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The Greek

Restaurant: Ritual, Main Street

The Facts: Dodoni feta, romaine, greek olives, topped with olive tomato tapenade and tea poached egg.

Foodie’s Review: When my salad arrived, my first impression was “wow, this salad is enormous.” I was amazed at the sheer size of it. When I tell you it could have easily fed two people I am not exaggerating! But lets get to the taste…it was delicious! The romaine was fresh, the Kalamata olives sweet rich flavor was superb and complimented the olive tomato tapenade perfectly. The Dondoni feta cheese has a very delicate taste and did not overpower the rest of the salad. But the most extraordinary thing was the tea poached egg served on top of the salad. It was served warm so the contrast of warm egg on the cold salad was something I had not experienced and found to be very enjoyable.

This review was done by an independent member of the Worcester Foodies group during their monthly meeting in May 2011.

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Mousaka

The Mousaka available at Ritual on Main Street.

Restaurant: Ritual, Main Street

As it appears in the menu: Eggplant stack, stuffed with seasoned beef and béchamel cream sauce.

The Facts: Three layers of meat (ground beef) and lightly fried eggplant. The dish was topped in a light potato crust.

Foodie’s Review: The presentation was flt (not stacked as indicated in the menu) and boring as it also lacked a garnish. With that said, the first bite was flavorful and delicious. The meat was seasoned well and the eggplant was lightly fried and tasted of hints of lemon and olive oil. The dish was reminiscent of Shepherds pie. Overally, a good dish, but could have been improved upon in appearance and being accompanied by a side.

This review was done by an independent member of the Worcester Foodies group during their monthly meeting in May 2011.