Category Mediterranean

Amazing Fatoush salad at Tanoreen NYC

A friend of mine suggested that we have lunch at Tanoreen – a Middle Eastern restaurant with Mediterranean aromas (says the restaurant’s website) in Bay Ridge (Brooklyn).  Bay Ridge is an hour’s commute from midtown Manhattan but felt totally worth it after my lunch there on a recent afternoon. I loved the food at Tanoreen. […]

Delicious contemporary lebanese vegetarian dinner at Ilili NYC

One of my favorite places for a delicious meal is Ilili, a contemporary Lebanese restaurant that has a wide range of vegetarian (and vegan) options.  The restaurant is no new-comer in the NYC restaurant world – I think it has been around for at least 5 years (please do not quote me, but I do […]

Mushroom risotto at Skylark on the Hudson in Jersey City

It was a bitterly cold day – in fact it was day 1 of the bitterly cold week and not as frigid as day 3/4 of the same week.  The temperature was below 0 Celsius on 5 of the seven days last week .  Days such as these were much the norm in Michigan where […]