Zefki - levantine cuisine
This is a levantine restaurant that has newly started in the trade centre area, and they invited me to try out their food.
The interior looks classy, and I liked the overall look and feel that the place has to it.
We started with some beverages. The Turkish sherbat on the menu caught my eye and I had to try it out. This was something unique. It has various spices in it like cinnamon, aniseed, and more. If you like to try something different, then you can try it out, otherwise perhaps the flavour of the spices might feel a bit too strong.
The other one was a more classic one - the passion fruit mojito. This wasn't too tangy, but was refreshing.
They got us the baba ghanouj to start with. The baba ghanoouj itself was served over an egg-plant. I really liked the taste of the baba ghanouj, but I'm not sure if a lot of people will like the egg-plant itself that it was served over.
One of their unique dishes is the hummus. You might wonder what's unique since it is the most common dish in the region. It comes as a platter with three types of hummus - the regular one, the beetroot one, and the avocado one. I liked the regular hummus the most. The beetroot and the avocado hummus were good enough.
One of their signature dishes is the zefki falafel. This is no ordinary falafel; it is stuffed with mozzarella and cheddar cheese. That's not all, it is also served with a tomato sauce, and drizzled with some tahina. I took a bit of it and found it really delicious. I had a few more pieces of it and it was really hard to resist. If there's one appetiser that you should try here, let it be this one.
The other hot appetiser was the cigara borge. This is made from filo dough. It is stuffed with cheese, chopped parsley, and sesame. This looked really appealing, and did taste pretty good. It was cheesy, though could have had a little more flavour to it.
From their pottery section, we had the sojuk. These are lamb sausages made with the base of a tomato sauce. It was served in a earthen pot. The sausages tasted quite nice, although the sauce did feel a bit tangy.
We had the adana kebabs from the grill section. These are lamb kebabs made with onion, garlic, capsicum, and parsley. They were served with hummus and thick-cut fries. The kebabs tasted fantastic. I liked the fact that the spices were not overpowering the lamb but were complementing it well.
For our dessert, we had the rice pudding. This too came in three flavours - classic, mixed berries, and the pistachio. The pistachio one was my favourite. The classic and the mixed berries one was also quite good.
My favourite dessert though had to be the Um Ali. Though, I'm not a huge fan of this in general, the one I had here tasted delicious. It was served with honey on the side and when we poured some over it, it really enhanced the flavour. It was served hot and the flavours were really good.
Just beside the restaurant, there is a parking lot where you're allowed to park for free if you're dining at zefki.
During Ramadan, they also have two set menus for iftar which are as under:
Click here to salivate.
The interior looks classy, and I liked the overall look and feel that the place has to it.
We started with some beverages. The Turkish sherbat on the menu caught my eye and I had to try it out. This was something unique. It has various spices in it like cinnamon, aniseed, and more. If you like to try something different, then you can try it out, otherwise perhaps the flavour of the spices might feel a bit too strong.
The other one was a more classic one - the passion fruit mojito. This wasn't too tangy, but was refreshing.
They got us the baba ghanouj to start with. The baba ghanoouj itself was served over an egg-plant. I really liked the taste of the baba ghanouj, but I'm not sure if a lot of people will like the egg-plant itself that it was served over.
One of their unique dishes is the hummus. You might wonder what's unique since it is the most common dish in the region. It comes as a platter with three types of hummus - the regular one, the beetroot one, and the avocado one. I liked the regular hummus the most. The beetroot and the avocado hummus were good enough.
One of their signature dishes is the zefki falafel. This is no ordinary falafel; it is stuffed with mozzarella and cheddar cheese. That's not all, it is also served with a tomato sauce, and drizzled with some tahina. I took a bit of it and found it really delicious. I had a few more pieces of it and it was really hard to resist. If there's one appetiser that you should try here, let it be this one.
The other hot appetiser was the cigara borge. This is made from filo dough. It is stuffed with cheese, chopped parsley, and sesame. This looked really appealing, and did taste pretty good. It was cheesy, though could have had a little more flavour to it.
From their pottery section, we had the sojuk. These are lamb sausages made with the base of a tomato sauce. It was served in a earthen pot. The sausages tasted quite nice, although the sauce did feel a bit tangy.
We had the adana kebabs from the grill section. These are lamb kebabs made with onion, garlic, capsicum, and parsley. They were served with hummus and thick-cut fries. The kebabs tasted fantastic. I liked the fact that the spices were not overpowering the lamb but were complementing it well.
For our dessert, we had the rice pudding. This too came in three flavours - classic, mixed berries, and the pistachio. The pistachio one was my favourite. The classic and the mixed berries one was also quite good.
My favourite dessert though had to be the Um Ali. Though, I'm not a huge fan of this in general, the one I had here tasted delicious. It was served with honey on the side and when we poured some over it, it really enhanced the flavour. It was served hot and the flavours were really good.
Just beside the restaurant, there is a parking lot where you're allowed to park for free if you're dining at zefki.
During Ramadan, they also have two set menus for iftar which are as under:
Click here to salivate.
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