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I would say
that compared to the average person, my palate is fairly well-travelled. However, in the grand scheme of global cuisine,
I've got a long way to go, baby. I've hit up the majors, but Bosnian was something new to me.
It's not all that different from cuisines native to the same Mediterranean and Balkan regions, but it does have its own quirks that make it unique. Bosnian cuisine shares things like pita bread, feta cheese, various meze, and the use of flaky phyllo dough with its neighbors around the Mediterranean and Middle East. However, the phyllo dough is used to make Bosnian burek, a pastry filled with a spiced meat or cheese mixture, then rolled into a long tube that is coiled then baked. The spices are similar to those used in Greek moussaka.
Bosnian cuisine also has kebabs and sarma, which sound exactly like Greek dolmades wrapped in grape leaves. However, sarma can be wrapped in sour cabbage and served with sour cream, making them more Balkan and eastern European.
I've only come across on Bosnian restaurant in Los Angeles, called Aroma Cafe. It's a small, bright place, that, like many of the lesser known "ethnic" cuisine restaurants in the area, has a small corner dedicated to the sales of Bosnian gourmet food products.
Aroma Cafe
2530 Overland Avenue (2 1/2 blocks south of Pico)
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 836-2919
www.aromacafe-la.com
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3-15-2006 @4:07AM S said... Well, where do I begin? - "You owe me dinner?..." :)
I would never recommend this place to anyone. The service was terrible, there was one guy to serve and bus the entire restaurant. We had dirty dishes and unfilled cups sitting on our table for a long long time. The Greek salad was the smallest and the blandest I've ever tasted, the "big" combo plate ($18.50) that was to consist of "beef patties, kebabs and shish kebabs," was a plate of 3 different shapes of the same ground beef with a slightly varying spicing. No shish kebabs in sight. Side dishes? What's side dishes? Another "big combination platter you can share", was a "Meza" Platter ($12.50.) When it was brought to the table, we thought that it was one of many to come - it was that small. 4 little items - a very small tomato, a tiny potato, pepper and some other diminutive thingie were stuffed with the same ground beef and rice.
A walnut Strudel wasn't really a strudel, and was too dry.
Everything, with the exception of (a very small) Baklava and a Cheese Burek, was just very blah and, in my opinion, overpriced for what you got.
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