Weekly Food Find

Marty had an appointment today in Charlottenburg so we decided to find a new to us restaurant for lunch.  It is on our goal list to go to a new area of Berlin and eat once a week.  We hit the jackpot today with our 2nd week of hopefully a year long weekly tradition.  I was told about a great Georgian restaurant that happened to be near his appointment.  Unfortunately when we got there we realized that it didn't open until 3PM.  Bummer.  But we looked up nearby restaurants and were so thankful the first place was closed because Mezem Berlin was out of this world.

It was a teeny tiny little place with maybe 4 tables to sit inside and three small, two person tables outside. There were a dozen or so huge bowls of main and side dishes including meat dishes, lentils (green, red, brown and yellow/orange) potatoes, green beans, couscous, red beets, red cabbage, okra, brussel sprouts, etc. and then a whole other area with dips - eggplant, hummus, tzatziki sauce, and so many other wonderful choices.  You choose a large plate (8 Euro) or a small plate (6 Euro) and then point out what you want them to pile on your plate.  We both got the 8 Euro plate but it was SO

much food that next time - and there will DEFINITELY be a next time - I think I will have to go for the 6 Euro plate.  I ate so much I almost made myself sick but it was some of the tastiest food I have ever had.  And the owners and workers were all so kind.
At the end of our meal they even brought us a small cup of hot, Turkish or Arabic tea. 
Marty's appointment was for personally fitted contact lenses where he will have to go back several times for fittings and

resizing.  Normally this would be a pain but with the promise of this restaurant afterward will make it all worthwhile.