Description: Feluccas are the barges that Arabs have used for transporting themselves and goods on rivers from one place to another. Nowadays, a felucca is also introducing travelers to yet another way to navigate the Nile or some other river, native style.
It should come as no surprise that when I spot a name like this, I am going to either check out the menu from outside, or just go right in. In this case, we just went right in for lunch as we had walked quite a bit and were famished.
Brookline is a ritzy Boston neighborhood, I am told. Perhaps this is the reason that you'll find more luxury cars parked along its streets than anywhere else
. The menu features wooden grilled meats , Moroccan tajines , seafood , pickled turnips which I adore (they should be a reddish beet color and not soft, otherwise, it's a bad recipe), and other dishes which feature North African cuisine. You will see a beautiful sky blue ceiling reminiscent of mediterranean colors; the seating is simple in that you can have a traditional table or a booth. The restaurant also has objects on the wall, and metal tea urns which are so well recognized in the Middle East. The food is exquisitely prepared and portions are too generous. Go for the couscous with Moroccan lamb ; I had a grilled lamb sandwich on a sesame bread that was heavenly. The owner will come to your table, and introduce himself. He is quite elegant and debonair in style, and I'd say he would do much better on the screen than in a restaurant. The experience was excellent because we did return there and brought a guest.
They serve lunch and daily and are closed Mondays.
Here are some other great M.E. restaurants:
East West Café , Santa Rosa, California
Dervish Turkish Restaurant New York
Petra Pacific Grove, California
Middle East Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sultan's Pub Istanbul, Turkey
Saltanat Restaurant Istanbul, Turkey
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