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Restaurant review: Erebuni Armenian Restaurant, Nicosia
By Alexander McCowan
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/erebuni-armenian-restaurant/restaurant-review-erebuni-armenian-restaurant-nicosia/20111119
Published on November 19, 2011
Erebuni Armenian Restaurant, Nicosia Restaurant review,
ReviewsRelated contentExciting menu at Erebuni
The Erebuni restaurant is designed to replicate an Armenian palace or
sepulchre with brown stone walls and columns that may appeal to some
because there is no accounting for taste. We arrive fairly early on a
Tuesday night to find the premises empty of diners but some of the
tables are occupied by groups of dark-clad heavily stubbled young men
earnestly engaged in conversation. There is a dominant television
portraying some form of oriental pop music; the furnishings are plain
but not unattractive and we are shown to a table in a corner and given
a menu by the single waiter.
He returns a few minutes later places an unasked for bottle of water
on the table and seeks our order but as the menu is extensive and the
compiler has gone to some length to describe the various dishes we
require more time.
The starters contain many Armenian favourites such as soujuk, jajek
and sarma mixed with such delicacies as smoked salmon and caviar; the
companion settles for the special hummus and I select the basturma, a
spicy sausage that the Armenians serve like salami. There is a hot
starter section that offers blinchik, lahmadjo, which most will be
familiar with: a rolled pancake filled with minced beef, and tjvjik:
fried liver with onions and herbs among others. Outside on a large,
illuminated board the establishment advertises its meze, which
consists of practically everything on the starter menu and many more
but warns that any request to replace any of the items will encounter
a surcharge of 5.
Under the heading 'authentic Erebuni kebab' we find ten entries
ranging from chicken wings, pork kebab to filet shish kebab and lamb
chops. This is followed by the chef's specialties which include steak
filet mignon garnished with tasty spices and served with baked potato
and Armenian salad.
The companion originally selects the grilled chicken breast but when
told by the waiter that it didn't come with fried potatoes although it
clearly states such is the case on the menu, she settles on the filet
mignon served rare.
The waiter recommends a Vlasidi Sauvignon, a good choice. There are no
other customers yet so we are surprised to be kept waiting for the
first course, however it eventually arrives accompanied by a basket
containing a hot, freshly baked, hard crusted bread and some just
thawed wraps; strange contrast. The hummus is very good as is the
basturma and the hot bread is excellent.
Now for the interesting part of the evening: after some discussion and
the passage of twenty minutes the main dishes arrive, mine contains
four burnt chops a collection of cold fried potatoes and a chopped
salad sitting in the middle of the plate. The companion's dish is a
complete mystery as it contains something that doesn't even appear on
the menu: a beef chop, which is not rare, but has been cooked close to
cremation. 'What is this?' the waiter is baffled, he shrugs, he nods
his head and vanishes.
Both plates are left. No comment from anyone on the premises. Time to go.
Either this establishment was suffering from a nervous breakdown on
the night we visited or it is totally contemptuous of its customers,
whichever; we shall not be returning soon.
VITAL STATISTICS
SPECIALITY Armenian grills
WHERE Erebuni, Larnaca Ave, Pallouriotissa, Nicosia
CONTACT 22 730088
PRICE Kebabs around 9
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
By Alexander McCowan
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/erebuni-armenian-restaurant/restaurant-review-erebuni-armenian-restaurant-nicosia/20111119
Published on November 19, 2011
Erebuni Armenian Restaurant, Nicosia Restaurant review,
ReviewsRelated contentExciting menu at Erebuni
The Erebuni restaurant is designed to replicate an Armenian palace or
sepulchre with brown stone walls and columns that may appeal to some
because there is no accounting for taste. We arrive fairly early on a
Tuesday night to find the premises empty of diners but some of the
tables are occupied by groups of dark-clad heavily stubbled young men
earnestly engaged in conversation. There is a dominant television
portraying some form of oriental pop music; the furnishings are plain
but not unattractive and we are shown to a table in a corner and given
a menu by the single waiter.
He returns a few minutes later places an unasked for bottle of water
on the table and seeks our order but as the menu is extensive and the
compiler has gone to some length to describe the various dishes we
require more time.
The starters contain many Armenian favourites such as soujuk, jajek
and sarma mixed with such delicacies as smoked salmon and caviar; the
companion settles for the special hummus and I select the basturma, a
spicy sausage that the Armenians serve like salami. There is a hot
starter section that offers blinchik, lahmadjo, which most will be
familiar with: a rolled pancake filled with minced beef, and tjvjik:
fried liver with onions and herbs among others. Outside on a large,
illuminated board the establishment advertises its meze, which
consists of practically everything on the starter menu and many more
but warns that any request to replace any of the items will encounter
a surcharge of 5.
Under the heading 'authentic Erebuni kebab' we find ten entries
ranging from chicken wings, pork kebab to filet shish kebab and lamb
chops. This is followed by the chef's specialties which include steak
filet mignon garnished with tasty spices and served with baked potato
and Armenian salad.
The companion originally selects the grilled chicken breast but when
told by the waiter that it didn't come with fried potatoes although it
clearly states such is the case on the menu, she settles on the filet
mignon served rare.
The waiter recommends a Vlasidi Sauvignon, a good choice. There are no
other customers yet so we are surprised to be kept waiting for the
first course, however it eventually arrives accompanied by a basket
containing a hot, freshly baked, hard crusted bread and some just
thawed wraps; strange contrast. The hummus is very good as is the
basturma and the hot bread is excellent.
Now for the interesting part of the evening: after some discussion and
the passage of twenty minutes the main dishes arrive, mine contains
four burnt chops a collection of cold fried potatoes and a chopped
salad sitting in the middle of the plate. The companion's dish is a
complete mystery as it contains something that doesn't even appear on
the menu: a beef chop, which is not rare, but has been cooked close to
cremation. 'What is this?' the waiter is baffled, he shrugs, he nods
his head and vanishes.
Both plates are left. No comment from anyone on the premises. Time to go.
Either this establishment was suffering from a nervous breakdown on
the night we visited or it is totally contemptuous of its customers,
whichever; we shall not be returning soon.
VITAL STATISTICS
SPECIALITY Armenian grills
WHERE Erebuni, Larnaca Ave, Pallouriotissa, Nicosia
CONTACT 22 730088
PRICE Kebabs around 9
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress