The Mediterranean Plus In Pensacola
Woooo HOOOOOO on YOU, AdventureMan, you were RIGHT! (He always looks for his name, so might as well put it right up front for him 😉 )
We had visited an international grocery store to look for some particular spices, and AdventureMan spotted the Mediterranean Plus just around the corner. We thought they might be related . . . both have felafel and other “Mediterranean” specialties we have come to associate with the Middle East – hummus, tabouli, baba ghannoush, fattoush . . .
As we walked in, we knew we had come to the right place:
The menu was to die for – almost all the things we love. The owner is Jordanian, and, while there is no fattah for my early breakfast 🙂 he has a lot of other wonderful dishes to satisfy our ‘Mediterranean’ cravings. Once again, I apologize. Sometimes when the food shows up, I forget about photos until it is too late. I wish you could have seen this plate when it was prepared, it was beautiful. Even better, the baba ghannoush is lush and smokey, as good as any I have ever had in Kuwait and Qatar. The tabouli was just exactly right, the right blend of parsley and bulgar, exactly the right amount of lemon. Mumtaz.
I have been on a mission. I have a good friend who is down to the last of some Kuwait biriyani spices I had brought back as a guest gift a while back, and I was hoping to find more. I found biriyani spice AND I found Lebanese olive oil. I laughed when I saw Vimto:
As AdventureMan talked with the owner, he discovered we actually had been in the restaurant before, in its previous location on Cervantes. This location has a lot more space for diners and for parking. We are thrilled to find it – the food is GOOD!
Mediterranean Plus
6895 N 9th Ave
Pensacola
850 469 9225
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You get Vimto in Pensacola? 😀
Nice collection of spices and condiments!
What No Fattah !!!!
Any Jordanian who call himself a resturant owner worth his salt would have wiped the best fattah on the spot .Sheesh and i dont mean kebab
LOL! Yes, Mathai, Vimto! There is a junior college here and a university, and I think there are students from the Gulf. I am actually coming across several Arabic speakers in my rounds. But I was surprised to see Vimto, and delighted, it was kind of like an old friend. (No, I don’t drink Vimto; I just know how special it is during Ramadan.)
No! No! Daggero, I asked him! No fattah! I don’t imagine there are enough customers for breakfast; they are open lunch and dinner. 😦 On the other hand, they have GREAT food. 🙂
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