Bavel

500 Mateo St, Los Angeles, CA

Menu (As of 11/1)

Spreads

• Hummus Masabacha $17.00creamy & chunky bean purée, tomato, lemon, garlic, green zhoug, pita
• Hummus Duck 'Nduja $19.00tahini, parsley, cilantro, sumac, blistered pita
• Baba Ghanoush $19.00smoked eggplant, poblano pepper & fennel escabeche, pomegranate, fried & honey glazed pita
• Farm Cheese $22.00fig leaf za'atar, rose petal, black sesame buckwheat toast
• Chicken Liver Paté $26.00prune rose jam, thyme, urfa, marash, black sesame buckwheat toast
• Additional Bread $5.00blistered pita, fried pita, black sesame buckwheat toast, or laffa

Appetizers

• Marinated Olives $9.00cinnamon, citrus, sheep's milk feta
• Butter Lettuce Salad $23.00green tahini vinaigrette, kohlrabi, feta, sesame, pickled cabbage, lime leaves
• Persimmon Salad $24.00frisée, red endive, turmeric preserved meyer lemon vinaigrette, pomegranate, fried rosemary
• Moroccan Carrots $24.00rose pickled beets, whipped feta, coriander, marjoram
• Dry Aged Ocean Trout Crudo $32.00coconut citrus broth, charred chili & onion, burnt persimmons, turmeric giner oil, lime leaf
• Venison Kibbeh Nayyeh $34.00skordalia potato puree, turnip, shallot, urfa, dill, sesame, beet vinegar, laffa
• Roasted Cauliflower $24.00vegetable curry sauce, rose pickled onions, garam masala, horseradish, cilantro
• Grilled Octopus $36.00skordalia potatoes, broccoli, lamb xo, dill, lemon, olive oil
• Romano Bean Tempura $26.00cashew cardamom cream, tomato date chutney, black garlic aioli, smoked habanero
• Grilled Kohlrabi $26.00honey mushroom tzatziki, brown butter, burnt harissa powder, dill, red vein sorrel
• Oyster Mushroom Kebab $29.00lovage & avocado purée, sumac, meyer lemon, cilantro
• Grilled Prawns $36.00harissa marinade, cured zucchini & cucumber tzatziki, fresh herbs, lime
• Fried Quail $28.00chili xo, tomato & cucumber raita, rose petal, cilantro, ginger, savory
• Sweet Potato Flatbread $26.00eggplant, feta, hawaij walnuts, brown butter, wildflower honey, fried rosemary
• Malawach $28.00ancient grain crispy layered bread, grated tomato, dill crème fraîche, soft egg, strawberry zhoug

Entrees

• Grilled Dorade $54.00smoked whole seed chermoula, cilantro, lime, turnips
• Aged Half Duck $66.00grilled breast skewer & confit leg, carob, pistachio tahini, dried flowers, chicory salad
• Braised Wagyu Beef Cheek Tagine $68.00smoked & pickled pomegranate seeds, crispy shallots, pinenuts, koshari rice
• Whole Lamb Rack $92.00green amba rub, garlic yogurt, charred papaya, savory, fried curry leaf
• Slow Roasted Lamb Neck Shawarma $65.00tahini, ajika, pickled vegetables, carob molasses, laffa

Desserts

• Kirsch & Tahitian Vanilla Bean Custard $16.00roasted huckleberries, cinnamon anise tuile
• Nougat Ice Cream Bar $17.00dark pecan caramel, chocolate butter cake, chocolate shell
• Honey Crisp Apple Torte $17.00noyaux anglaise, soft whipped cream
• Spiced Caramel Ice Cream $16.00cream, pour over Turkish coffee, chocolate & vanilla checkerboard cookie
• Chocolate Lavender Donuts $16.00malted milk chocolate ice cream, soft whipped cream
• Spiced Pear Cake $17.00brown butter, date vinegar, tahitian vanilla calvados whipped cream

Cocktails

• Zaid $18.00cobbler - manzanilla sherry, green apple & apple aperitif, lemon
• Semira $18.00Hemingway Daiquiri – reposado tequila, haitian rhum, grapefruit, chamomile, fennel, lemon
• Nasim $19.00Collins - private batch fukano 7yr japanese whisky, amontillado sherry, green apple, lemon, soda, lime leaf
• Amina $19.00Spicy Marg - mezcal, mint amaro, honeydew, lime, serrano, sorrel
• Donia $19.00Stirred Sour - gin, clarified tomato, strawberry, dill, dry vermouth, lime acid, smoked tomato salt, olive oil
• Rangin $20.00Negroni - strawberry-infused gin, red bitter blend, rosso vermouth, expressed orange, dried strawberry
• Shabgard $21.00Amaro Manhattan - private batch fukano 7yr japanese whisky, ligurian amaro, pineau des charentes, lemon twist
• Nebuchadnezzar $21.00Old Fashioned – lamb fat bourbon, rye, kashmiri, date, bitters, lemon peel

On Tap

• 1903 Lager, Half $6.00Craftsman Brewing / Pasadena, California
• 1903 Lager, Full $11.00Craftsman Brewing / Pasadena, California

Non-alcoholic

• Soda $5.00coke or diet coke
• Sumac Pomegranate Lemonade $6.00
• Housemade Ginger Beer $6.00
• Housemade Ginger Ale $6.00
• Housemade Lemon-Lime Soda $5.00
• Iced Tea $6.00burnt apple olong
• Hot Tea $5.00august uncommon metropolitan black / august uncommon fig & chamommile herbal / jing whole leaf peppermint
• Coffee $5.00verve. regular or decaf.
• Espresso $5.00verve. regular or decaf
• Espresso $6.00verve. cappuccino or latte

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