My wife and I ate at Casbah last night and while the
food was good, it didn't seem to be up to the other
comments I have heard here. And I don't think the
actual entres were worth it. We might have just picked
bad entrees but that was our assesment when we left.
The appetizer's were very good.
We split the squash soup, and the goat cheese in
filo (both of which I had heard here were good).
The entre's were disappointing to eat. Though the
presentation of the dishes was nice.
We split the "lamb tangerine cinnamon" dish and
the "grilled vegetables".
The sauce in the lamb dish was very interesting,
the cinnamon, and I think a little nutmeg was good
but not fantastic. I didn't notice any tangerine.
The lamb was the consitency of old pot roast. And it
sort of tasted like over-cooked pot roast.
The grilled vegetables were exactly that, and were very
unremarkable. I don't know what I would have changed
to make this better, I guess I was expecting them to
have been grilled over some sort of wood fire, rather
than in an electric stove which is sort of what they
tasted like. I know I've had better grilled vegatbles.
The dessert's were good. We had the rasberry chocolate
thing and the custard with fresh fruit.
We didn't drink anything but water. The entire bill came to
57.47 including tip.
Gary
BTW. The bread was ciabatta from breadworks.Pittsburgh, PA
Casbah review
Gary P. wrote: > My wife and I ate at Casbah last night and while the > food was good, it didn't seem to be up to the other > comments I have heard here. And I don't think the > actual entres were worth it. We might have just picked > bad entrees but that was our assesment when we left. Hmm. My friend and I were at Casbah last night and we really enjoyed our dinners. First, I was definitely impressed with the decor (or lack of it, I suppose). It is understated and a lot more upscale than I was expecting (having been to both Mad Mex and Kaya). The waitstaff were courteous and attentive (and amused as I related how the whole bread thing has taken on a life of its own on the Internet). My friend ordered the quail with eggplant and chickpeas; I had the pork chop with roasted garlic cream and butternut risotto. Definitely a high mark for presentation; my garnish was long slivers of scallions that had been deep fried. Neither of us was the least bit disappointed with the food quality. I also really enjoyed the wine flights (3 2oz servings of a selection of either white or red wines for $6.50). The manager mentioned last night that they are hoping to expand the available selection for the flights and possibly even add a "half-bottle" flight (i.e., when one bottle isn't enough, but two is too much!). We didn't order dessert. With wine, our tab came to about $56 with tip. Beth Mazur | "Tufte likes to point out that there are only two MAYA Design | industries that call their customers users -- those Pittsburgh PA | selling technology and those selling drugs." -- Eric Justin Gould, http://www.maya.com/Local/mazur/ InterActivity, Sep/Oct '95