Sofra and Oleana's produce is organic and locally grown at Siena Farms. Siena Farms supports a 300 member CSA as well as provides produce to numerous other Boston restaurant kitchens.
Leah and I decided to share a Mezze Bar Platter ($9) which proved a substantial lunch. I highly recommend you try it out if you visit Sofra!
The platter style option allowed us our choice of 5 mezze.
We chose the flavor of the day which was a white peach nectar.
Sharbat is a popular drink of the region (very common in Indian, Iranian and Afghan homes) prepared from fruits or flower petals. Served chilled over ice, this was unlike any juice I had ever tasted. It was sweet, syrupy and creamy all at the same time. I loved it!Back to the Mezze Platter - I'll work my way across the plate, left-to-right.
1) Smokey eggplant with pine nuts. 2) Whipped feta with sweet & hot peppers.
3) Beet Tzatziki 4) Lentils with caramelized onion, greens & cilantro
5) Muhammarah - red pepper & walnut puree.
Everything we tasted was full of fresh clean flavors blended with oils and spices to create innovative and tasty spreads. Most lent a creamy whipped consistency - similar in texture to hummus, with the exception of the shredded beets in the tzatziki and the small round lentils. This entire platter was quite a feast for the two of us. We also ordered a dish from the kitchen served in an adorable mini cast iron STAUB skillet. The Syrian Style Bread Hummus ($5) proved to be a worthy choice. Warm chunks of Syrian bread are both soft and crispy, surrounded by chickpeas and green garlic topped with a cold tart yogurt, a smooth tahini sauce and finished off with a sprinkle of sumac.
Oh my gosh, I am in love with that restaurant from the pics alone! Delicious!
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Cute toes, too!
Yum, I just love Mediterranean food!
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to try Mediterranean food for a long time, but a lot of the places downtown are very pretentious. Sofra looks great. Do you know if they do dinner?
ReplyDeleteMad Closet is awesome!
From start to finish, looks like you had an AWESOME time with your Sis. I'm glad to see (and read) you enjoyed such a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteNew England is the jewel to the North too many people never make it past New York to find out and your pictures prove it! =)
What a fun Friday!!! Sofra looks amazing. I love Mediterranean food! Makes me want to go back on my cruise. looking forward to your Cape recap!
ReplyDeleteI have really been wanting to try Sofra. Oleana is literally around the corner from my apartment but not exactly an everyday place to grab food. I'm glad to hear Sofra lives up the the hype!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to try Sofra and Oleanna! I love Mediterranean food.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a perfect weekend! I haven't been to Sofra myself but it looks so pretty and the food looks so tasty! I have been to Oleana and I know that they sell the whipped feta at both. The whipped feta is SO good!
ReplyDelete@MelissaNibbles - perhaps an early dinner. The hours are M-F: 8-8 and Sat & Sun: 8-6. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great write up to re-cap a great day! Looking forward to reading the post about the weekend!!!!
ReplyDeleteSofra looks like such a great place. The menu offerings sounded excellent and the atmosphere was really cool too...I probably would have hit the salads for my first time, but the kitchen selections sounded amazing!!
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Sounds like a great weekend!
Carrie
Looks like some great Med food. Awesome photo, as per usual.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun afternoon! I love whipped feta. And shopping. And pedicures :) You gotta go back for those coconut macaroons!
ReplyDeleteDaisy, I love Mediterranean food...love the spices :-) Great pictures!
ReplyDeleteRock on! Sofra looks so chic (and delish!). Love the yellow polish!
ReplyDeleteLove Sofra's decor- the food look really yummy! LOVE your yellow toes :)
ReplyDeleteMy weddings to be in are kinda spread out- July 9, Labor Day, then Sept 24. Should be a packed year!
Looks like a terrific place. That mezze platter looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteI have been DYING to go to Sofra!
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with the vintage store, it looks like there are quite a few treasures in there.
ReplyDeleteSofra looks like a great restaurant, I also like that they served your food in a Staub cast iron casserole.
Hihi cool nailpolish :D
ReplyDeleteThe restaurant looked so good, it's really great you kept it traditional, it's (in my opinion) the best way to explore :)
Without flash (the first one, right?)! I want to try that juice! I love tzatziki... I haven't had middle eastern food in ages. Hmmm now you've got me thinking...
ReplyDeleteHow you passed up chocolate hazelnut baklava, I'll never understand! Even their chocolate chip cookies are amazing. I need to try that drink next time I go.
ReplyDeleteIf you ever want to go to Oleana, I'll be your date!
i need to go to Sofra!! im so jealous ;)
ReplyDeletep.s at first glance i thought those were both your feet and that you just had different colors on each one!
<3 gina
Great photos Kristen! I'm obsessed with Sofra's egg and cheese breakfast sandwich. Thanks for stopping by Lady Luxe :)
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