A meal like you've never eaten before. That's a challenging promise, as there are many dedicated foodies who travel all over the world to sample obscure cuisines in remote locations. But none of them have ever had what we're serving on March 1st in Philadelphia, and here's your chance to try it.
Tickets are on sale now at this link: http://goo.gl/PzaD9n
The debut event in our "Meals of Antiquity" series offers an entire Babylonian menu from the First Dynasty period, nearly four thousand years ago. This sumptuous winter-time dinner that might have been enjoyed by Hammurabi himself was extensively researched and exhaustively tested by Designing Cook Colin Barth. It consists of four courses (Soup & Bread, Salad, Entree, Dessert) and vegan options are available for each course. As you might imagine, pomegranate and barley are featured in several dishes, but you will also discover Ninda, the first form of leavened bread, and Emmer, the original domesticated wheat species eaten in the ancient fertile crescent. Duck and lamb are among the entree choices, while dessert features fruit and nut confections as well as spiced emmer cakes with honey.
Our menu can be found here:
http://dancingferret.com/babylon/babylonianmenu.pdf
This meal will be served on Sunday, March 1st at Lucha Cartel in Philadelphia. We are seating roughly half the number of people seated at our sold-out Uyghur Dinner several years ago, so we strongly recommend buying tickets right now. The restaurant also has more wait-staff on hand to ensure that you receive your meal choices quickly. Please note that this rare dining experience is intended for adults and mature children; no booster seats are available and there will not be room for strollers.
Two important notes:
1) Lucha Cartel will open for seating at 6:30pm and the meal service will begin at 7pm
2) You will be emailed prior to the event with a request to make your menu selections in advance.
More details are below; this information can also be found on our website atdancingferret.com/babylon