Mecca Bah, Emporium, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
October 05, 2013
Mecca Bah, one of the best places to get Middle Eastern cuisine.. Located in Emporium in the valley, parking might be a hassle since there's limited parking available... Everyone knows the Emporium, filled with restaurants with different types of cuisines, turkish, spanish, mexican, japanese and even dessert places and so on.. Oh, don't forget the boutiques too, filled with wonderful designs and uniqueness..
The chairs had two different variety in the outdoor seating... Although they both seemed vintage-like, they both had their own twist which I liked.. The one below however was more comfortable than the upper since it had a chair cushion.. Though it seemed old, you can see the dirt on the leather and even the stitching doesn't look as clean anymore.. I also liked how the above chairs had that twist at the top and in their legs..
We didn't want another pizza and we were thinking either their tangines or their grills.. and we went for their grills and chose 'Middle Eastern spiced swordfish with spicy couscous' ($25).. Presented
beautifully with lemons on the side and the swordfish still in tacked
with the pick..
You could see the grilled mark on the swordfish and the
portion was generous, even the couscous' portion was too.. The swordfish looked dry on the outside due to the grilling but was actually quite moist in the inside and not as dry as I thought it would be.. I usually don't like when ordering fish dishes in restaurants because I tend to find many of them to be dry..
The couscous was okay, with that tangy flavour as well due to the lemon and it had a hint of the spicyness but was a good accompaniment with the swordfish... I would have liked it more if it had some sort of a base sauce or some sort, because it was just simply the grilled swordfish and the couscous..
We also chose a salad to freshen the day up a bit and we chose 'Fattoush' ($13).. which is also known as the Lebanese bread salad... The reason why I chose this was that I've heard this word from a movie with Adam Sandler in it.. And when I saw it on the menu, I did not keep my eyes off it... Sure, the other salads would taste wonderful as well.. But I wanted to try what this was.. and so I did..
Fattoush is a well-known salad from Syria.. It combines large chunky cuts of vegetables such as tomato, cucumber, radish etc, sumac is used in the dressing to give that soury taste, toasted or fried pieces of pita bread which soaks up the dressing... This fresh cool salad is great during summer hot days.. It was a nice blend but it was definitely a very simple salad when compared to you saucy salads..
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