On North Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Park Chicago sits Galit. A small restaurant across the street from Lincoln Hall. This James Beard award-winning Mediterranean restaurant serves a chef’s tasting menu to each of its guests. The menu is made up of five courses.
For the first course, the Hummus course I had the traditional “Tehina” hummus which was served with their delicious bread.
The second course, called “Salatim” consisted of some more amazing spreads as well as vegetables and some assorted pickled vegetables.
The hummus course and the Salatime course are served at the same time and the portions are perfect for two people.
After the first two courses came the Mezze course. I ordered the Iraqi Kubbeh Halab which was lamb in a crispy saffron crust served with dill leaves. The flavor in this small dish was amazing.
For the main course, I chose to have the Turkey Shawarma. While the flavor was great I do believe that the meat was slightly overcooked. The char on the ends gave the whole dish a very strong burned taste to it. The shawarma is served on top of a pea puree and accompanied by orange blossoms which make a really great pairing.
For dessert, I had to get the Turkish Coffee Ice cream. Not your traditional coffee flavors here and I highly recommend it.
Galit was a great date night spot with the chef’s tasting menu. All of the portions were great and the value for the evening was great. I would return to this restaurant if they created a new menu for me to try in a heartbeat!