We’ve taken to eating once a day as we wind down our time in Barichara. Thursday was Arab Day and as remote as this town may seem they have a Mediterranean restaurant. “We want to go to the Arab place,” we told our tuk tuk driver; because we did.
Layne was less enthusiastic about this lunch but even though it was overpriced I liked the food.
It was half open air dining and we had the place to ourselves. I saw a dog water bowl so I assume it is Rusty friendly but it was a hot morning and he had been reluctant to go so we left him at the campground. Apparently he howled a little and he was glad to see us when we got back but I did miss him.
We got refreshing mint and hibiscus drinks to start, tart with ginger and that was worth a non alcoholic buzz.
Layne checked out the dried fruit and spice emporium before the appetizers arrived, lamb dolmas and falafels:
We shared a lamb stew called “tagine” in Morocco which comes in a hot clay pot.
Mark from the campground had a selection of vegetarian appetizers, olives in a spicy sauce, eggplant stew and labneh which is soft cheese made from twice strained yoghurt and has a dry goats cheese type flavor but much richer.
The piece de resistance was a dessert of pistachio baklava with a honey sauce. Mark said the coffee is also middle eastern rather grainy and made with cardamom so we skipped it despite my curiosity.
At $55 for us two it was rather more pricy than we expected but I suppose the surprise of having access to Middle Eastern food in middle Colombia made the expedition a success.
It is a beautifully designed and curated space.
At the top of the town.
