Anyone who has been to the Broadway district in NYC knows that it is a very hard place to find good, reasonable food. So when two friends, Mark and Sara, came up from Atlanta to visit and go see The Little Mermaid on Broadway, I first took them to one of my favorite bars in the close vicinity for a pre-show drink: BXL Cafe. They are a small Belgian beer bar that has decent prices, pretty good food, and flights of beer. As a lover of sampling, I always try a few when I’m there. (This picture is from the fall, but you get the idea)
After the show, my friends did some digging to find food that would be safe for someone who is allergic to dairy. They came upon Akdeniz, an affordable Turkish/Mediterranean restaurant that I actually had been to once before with some other out of town friends. I managed to forget to photograph the entire meal with the exception of dessert, but the meal itself was really great. We opted for the prix fixe which included an app, entree, coffee, and selected desserts for $21,95. Babaghannous and Hummus for dipping and lentil soup for Mark and Sara. Sara then had the Vegetable Casserole, Mark had the Falafel, and I had the BBQ Meatballs. My meatballs were more like meat pancakes, but they were quite tasty. Everyone seems to enjoy their dishes.
For dessert the options were limited to 2 on the prix fixe, so we chose to sample both options. The first was Turkish Custard, which tasted better than it looked, but not by much:
The second dessert was called Kadayif and looked and tasted like a mixture of baklavah and shredded wheat (instead of filo dough). It was quite tasty:
Overall, this place is decent and a great value. The food itself probably wouldn’t stand up on its own, but for the price, it gets an extra nom point:
Total Nom Points: 6.5 out of 10
