608 South Oak Street
Iowa Falls, IA 50126
Hardin County
Phone: (641) 648-5966
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by Lauren L. on Two girlfriends and I went to Zahav, which is awesome because you feel cool just by being there. It feels like a place that cool people would hang out. We ordered the hummus and laffa, which found the rare balance between tahini, chickpeas, and olive oil; not greasy, not too creamy, not gritty. The theme of the night--everything was "not" too anything, it was all perfectly right. The laffa was lightly peppered and hot out of the laffa-oven, and very pleasant to eat. Then Katie and Steph chose the chocolate semifreddo, which is a thick layer of mousse sitting on a crust, with candied kumquats spooned onto it. It resembles Cool Whip pie, and tastes like a Kinder bar with kumquats. The kumquats were the star- the citrus was so crisp it was like having a mouth full of Florida. Citrus and Kinder bars--of course! Of course! I chose the Romanian; it seemed appropriate to replace the lamb shoulder with another meat dish. The Romanian is three chunks of hanger steak and three chunks of eggplant, with a big schmear of roasted red pepper chutney. The steak was so juicy that none of us wanted to chew it because we didn't want it to end, and the eggplant was very--eggplanty. I wish I could explain how it all tasted, but I don't know the words--juicy?--flavorful, I guess, and the most eggplant-y an eggplant can be, and the most steak-y a steak can be. How does it work? I don't know. Some of us use Excel and planners to achieve our potential, but apparently all an eggplant has to do is end its short vegetarian life at Zahav.
by Rolf Solarz on I was very impressed with the sushi and atmosphere of Sushi House Hayakawa. The sushi is fresh, flavorful and very nicely presented. When the waitress realized we'd been waiting for quite some time for our sushi plate (we had ordered a lot) she brought out something tasty to snack on, though honestly I couldn't tell you what was in it. We ordered the veggie tempura which was quite tasty. My favorite piece on the menu was the Japanese Scallop but the Rainbow Rolls and Eel were also excellent. In fact, I don't think I put anything in my mouth that wasn't absolutely delicious, those just stuck out as being exceptional. We had the red bean ice cream for dessert which complemented the hot green tea in a pleasantly calming sort of way. I would highly recommend this as a first date too... Not that my husband and I were on a first date but if you were looking to impress, this is a good place to start if you don't mind a bit of a dent to your wallet.
