Thursday, March 11, 2010

Naya Mezze & Grill

November 6, 2008 by Feisty Foodie  
Filed under Lebanese, Manhattan, Midtown, Restaurants

Almost a month ago (sad face – is this post relevant anymore?), HB, StB, SpB and I all went out for dinner.  I didn’t realize when the restaurant names were being thrown around - I didn’t offer an opinion since I didn’t have one – that Naya was just opening.  In fact, we went on Day 2.  Does this give me the right to cast my opinion?  Well, maybe I should discount the weird service then – you can read about it here. 

So I’m just going to throw it out there, the pictures of what we ate, the companion post [...]

Byblos (Lebanese)

Despite eating more than my fill of kebab in Turkey & Greece, Byblos- a Lebanese restaurant – caught my eye when I saw the many positive reviews on MenuPages.  I was curious to see how good their lamb would be in comparison to Greece/Turkey, though I had a good idea it wouldn’t be as good, perhaps it would come close. 

For those of us who were early/on time/not quite that late, they’d placed on the table some pickled vegetables and some flatbread.  The pita was thin and delightfully chewy, but cold and not that interesting, unfortunately.  We decided to order [...]