The girls and I had such an amazing dinner tonight at the new Lebanese Bistro on 12 South appropriately named Epice (French for Spice). All I can say Maher Fawaz is Well done sir, well done. Maher (the owner) stopped at our table a couple times to see how everything was. The host followed us out to ask Who is Rose?. Yes, Im the one who called you three times to change the # of attendees. ;) I can honestly say in my 20 years in Nashville and out of the 100s (maybe 1000s) of restaurants I have tried - this is my favorite by far. Normally, I cringe at the idea of $40-$50 for a meal. But worth every penny I spent and then some. Not one single regret - except I wish I could have eaten more. Our server was very knowledgeable and beautiful. The spitting image of Zooey Deschanel. The appetizers came quickly. We got the Tabouleh, Al-Raheb (roasted eggplant purée), Fatayer (a trio of stuffed pies) and Sfeeha (flat bread with cured beef & cheese). Now for entrees: Jie & I got the Sayadeya (cumin dusted barramundi with caramelized onions) - this was absolutely AMAZING. The fish was so tender you could hardly get it on a fork. Jie completely cleaned her plate and took a picture to prove it. Hope & Jennifer got the Tawook (marinated chicken brochette). Mary had the Epice Salad with the marinated chicken. Donna ordered the Batinjan (roasted eggplant with ground sirloin) and Cynthia had the Beyrouti (chickpea purée with ground sirloin and pine nuts). For dessert we split the Pots de crème, Katayef (Lebanese crepes) and Sfouf (Lebanese yellow cake). The desserts were perfect, not overly sweet. I loved the fresh fruit served with each dessert - and oh, the fig. Loved the fig. Definitely an amazing dinner! Oh yea, Ill be back and I see it being VERY soon! (Notice I started with the dessert pics first?)
Posted on: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 04:19:21 +0000
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