Just had lunch at Europa Turka on Rosemary at the CH/Carrboro border. Everything was good. For my dollar the best Middle Eastern food in CH/D. Humus to die for, excellent souvlaki, everything fresh, nice garnishes, etc. Yet the place was empty - one other diner who finished just as I came in. Come on people, support your local humus merchant! I'd hate to lose this one. Remsleep
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Europa Turka
NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Nov 2002 14:05:16 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu triangle.dining:16820 We went there for dinner a couple of weeks ago, and I will agree. Wonderful shish kebab and adana kebab in very big portions. It was excellent. I do hope that they can maintain the business, because they deserve it. If we want good, quality, ethnically-diverse restaurant alternatives in the Triangle area, we have to support restaurants like these, especially during that make-or-break start-up period that is so difficult for any small business... bon appétit, Sue On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 15:30:31 -0500, "Remsleep" wrote: >Just had lunch at Europa Turka on Rosemary at the CH/Carrboro border. >Everything was good. For my dollar the best Middle Eastern food in CH/D. >Humus to die for, excellent souvlaki, everything fresh, nice garnishes, etc. >Yet the place was empty - one other diner who finished just as I came in. > >Come on people, support your local humus merchant! I'd hate to lose this >one. > >Remsleep >
On the strength of the messages on this newsgroup, we ate there tonight, and we will definitely go back! This is a place that really must be encouraged. 708 West Rosemary, Carrboro My husband and I shared a sampler plate of really good hummus and a wonderful smoked eggplant salad (no, not baba ghanouj) garnished with slices of tomato, pickle, hot pepper and two halves of a very tasty stuffed grape leaf. Then I had the lamb kebob entree which consists of grilled cubed lamb, rice, grilled vegetables (a small pepper and half a plum tomato) and a three small mounds of cold salads (carrots, lettuce, onions). My husband had the calamari, fried in a crispy coat; the serving was huge, certainly enough for sharing. Unbidden, we were given a couple of "gifts"--as soon as we sat down, a generous sample of the Turkish Shepherd Salad (diced veggies in oil and lemon) and Kisir (turkish tabouli) w/ pita trianles and at the end, dessert called something like Kasardibi, a chopped-nut-topped eggless milk pudding very reminiscent of flan. The bill was about $30. The menu is extensive--it's going to take us many visits to try all the things that tempted us tonight. Lots of kebabs of two different types: i) the grilled meat (chicken, lamb, beef, shrimp) and grilled vegetables served on a bed of rice with accompanying salads as I described above or ii) meat served on fried pita and accompanied by a dill-flavored yogurt sauce. There are boreks (filled fillo pastry) of three types: spinach and feta; mushroom; chicken. A large choice of vegetarian meze/appetizers, several salads. Several desserts. I hope this is a reasonably accurate representation--they didn't have a copy of the dinner menu that I could take away. Donna