November 7, 2008: Baba Ii

Edit 20/05/2012: Baba has been replaced past times burger articulation The B.East - it has a veg selection but nosotros didn't love it.

return visit to Baba on Fri night, this fourth dimension inwards a grouping of 8 peeps from my workplace. I had my sights firmly assault the mixed dessert plate as well as planned my savoury courses accordingly - again, the smokey eggplant ezmesi shared some alongside breadstuff ($5), followed past times the sublime spiced pumpkin pide ($14). Meanwhile, Miki ordered the Imam bayildi ($15, above) - a claypot of eggplant as well as love apple tree ragu crowned alongside a deep-fried labne ball. This, similar the other non-vegetarian claypots ordered some the table, was non huge as well as would convey benefitted from some breadstuff or couscous on the side. Nevertheless, it was a delightful mix of flavours as well as textures - Miki loved it, but was generous plenty to laissez passer on me a taste.

Michael ventured farther into the pide menu, choosing a combination of Milawa goats cheese, roasted beetroot, stinging nettle puree as well as pickled turnip ($14). This was some other winner, alongside Michael singling out the vibrant pickled turnip equally the star.

Sadly, Baba's service hasn't been streamlined at all since our final visit. The staff seem perfectly efficient, as well as I tin solely assume that at that spot simply aren't plenty of them on the flooring on whatever given night. Much of my grouping grew restless equally I doggedly waited to select grip of someone's oculus alongside the operate of requesting the dessert menu. I zoomed inwards on the Tatli mezze, which the bill of fare states equally requiring a minimum of ii people, as well as bullied Michael into sharing it alongside me. (I figured other people mightiness desire a taste, too, ane time they saw it!) Then disaster struck - equally I excitedly placed the companionship alongside our waiter, he said that nosotros couldn't convey the Tatli mezze unless everyone at the tabular array ordered it. For us, the minimum wasn't ii - it was eight.

I consoled myself alongside an companionship of cinnamon-sugared donuts alongside pistachio as well as thyme dear ($8). They took then long to teach far that, fifty-fifty given the other service hitches, I wondered if they'd been forgotten. When the donuts did appear, though, they were super-fresh as well as hot as well as at that spot were plenty to part around. I'm non a big dear fan, as well as at that spot was a lot of it here, but the thyme brought something unique to it.

There's no denying that the nutrient at Baba rocks, but man child is it delayed gratification! Next fourth dimension I'm upwards for Levantine on Lygon, I mightiness brand a reservation at Rumi.

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You tin read most our previous view to Baba here.