With New York offering so many dining, it’s hard to revisit ones you’ve enjoy. Like Balaboosta in the West Village. My friend reminded me how much we liked it and suggested it for our catch-up dinner.

I’ve been traveling so much that we needed gab time over a meal. Appetizers and small bites or Mezze—my thing at Mediterranean restaurants.

As we yakked, we nibbled the puddle of hummus ($17) with droplets of tahini, warm chickpeas and green s’chug, the green chilies and cilantro sauce with their warm pita.

The cauliflower florets ($19) came topped with peanut tahini, mixed with pickle crumble and topped with small puffed corn-peanut balls, bamba. Interesting, as was the eggplant ($21) in a pomegranate harissa glaze sitting in a puddle of more tahini, Asian this time.


The most memorable were the large head-on prawns in a Hawaiian coconut curry ($32).

Worth a visit.

Balaboosta
West Village
611 Hudson St
New York, NY 10014
212-390-1545
balaboostanyc.com