Rona Yuthasastrakosol and her mom are in town on business. We hooked up
for dinner last night at the Mediterranean Cruise Café in nearby Eagan.
The company was, as always, wonderful! Rona is about the most cheerful
person I've ever met and there's nothing phony about it (or her). She
brought me sweet treats from Canada. Yeay! Clodhoppers!

In thinking about it, the meal was mediocre -- the appetizer plate had
Hummos and eggplant dips, Falafil, fried vegetables, Tabouli. Pureed
eggplant with Tahini Sauce, garlic and parsley. Most of it was pretty
tasteless -- Rona's mom and I agreed that there were no special flavors
jumping out at us. The flat bread accompanying the plate was hot --
steamed perhaps. The hummus was very creamy and had a note of peanut
butter in the flavor. We didn't ask if it contained peanut butter.
Here's their website: <http://www.medcruisecafe.com/>

I had shish kabob -- but it wasn't served on a skewer. :-( And the
lamb was overcooked.

The best part of the meal was a garlic dip. Out of this world! The
consistency was almost like whipped butter. We inquired about
ingredients and the waiter said it was garlic and lemon juice only.
Hard to believe. He called it "tomeh" or something similar. We think
it maybe is a Palestinian thing but aren't sure. Anyone here ever hear
of it or have any particulars on how to make it? It had a stronger
lemon flavor than garlic -- until I got home. :-)

The evening ended at 10:30 and I came home. Woke up this morning to
about 7 inches of snow on the driveway. I've just posted a couple
pictures on my webpage.

Garlic dip, anyone?
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 2-19-04 -- Dufus picture posted!