Restaurant: The Hummus Bar
Location: 18743 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana, CA 91356. (818) 344-6606
Date: March 6, 2018
Cuisine: Isreali
Rating: Decent for what it is
Occasionally I’m stranded for solo meals in that culinary purgatory known as the Valley.
I needed something fast in Tarzana and ended up at The Hummus Bar and Grill.
Interior is.
There is actually a bar, which I sat at — it was kinda dirty.
The menu. I was surprised to find a lack of dairy (no lebneh) and Kosher Meat — but I asked, they aren’t actually fully kosher, just “sort of.”
Flat bread. Yum. Anyway, there was this option for $7.95 to add “bottomless salads” to an entree, which I did. It comes with all the below.
Dressing. Hmmm. Didn’t know what to do with this.
Pickles. Ok. It is a Jewish place.
Pickled Cabbage etc. This is more my style, I love pickled stuff like this.
Eggplant with tahini.
A different roasted eggplant
Baba ganoush. Aka eggplant paste!
Another dip that was sort of eggplanty.
Deadly chickpea dip.
Chopped Liver. I actually love chopped liver.
Tabouli. Not the best version ever, but ok.
Egg salad. Yeah, like a deli.
Roast Pepper dip. I ate a bunch of this, but I’ve had way better pepper dips.
Corn.
Beets.
Kefta kabob and lamb kabob. With tahini. Solid meats, if slightly chewy. I like tahini but I would have much preferred some lebneh.
Also comes with French Fries. I don’t like these rough cut ones.
And rice.
Hummus Bar doesn’t exactly execute on the food brilliantly, but it is a mega-deal. You get A LOT! The salads could have badly used some more balance — way too many eggplant varieties — and I would have liked lebneh. But it was an okay place.
