This Lebanese salad ($9.95) from Nagila: The Kosher Moroccan Café on Wrightsville Ave is not a salad I found during my Salad Quest '08. It is the salad by which I measure all other salads in the Quest. It doesn't look as pretty in this photo as I wish it did but that's mostly because I'm not photographer enough to take a good shot in such low light. (Though I'm learning, thanks to the amazing Me Ra Koh, her blog, and her how-to videos on photography.) I am addicted to this salad. If I don't get my regular fix, I start to feel something important is missing from my life. So I've eaten it several times since the start of Salad Quest. But every time I go to get a picture of it, something gets in the way: my camera's battery is dead, Shai (chef and owner) is out of lettuce, or I'm so happy to get my salad when it arrives that I eat the whole thing before remembering to get my camera out. Here it is, though. It's heaven on a plate: lettuce, cashews, and the indescribably delicious Shawarma chicken.
I feel compelled to point out that a) it's actually more like $12.95 with the chicken (it's normally vegetarian), and b) you forgot about the pita. from heaven to die for, made up fresh every day. ummmmm.
ReplyDeletethe rest of the menu at Nagila is pretty good too. just don't go there in a hurry. shia the owner cooks everything himself and serves everyone too (at least during lunch times), and he likes to chat. so come there, sit back, relax, and eat the best Mediterranean food you're ever likely to encounter this side of the holy land.