Best Couscous Dishes In Boston
One promise holds true with these exotic, multi-culture restaurants: each holds true to service and flavors that are both unique and plentiful. Enjoy cuisine that combines ingredients with flair, paying serious attention to freshness and combinations of spices that work exceptionally well together.
Beehive
541 Tremont St.
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 423-0069
www.beehiveboston.com
Moderately priced, Eastern European dishes and top class jazz music are coupled with a bit of swank and a whole lot of taste, ending in great company and premium service. The Beehive keeps making the Deans List in each and every area of service. Featured on the dinner menu is toasted couscous with delicate Flounder, a zesty Chicken couscous and a highly acclaimed loaded vegetarian couscous entree laden in flavors that fit your pallet to perfection. Once Beehive has introduced its signature North African spice, charred garlic vinaigrette or sauce Verte, there's nothing else left to do but sigh and ask for another napkin.
Teranga
1746 Washington St.
Boston, MA 032118
(617) 266-0003
www.terangaboston.com
Did you know that Teranga literally means, in the host's language, "hospitality." This is full multi-cultured cuisine fare with featured dishes from Africa, Asia, France and Arabic regions, fresh spices and exotic ingredients only found outside of the United States. Coupled with superb service and staff, the experience will not only be deliciously comfortable but exactly the right dish to fit that extraordinary craving for couscous. Each pate is made by hand, sculpted if you will, by the owner Marie-Claude.
Vee Vee
763 Centre St.
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 522-0145
veeveejp.com
Gorditas (thick tortillas made with masa and potato), spicy chipotle-tomatillo roasted squash, black bean puree, guacatillo, cabbage, radish, cashew-chili sauce (vegan), seared scallops, cilantro or spinach pesto, brown butter -- the menu is mouth watering to say the least at Vee Vee. Take a trip into Boston for the Sunday brunch specials available exclusively to that day of the week alone. With breakfast fare that is both exotic and filling, the service is unparalleled at this place guaranteed to brighten your day and sate your pallet. Enjoy the artwork that changes bimonthly as an added bonus that equals the refreshing menu offered.
Related: Best Vegetarian Dishes
Lucca Back Bay
116 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 247-2400
luccabackbay.com
First things first: Lucca's fresh oysters sell out early. Arrive for the dollar menu before five to avoid the rush of the crowd, Lucca Back Bay has made quite the name for itself in Boston. Exotic fare, fine dining, private dining or mezzanine — all the choices are out of this world amazing. Gourmet dishes are the main fare, but it would be unfair to list only one entree here; each and every exotic flavor is worth its weight in gold. Open also in Boston's historic North End, Lucca offers a carefully crafted children's menu to boot. One prominent feature is the signature dishes that focus on our local seafood industry; if you're a lover of fresh seafood and savory sauces, Lucca's will be a definitive life moment.
Cafe Baraka
80 Pearl St.
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 868-3951
www.barakacafe.com
Returning back to cozy in the Algerian-Tunisian style is as simple as venturing to Cafe Baraka in the heart of Cambridge. Enjoy the Mediterranean entrees with a bit of classic rose water, or the Cafe Baraka's signature and now famous lemonade which incorporates rose, lemon. orange and, of course, secret spices that only staff need to know. "The restaurant's signature dishes include a cous cous combining large and small fava beans, daikon radish, turnips, carrots, and eggplant; the renowned, floral-scented lemonade; and a decadent flourless chocolate torte, for which Baraka Cafe received a "best buy" in 2003 from Food & Wine magazine," write Chefs Alia & Krimo.
