The mama-to-be suggested the most charming venue for dinner, the Antique Garage in Soho. Of course we had no choice but to go Topshop before hand, but that merely whetted our appetites as shopping always does.
Being that we had an unexpected guest (baby) we had to order lots and we ended up doing another favorite of mine--doing a table share. I absolutely adore a table share! A table share is the perfect opportunity to try a little bit of everything and I do have entree commitment issues.
First of all place is gorgeous. So cozy and romantic too. Check out this chandelier.
We of course started with drinks except for Mama. I got a glass of pinot noir. I am really making a big effort to stay from cocktails. I always end up with a stomach ache and wake up entirely too early in the morning and can not go back to sleep. Besides a glass of red is suppose to be good for you. We also received some gratis focaccia. Super soft and with just the right amount of onion flavor. Look at the teeney bite I left! I have an issue with always trying to leave a teeney bite even if I have a large piece of cake there is always a teeney bite left over.
We had some olives as well. I have a confession: as much as I adore olive oil, I detest olives. There is not much that I don't like, but olives are on the list. Capers too, just so you know. And artificial peach. That's it. I like everything else. I'm pretty easy if you think about it. I didn't even cause a commotion in the share. I said, "order away!" Picky eaters often have a way of causing a commotion and making faces. I do not like people who make faces at food. And I think I'm pretty fair too. I took a pic for all you possible olive lovers. I was told that they were good. I will take my friends word for it. Those olives went!
We also got a salad with some amazing grilled cheese. Not grilled cheese as in ooey gooey cheddar between bread, but this cheese that is actually grilled. Check out those grill marks! It was so tasty and meaty. Who knew cheese could be meaty? The greens also had a great vinaigrette.
We also shared a meat and cheese plate. It was nothing extraordinary, but a meat and cheese platter is something that you can never go wrong with. Poor Mama. No processed meat for her!
Our next share was a mixed meze platter. Love a meze platter! Twice within a month.This one included hummus, tzatziki, eggplant salad, some type of chicken, shepard salad, and some sort of feta filled phillo dough. It was pretty good as well, but again nothing to write home about. It is a completely servicable meze platter. If you are in the mood for it, you are so set, but you wouldn't necessarily go out of your way for it at the Antique garage although atmosphere made it all worthwhile as well as my amazing company.
The best of part of the meal had to be the chicken kabab. The chicken was like butter so soft so moist and completely delicious. I would definitely be in the mood for this dish.
We ended the meal with baklava. No pic though because we ate it all up some quickly--it was that good! So much walnutty honey sweet flavor.
Sometime the food doesn't have to memorable to have a memorable time. Sometimes restaurants are full of great memories because of all the great company there was to be had. But good eating doesn't hurt either! Nor does does a New Kids on the Block lovefest--but that's a different story. xoxo happy nibbling!
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can't wait to find another place for you to blog about!
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