{"id":4594,"date":"2012-05-05T00:51:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T00:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/food\/the-cougars-corner-boubouffe-mediterranean-grill\/"},"modified":"2012-05-05T00:51:53","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T00:51:53","slug":"the-cougars-corner-boubouffe-mediterranean-grill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/food\/the-cougars-corner-boubouffe-mediterranean-grill","title":{"rendered":"The Cougar’s Corner: Boubouffe Mediterranean Grill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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It was another Friday night on Second Street as this foodie took a stroll through Belmont Shore. With tons of people walking about, undoubtedly gearing up for summer as the weather is warming up, it was a beautiful night.<\/p>\n

My friend Solfia and I decide on Boubouffe, the relatively new Mediterranean restaurant that just opened last year. A friendly hostess greeted us, seating us \u201cinside\u201d facing the parking\/auto detail lot. Umm\u2026not a good start (a parking lot is not the greatest of views), but I am hopeful as I heard good things about the food.<\/p>\n

A very pleasant and attentive waitress took our order. However, I think she must have been new because she wasn\u2019t very familiar with the menu as she couldn\u2019t answer our questions. Things aren\u2019t looking too good — again.<\/p>\n

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Now I have to say that I do love Middle Eastern food with its exotic Mediterranean and Eastern Asian spices and flavors — but here, my Moroccan Lamb Tajine <\/span>with black figs, turnips, and couscous missed the mark. It was rather bland and not all flavorful — such a disappointment given the dynamic flavors usually associted with Moroccan cuisine. My friends dish was significantly better, as the fish she ordered — a Pan Roasted Stripe Bass <\/span>served with cauliflower pur\u00e9e, pine nuts, capers, and sultana — was tasty. However, the vegetables were a bit off as the puree looked a little like baby food. Gerber shouldn’t be on the menu.<\/p>\n

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The best dish by far was the Old Fashioned Wilted Spinach Salad with <\/span>sweet onions, croutons, apples, smoked Turkey bacon, poached egg, and white balsamic dressing. The tangy dressing was just right, the onions delectable, and the poached egg was perfect. Solid choice.<\/p>\n

Lastly, we decided to share dessert to round out the meal and ordered the Baklava. Served as three long rolls on a dish sprinkled with pistachios, it certainly looked nice but the pistachio filling was a little too spicy for me and not as sweet as I am used to (even with the rather nice flaky crust). Solfia seemed to like it though as not much was left over.<\/p>\n

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As we walked home that night, we decided we should have just ordered the salad with a glass of wine but agreed we would give it another chance because maybe it was just an off day — and everyone is entitled to one of those. Or we just ordered the “wrong” dishes — you never know. So until next time this cougar wishes you and your stomach a Bon Appetite<\/em>!<\/p>\n

Boubouffe Mediterranean Grill, 5313 East Second Street, <\/span>562-433-7000.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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