While things simmer, I thought I might show you all a few shots from a recent excursion to SoHo. Now that we're in the thick of summer, with interesting movies popping up everywhere, it has become a near-weekly ritual for Katherine and I to hit a movie in the Palace IFC before trying a new dinner spot in SoHo. This past weekend, the movie was "Wanted" (empowering and visually stunning with a mile-a-second pace, but somehow still a bit hollow - "Iron Man" still remains atop the summer slate in my book) and the restaurant was Olive. Before setting foot outside, however, let's take a peek out our living room window at a typical Hong Kong sunset...
After the movie, we exited the IFC mall and stepped right onto the mid-levels escalator (easily one of my favorite transportation features of Hong Kong)...
The escalator took us all the way up to Elgin Street, where Olive (and one of Hong Kong's eight Krispy Kreme shops!) is located...
Olive sits just a little ways down the street...
It's a very stylish Mediterranean (Lebanese, more specifically) restaurant that had been recommended to us by one of the students in our residence hall. We tried...
The "Olive Mezza", an appetizer platter with amazing cucumbers, fresh pita bread, hummus, baba ghanoush, etc.
Mjedra (rice, cracked wheat, and lentils) wrapped in cabbage leaves with pomegranate seeds and fresh mozzarella.
It was quite yummy and creative, which means we'll go back to try more of the specialties, but we both felt like we had better food - at a much better price - in Ann Arbor at La Shish (now called "Charlie's Mediterranean Cuisine").
Smells like the chili's ready! Happy 4th, everyone!
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Happy 4th to you! Your celebration menu sounds fabulous...as well as the food at your latest restaurant find!
Wow! That looks like very unique Lebanese food, yum. And thanks for the update on La Shish, I didn't know they'd changed their name ;)
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