THE ORDERThe restaurant: University Pizza, 422 Vine St.The dish: Palestinian PlatterThe cost: $10.51, tax included
This was my fourth visit to University Pizza on Vine Street and my third time opting for the Palestinian Platter. Not only do you get to nosh on hummus and warm pita bread, you get to say baba ghannoush, falafel and tabouleh during your meal.
University Pizza’s menu is what you might hope a place located near a college campus would be. You can get a pizza pie, a burger, wings, gyros, a chicken sandwich or something as unusual as the Palestinian Platter, the Jerusalem Platter or the Baba Ghannoush Plate.
The Palestinian Platter is a good choice when a sandwich or a burger just won’t do. Using the pita bread as a big scoop, you can load it up with hummus or some of the baba ghannoush and a little of the tabouleh and revel in the garlic, olive oil and tahini flavors. The hummus is made from chickpeas, and the baba ghannoush has an eggplant base. Both are delicious.
The chickpea-based falafels (two) are crunchy and provide a nice complement to the main dishes.