Mum Mediterranean Cuisine is a bright, sparkling clean spot for outstanding, freshly prepared dishes that are delicious, visually alluring, and healthy! From cold salads and dips to hot-off-the-grill kebabs and shawarma, Mum Mediterranean has all your favorite meals for lunch and dinner, to stay or to go, seven days a week. Eat healthy and live better!
Mum Mediterranean Cuisine has been run by Husam “Sam” for the last two years and has quickly become a local favorite in the trendy neighborhood of Ridgewood. Dine in at the cool, retro diner-style tables, chairs, and booths as your meal is prepared on the spot in the open kitchen. A refrigerated case shows off all the tempting, cold appetizers to start your meal, such as verdant tabbouleh, made from hand chopped parsley, tomato, lemon, mint, onion, and bulgar wheat. Smoked eggplant dip called baba ganoush is creamy and flavorful, served on pretty, turquoise ceramic dishes. Mum’s homemade hummus is sublimely delicious, spread on a triangle of pita bread. “Lebneh” is a cool, creamy yogurt dip that goes well on everything at Mum Mediterranean. Warm up with a bowl of lentil soup or chicken soup, made fresh each day.
Hot appetizers include a trio of donut-shaped falafel, the best I’ve ever tasted, light and flavorful from a blend of beans and mild seasonings topped with toasted sesame seeds, served with a tub of creamy tahini sauce, though you’ll want to dip them into the lebneh as well. These tasty falafel are also available as an entrée, rolled into a wrap, stuffed into a pita, or served on a platter with sides.
I was treated to a special warm eggplant salad appetizer that was out of this world, delivered by the friendly employees, Tom and Maryam. Stuffed grape leaves with rice and stuffed cabbage leaves with rice and ground meat are both luscious with a squeeze of fresh lemon.
The kids will love the hand-cut chicken tenders, mozzarella sticks, and cheese fries, and there’s a Kid’s menu for entrées as well.
Mum Mediterranean offers fine meats made into kebabs, shawarma, and burgers, and lets you choose among a wrap, pita, or platter. Chicken kebabs are tender and juicy, as are the lamb skewers. Kofta is a blend of meats with mild seasonings rolled into a patty that’s perfect on a pita with lettuce, tomato, onion, and sauce of your choice. Chicken or beef shawarma are savory slices of shaved, seasoned meat that melts in your mouth. If you can’t decide, try the mixed kebab platter. Fried shrimp and fava bean spread are also on the menu if you prefer a non-meat option. Platters are served with rice pilaf, crunchy salad and warm pita bread.
Popular dishes “to go” include chicken over rice, lamb gyro or kofta over rice or a chicken and lamb combo ($12.99). On the American side, there’s fried chicken with rice and salad, a half roasted chicken, and fried fish filet with rice and salad. Mum Mediterranean makes a hot, juicy burger too, with toppings of your choice. The Mum Burger has two all-beef patties, with onion rings, mozzarella sticks, and special Mum sauce ($11.99) For fastest service, call directly to place your order to go or pick up at 347.689.4228.
Sweeten it up with a cool milkshake, ice cream scoops, creamy cheesecake, rice pudding, baklava pastry or an Egyptian confection called “belilah,” made with grains, apples, honey, raisins, and almonds.
Mum Mediterranean Cuisine takes you on a dining journey, close to home, at very reasonable prices. Mum is open seven days a week from 11am to 10pm with free delivery. Eat healthy and live better and longer!
66-28 Fresh Pond Road – Ridgewood – 347.689.4228
www.mummediterranean.com
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