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Shalom Kosher Restaurant

Last weekend, Adam and I went to a new kosher kabob place, one that was written up in a New York Times article I previously mentioned. Read on some pictures of the delicious food we had.

We started with some pickled vegetables: tomatoes, beets, and cucumber. Very nice and refreshing. The pickled beets had a surprising kick to them.

We also had the nice bread. Normally I wouldn't take picture of bread, but the bread at these places is sort of unique, with a distinctive bagel-like shape. This picture has nothing to judge the size of the bread by, but the bread is medium sized. It can feed two people.

We had lamb soup, which was very nice and hearty. I like how they use plenty of parsley. It's not just for decoration, they really put it there to give the lamb a subtler flavor.

More interesting was the "lagman", a hand-pulled noodle soup. The thick chewy noodles were great, and the broth was perfectly seasoned.

Next was the chebureki, a sort of giant oblong deep-fried soup dumpling, which could be filled with beef, or mushrooms, or other ingredients. They both had some nice juice inside, with the mushroom one being incredibly juicy.

And of course let us not forget the kabobs. We got the some healthy kabobs: a deliciously salty and strong-flavored salmon, mushrooms (which could have been cooked a little more, I feel), and tomatoes.

We also got a lamb kabob, and a beef skirt steak kabob. Both were excellent. Unfortunately, unlike Cheburechnaya, no lamb fat kabob was offered.

But that's not all! We also got a plate of cabbage, which was about as good as cabbage can be. Which is not incredible. But good.

And finally, dessert, which was something called Chak-Chak. Basically it was sweet noodles. Like those noodle baklava you see, but with really thick noodles, and arranged in a tall block.

Looking back at this, I'm really amazed we could eat of all of it. I'd say it was cheap, but all this food came to about $40. Not expensive, certainly. But there are cheaper meals to be had. Overall, everything was well done. The standouts for me were the lagman and the salmon kabob. However, I feel that most people would find the salmon kabob too salty.

According to one of the workers there, Martha Stewart is planning to do something for her show at this place. You heard it here first. I was pre-Martha for the Rickshaw Dumpling Bar, and now this. Get out of my head, woman!