Avri Zvi

Martha Stewart fell in love with the eggplant carpaccio, the New York Post wrote that the Cubana was "immediately addictive," and the oh-so-Israeli song "Queen of Roses" blasted from the speakers. We ate at Nur in Manhattan and came back to share.  A pleasant and smiling hostess, who seemed to have witnessed many restaurants opening and closing in the city, welcomed me at the door to Nur. Meir Adoni's new restaurant opened two weeks ago on 20th Street near Broadway on the southern edge of Midtown Manhattan - an area recently declared the hottest in New York's culinary scene. The hostess ushered me to my chair at the bar, which was positioned at the entrance of the intimate restaurant space in a modest basement floor. The design of the place is simple and clean with light shades of white, cream, and marble, light wood paired with delicate green colors and Middle Eastern touches such as painted floors - a reflection of Adoni’s complex flavors? Adoni, who due to administrative procedures had to postpone the opening of the restaurant by 6 months, was a bit raspy, which was understandable four days after the official opening. "As a cook and a chef whose essence in the world is to serve food to people and excite them through food, this restaurant allows me to reach millions," he said excitedly. Adoni has been talking about this dream for many years, and over the past year, he has been traveling back and forth from Tel Aviv to New York to finally realize it. -------- Although one