Food: ☆☆☆½

Service: ☆☆☆

Ambiance: ☆☆½

Cost: $$$

Must try: Fresh Burrata, Israeli Street Fair, Kanafeh

Balaboosta meaning “perfect housewife” in Yiddish is a wonderful, casual, Middle Eastern eatery owned by Chef Einat Admony who also runs the really popular Taïm.

At Balaboosta, Admony originally from Tel Aviv, serves imaginative, nouveau-Mediterranean fare that is rooted in her Israeli roots.

The food is very good. The small plates/ appetizers tend to overshadow the entrees. We tried a really excellent “Fresh Burrata” which came with a beet & walnut pesto crostini – stunning!! I also really loved the “Israeli Street Fair” which had a superbly spiced chicken and merguez in a pita.

Don’t leave without trying their Kanafeh which sits on a bed of blended berries and is the perfect way to end a meal here.

Here is some of what we ate:

 

Hummus “Mortar and Pestle”

 

 

Toasted Za’atar Pita

 

 

Fresh Burrata

 

Grilled Eggplant Bruschetta

 

 

Israeli Street Fair

 

Grilled Lamb Chops

 

 

Kanafeh