**** Sadly, La Miche has closed
Good lord; with temps hitting the mid-90's last week, it was hard believing it's actually November! It was in the high-30's when we left Iceland....we even felt that the temps in the mid-50's in Seattle was quite warm. So when we got back home and this heatwave hit....sheesh.
Hot weather like this kind of kills our appetite. We wanted something with a lot of flavor, but not too heavy, and La Miche came to mind. Hard to believe that it has almost been two years since we last visited, but the owner Nabih still remembered us.
Like before, we tend to stick with the mezze here.
We started with the Baba Gannoush.
The version here is a bit too sour for our taste, which really dampens the usual smoky flavor of eggplant.
The Muhamarah, though, is still a winna!
This red pepper and walnut spread; thickened with bread has such a nice texture and wonderfully complex sweet-nutty-garlic-sour flavors. It is heaven on a warm pita.
The slightly ripe and funky-cheesy-salty Shaankleesh was also perfect....a wonderful mash-up of flavors based on nice and ripe Shanklish is also wonderful on bread.
The Missus also enjoys the chewy, spicy, and salty Soujouk. The acid from the tomato sauce helps cut the salt.
There's quite a combination of spices going on here. By this time we were quite full so we took most of this home. The next day, the Missus made the leftovers with egg, which is a classic combination to this dry and spicy sausage.
I'm not sure what took us so long to return to La Miche. Perhaps it's location; kind of hidden from view. We really enjoyed our meal on a day where we hit record high temps. We won't take so long to return in the future.
La Miche Kabobgee
9350 Clairemont Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92123
whoa?! too hot!
Posted by: kat | Sunday, 13 November 2016 at 09:39 PM
What on earth is wrong with SoCal? I'm going to be there on the 1st of the 2017. I guess I will be packing shorts and t-shirts.
Posted by: nhb | Monday, 14 November 2016 at 10:26 AM
Man has it been hot Kat!
I dunno Billy...the way things are going, it might be snowing! lol!
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 14 November 2016 at 10:42 AM
Two suggestions for similar meze and middle eastern options
1) if you ever end up in Philadelphia try a place called Zahav. It's legendary in the city and was my favorite place to visit by far.
2) the place cafe near UTC. Run by a couple of Israeli christians they make falafel and hummus as good as anything I ever got in Israel.
Posted by: Loren | Wednesday, 16 November 2016 at 08:48 AM
Hi Loren - Do you mean Place Café? I've had them on my list for a while.
Posted by: Kirk | Wednesday, 16 November 2016 at 09:03 AM
I just found this place about 3-4 months ago and it's become a favorite. Their garlic paste is to die for and the owner is always happy for a chat. Their dinner feast thing is really good too and worth trying.
Posted by: Derek Ray | Thursday, 17 November 2016 at 01:21 AM
Hi Derek - For some reason we haven't taken to the meat offerings here. They do make a nice garlic paste....though I thought Alforon's version was better...hmmm....another place I haven't been to in a while.
Posted by: Kirk | Thursday, 17 November 2016 at 06:58 AM
Kirk
Place cafe it is. It's well worth your visit but I would also strongly recommend the truffle fries.
Posted by: Loren | Thursday, 17 November 2016 at 09:41 PM
Thanks Loren - I'll move that up my list.
Posted by: Kirk | Friday, 18 November 2016 at 09:23 AM