Not the Fonz…
Faz!
While home, Kyle and I made more headway with the wedding planning, including research for our rehearsal dinner.
FAZ is a cute Mediterranean restaurant with amazing food, classy ambiance, open atmosphere, and YES, those are trees inside! Anything green gets the thumbs up from this girl hippie.
After we checked out the space, they treated us to dinner. Fabulous!
We started with brick oven flat bread and rosemary foccacia fresh from the oven. It was warm, fluffy and heavenly. Kyle dipped his in the seasoned oil & vinegar with parmesan sprinkled in it.
Then we each got a salad. Mine (on the left) was the Garden Greens salad with organic baby greens, cucumber, tomato and red onion with a pomegranate vinaigrette. Kyle’s (on the right) was the Iceberg Lettuce Wedge salad with gorgonzola dressing, toy box tomatoes, bacon crisps and a hard boiled egg. Both were excellent.
For my main course I got the Mediterranean Combination Platter. This included Babaghanoush, Tabouleh, Grape Leaf Dolmas, Hummus, Imported Olives Marinated in Zest and Herbs with Marinated Tomatoes and Feta.
It’s hard to tell how big this was from the photo, but suffice it to say, there were leftovers for meals and meals after I had stuffed myself to the brim. I can’t even describe how awesome the Babaghanoush was. I think I was meant to live in the Mediterranean. Clearly, I have a bit of a hummus addiction, so it’s not surprising that Faz’ fresh made hummus rocked my world, but it was the Babaganoush that stole the show. Hands down, it was my fave part of the platter. The richness and creamy yet chunky and hearty texture was out. of. control. good.
Kyle ordered the Duck special with Basmati rice and Green Beans.
Not too shabby looking, if I do say so myself. And there was nary a grain of rice left when he was finished, so it seems he enjoyed the meal.
I know they were probably going above and beyond to impress us, but the service was impeccable. Everything came out so promptly and tasted so fresh. T’was perfection. Can’t wait for this place to host the second-best-day-of-my-life (assuming our actual wedding day takes the #1 spot of course)!
Of course I took the copious amount of leftovers home…plus a TON of extra flat bread.
Dear Faz, I love you! The following day, I snack-faced from AM to PM ‘til my red-eye flight…
Picture this times 10. There were a few (ahem, very few) non-Mediterranean eats, too.
Apples with cinn. Voskos greek yog. TJ’s granola.
If you haven’t tried Trader Joe’s Granola & the 3 Berries, go on and ‘git some. The cute name is only one of the many many reasons it’s super awesome.
It was hard to believe this granola wasn’t home-made it was so crunchy with a subtle sweetness and delish berry flavor flaaaave…I tossed it in greek yog and added in some fresh bloobs.
When you find the winning combo…don’t let it get away 😉
In between bowls of granola, plates of hummus, and cups of tea, I putzed around the casa, took the doggies for a walk, watched season 1 of True Blood, and did more wedding shenanigans. How cute is Kona lounging in the background? I wore those puppies OUT!
I was hardly hungry before leaving for my flight, but I knew I should eat at home or I’d be paying $50 for an apple at the airport. Salad with beets and orange slices. Leftover grilled veggies. Juicy purple tomatoes.
There was some drank involved too. This Cab was nearly older than I!
As you can imagine, the flight back to NYC was less than stellar. Nothing like being greeted with 20 degree weather. Awesome.
PS Feel free to check out my guest post on my second cousin Patti’s site Worth the Whisk.
FAZ foods looks awesome!
Jenna
what do you mean..
..it’s warm out today..
so when should i be expecting my rehersal dinner invite..
haha for real they need a faz in ny pronto. i’d be thur in a heartbeat! i love how they treated you to dinner. so sweet. but necessary considering that you’re going to be hosting an oh-so big event there!
That restaurant looks phenomenal and has a good vibe! Perfect for a rehearsal dinner!
FYI – I’m coming to your rehearsal dinner. Hope you don’t mind.
Faz looks awesome!!! We had our rehearsal din at a med. place as well and our guests wouldnt stop raving about it!! GREAT CHOICE!! 🙂
E!!! Looks sooo buneo! I’m uber excited! Eeek!! I’m counting down the days. p.s. it’ll be sooo much better than Mario’s! Haha!
alright alright how many bags of pita chips do I have to bribe you with to score an invite to the rehearsal dinner?!
Looks like you found a winning place to have the rehearsal dinner! I freaking love babaganoush! I just made some yesterday, actually…yum 🙂
I am seriously drooling over your tomato pic…omg. Tomatoes in MN in Jan leave much to be desired, but that one looks fantastic! Damn CA and its local fresh produce!
Courtney
Is that standard practice to be treated at a restaurant you plan to book??? I LOVE that idea. Everything looks amazing and nothing beats a mediterranean platter. MMM. I just got hooked up with a gift certificate to an amazing looking restaurant and my name is all over that very platter.
Love tomatoes in fun colors! That combo platter looks like something I saw in my dreams last night….
What a perfect spot for your rehearsal dinner! Everything looks wonderful inside and especially the food- is this the food you were planning on serving the night of? Who couldn’t be happy with that amount of snack-attack?!?
Old Cab…sounds great to me!
The fact that you and I have the SAME KK in Pink?!! Priceless. We are destined to be CA hippy chips together 🙂
xoox
ooo faz sounds greaat!
ESP the leftovers-those are the bomb dot com
is vaskos better than fage or chobani?! never tried it!
i’d say it’s tied with Chobz as my fave. i don’t like oikos at all. other than that, im pretty much a fan of all the plain flavored greek yogurts.
we will probably serve the med platter i got at the rehearsal dinner, along with several other courses. it will be social apps/drinks followed by a sit down dinner with 3 courses (with a couple of options for each).
no idea…makes you wanna go around and milk it at several restaurants huh? of course, then comes the awkward let down when you say “just kidding!!” and book somewhere else…so maybe thats not the best idea, then?
dude, we are gonna set the bar so dang high for mario. tell him hes effed, hahahah
great minds think alike, right??…and great foodies go for the same bomb.com restaurant menus 🙂
I’m glad you made it home safe!
This place is SO cool…totally perfect for you! Are you considering it for your rehearsal dinner?
yup!
When’s the wedding?! So exciting! And that’s awesome that Faz worked out well for you. 🙂
I’ve never seen so much hummus pictures in my life. 😉
Faz sounds sooo good- i love Mediterranean food 🙂
xoxoxo
shelley
http://findinghappinessandhealth.wordpress.com
Your wedding is going to be DELICIOUS, Elise!!!
Oh my! Faz looks INCREDIBLE. The Mediterranean Combination Platter is like my perfect dinner. I can’t get enough hummus. What a perfect spot for a rehearsal dinner! Hope your week is treating you well so far
That Meditteranean Combination Platter looks like pure heaven. Yum!
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