (broiled stripe bass), Kazadibi (light carmalized milk pudding), baklava (do I really need to explain), Yakut (Turkish red wine), and traditional Turkish coffee.
The highligts for me were:
1. Yakut red wine-This Turkish wine is a dry red wine, but not overwhelmingly bold. It had a slight "berry" like flavor and was very smooth. That's right it was super awesome.
2. The Turkish Bread-What can I say it was light, soft, airy, and subtly sweet. Uh huh..super awesome.
3. The eggplant puree with the Hunker Begendi-This was a surprising highlight for me and S. It's creamy, sweet, and had a cheesy flavor (parmesian?). I loved it with the bread. Ummm..super awesome!
4. Kazadibi-This milk pudding was a favorite of everyone on the table. It resembles a lighter, firmer, and less sweet flan if you were to cross it with a sweet slightly dense pancake. Confusing? Well, I suggest you go to Toros and try it because it's super awesome.
One final note we highly suggest ending the night with a few games of pool because it just makes the night even more super awesome.
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