A Late Lunch at Cafe Mangal

My brother is home on winter break for another week and a half. So I'm trying to squeeze in as many outings with him as possible. Since work takes over during the weekdays, the weekends are when most of our adventures take place.

As part of today's outing, we had lunch at one of my favorite spots in Wellesley - Cafe Mangal. Mom came too.

The cafe is a small restaurant right in the town's center. Causal by day and a little more formal by night, they serve fresh and delicious Mediterranean/American food with a Turkish twist.

I have yet to go for dinner (it's on my to-do!), but lunch never disappoints.
It's often pretty crowded for the mid-day meal but we arrived for a late (2pm) bite and had no problem finding a table. What we did have a problem with, was deciding what to order - everything sounded mouth-wateringly good.

 

 

After staring at the menu board for an obscene amount of time, debating what dish my taste buds would enjoy over the others, we all placed our orders.

Sitting in a cozy corner, we people-watched, chatted, and stared at all the delicious treats in the glass case behind us.  Baklava and lemon cake and hazelnut torte, oh my!

Luckily our food arrived before we had time to break through the glass and reach for a sweet.

Chris ordered the 'Prosciutto de Parma and Tomato Mozzarella Salad,' which consisted of a
mesclun mix, fresh mozzarella, tomato, thinly sliced Prosciutto, fresh basil, oregano, olive oil, house vinaigrette, and balsamic vinegar. He was in heaven.

 

Mom got the 'Chicken and Mozzarella Panini' with roasted red peppers and pesto. A little blurry in the photo, but Mom said it was very tasty.

I went for the 'Arugula Salad with Poached Figs and Prosciutto di Parma.'
Baby arugula, poached dry figs, Prosciutto di Parma, pine nuts, goat cheese, and balsamic vinaigrette- it was even more delicious than it looks (if that's even possible.)

A perfect late lunch to kick off our Saturday shenanigans. 

xo Belle