Day Fourteen: Bubala Vegetarian/Middle Eastern Cuisine

I’m the first to call myself a carnivore, but today I’m stepping out of my comfort zone and trying vegetarian food. This place honestly blew my expectations out of the water. This middle eastern restaurant manages to balance flavors with texture and substance to produce a wonderful unique meal that you will never forget. While the idea of eating meatless may have made me trepidation, I left feeling stuffed full, and happy.

Rating:

Food: 8/10

Price:$$

Service: NA

Accessibility: NA

Food:

We gathered together a lot of different dishes off their menu in the style of a feast means I got to try a little of everything. And I do have to say that some things are definitely better than others. The potatoes in the potato salad added the perfect heaviness to the light pita and sauces, but the spices on the cauliflower weren’t my favorite. Whatever you do though, when eating here, try the yogurt dip with garlic confit.

Accessibility:

NA. We were lucky enough to have this food delivered.

Service:

NA, I’m sure they are wonderful.

Vegetarianism:

This meal was filling, with a hearty mix of vegetables. But diets like vegetarianism have a reputation for being nutritionally unsound. Is that true or does all the foods I ate together create a whole picture of a rounded meatless meal? One of the foods served was cauliflower. While cauliflower is rather low in other nutrients, it is a vitamin C powerhouse, with about 80% of the daily recommended value of vitamin C in 100g and a moderate amount of Vitamin B6 and Potassium per only 25 calories. With the size and variety of the foods available, I’m sure most nutrients found mostly in vegetables are covered but the real worry is, what nutrients do you miss out on when you cut out meat? Protein is a common concern. When it comes to protein though, Greek yogurt, like that in the yogurt dip, has you covered, with 10g of protein for every 100g. Vitamin D is also another concern, and this one is a little harder to full. Foods high in vitamin D include fish, milk, cheese, and eggs. While there may be eggs in the tomato sauce given and cream, as well as the cream that the potato salad is drenched in, it may not be significant. Fortunately, upon further research, potatoes pack a fair amount of vitamin D and can help with a significant amount of your daily recommended supply.

The Amazing yogurt garlic dip I mentioned earlier: