Tizi Melloul Mediterranean Restaurant (Chicago, IL)- http://www.tizimelloul.com/
The decor is gorgeous…..reds, golds, browns. Here’s a picture of it:

This place is a bit pricey…average about $35 per person for dinner but will worth it. To be honest I wasn’t really hungry even after walking all over Chicago (had a really late lunch…one of those 5 meats subs from Quizznos). Anyways, I ended up ordering a couple of appetizers. Fire-roasted Prince Edwards Island Mussels and Grilled Lamb Tenderlion….and Stella Artois (I would normally order the type of beer of the base on the restaurant but I really fancy stella since I haven’t had one in awhile). The mussels were so yummy and spicy. It had a light and clean taste to it. It’s served on a hot flat iron pan with harissa butter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harissa). The mussels portion were generous as well. Next came the lamb….cooked medium (per ordered) with a special version of moussaka..it was made with potatoes and some sort of cheese…..I don’t think I have to tell you that I was “snack your mama’s mama good”.
Now, my friend had ordered Pear Salad and the Mussels. When her salad came the pear was poached (she had this salad when she came here in Jan and it was just the regular pear. They poach it for the summer time). She was very surprise and didn’t like the taste of it. Anyways, the manager/owner (Mike) was there and he replaced with another salad that she ordered. Our waitress (Alexis) even came over and said that we can call ahead next time and let them know when we were coming in and they would make sure to have fresh pear to make that salad for her. Mike came back over to make sure everything was okay and check on his other customer regularly. He even served them food. Not to mention that he turned the AC down when he notice that some of the us were a little cold (didn’t think we catch it, did you?).
Thanks, Tizi Melloul for the great experience….now bring out the belly dancers!
BTW-On Sunday’s for $25/person unlimitted glass of house red and white wines, an assortment of specially prepared hors d’oeuvres and belly dance performances at 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
I give it a 5 out of 5 cherries
