Dinner party at Mosaik (Syrian restaurant)

As previously mentioned I propose holding the next ethnic dinner at the Syrian restaurant Mosaik, Frankfurter Ring 38. Their website is still under construction but the owner has assured me that the restaurant can easily take 15 - 20 guests eating à la carte.
They have meat, fish and vegetarian dishes and a large array of hors d'oeuvres so there is something for everybody. The restaurant is about 5 minutes walk from Frankfurter Ring/U2. Take the north exit Frankfurter Ring heading east, the one where the elevator goes up to the surface. If you end up in front of the sex-shop corsette shop, Aldi or BMW you are on the wrong side. Keep heading east past the ADAC office and a motorcycle gear shop, the restaurant is on your right just before the soccer field.

Our possible dates are April 10, 17 or 24 (all Thursdays), so when you add your moniker to the list please post your preferred date as well.

sarabyrd +1 / 17 April

darn, cannot do thursdays.

I've been here before and can recommend it.

sarabyrd +1 / 17 April
Allershausen. Any date really.

sarabyrd +1 / 17 April
Allershausen. Any date really
jeeves not 10th

sarabyrd +1 / 17 April
Allershausen. Any date really
jeeves not 10th
Ruthie any Thursday

Looks like I won't be able to make it since it's while my gf is in China...and well...I don't spend any $ without her.

Give a report on how the food is though, because we live right at the U-bahn (above Tengelmann), so it's only a 5 minute walk over there...and we've been meaning to go.

sarabyrd +1 / 17 April
Allershausen. Any date really
jeeves not 10th
Ruthie any Thursday
Hughk. Any Thursday

Here's another possibility for a future ethnic dinner Eclipse Israeli restaurant. Came across it in the "employment offered" section of TT - they are obviously just opening and looking for staff.

Ok, since Jeeves has nixed 10 April I will call today and reserve for 10 on 17 April.
@ madgibson, are you interested in joining? I like your tip, stored for future reference.

Anyone else game to try Middle East cuisine?

I've somehow missed this thread before.

sarabyrd +1 / 17 April
Allershausen. Any date really
jeeves not 10th
Ruthie any Thursday
Hughk. Any Thursday
Panama, not the 10th.

Sorry, can't make it on 17th...maybe next time for Israeli food (no clue what they eat there really but sounds interesting)

Now we have a confirmed date (17th), may I suggest everyone who signed up early, reconfirm their attendance by removing the availability from their name, i.e.:

sarabyrd +1
Allershausen
jeeves
Ruthie
Hughk
Panama

Others just stick your name on the end and repost the list. Same principle as the Ethiopian or Thai.

Have we got two organisers now?

sarabyrd +1
Allershausen
jeeves
Ruthie
Hughk
Panama

Hugh by your own rule you already confirmed my attendance. Cool.

sarabyrd +1
Allershausen
jeeves
Ruthie
Hughk
Panama
coolerking

Reserved for 10 under "Toytown". The number can always be upped.

I've obviously missed the thread. Wish I could make it at the 17 April. Maybe I will join late for a drink if I could make it.

Reminder, this is next week and there are still a couple of seats available.
There aren't many pre-drinky places around except maybe Bogart's at Knorrstrasse 45, between Keferloherstrasse and Frankfurter Ring or the Dartnest just south of Frankfurter Ring/Knorrstrasse.

sarabyrd +1
Allershausen
jeeves
Ruthie
Hughk
Panama
coolerking
AllSaint

Thanks for organising, sarabyrd

sarabyrd +1
Allershausen
jeeves
Ruthie
Hughk
Panama
coolerking
AllSaint
Duty Free

Added myself - looking forward to it!!

If anyone else wants to join I can up the reservation. Last chance!
EDIT: My +1 has dropped out with post-dental work eating disorder so we are one short to the ten.

sarabyrd
Allershausen
jeeves
Ruthie
Hughk
Panama
coolerking
AllSaint
Duty Free
Flapdoll

sarabyrd
Allershausen
jeeves
Ruthie
Hughk
Panama
coolerking
AllSaint
Duty Free
Flapdoll + 1

Sorry I didn't register earlier, hope I'm not too late:

sarabyrd
Allershausen
jeeves
Ruthie
Hughk
Panama
coolerking
AllSaint
Duty Free
Flapdoll + 1
GreenTea

Unfortunately I must cancel. It turns out my meeting for Thursday and Friday is now in Karlsruhe and not in Munich so I won't be able to make it.
Aghhhhhhh!

So this is the final line-up:

sarabyrd
Allershausen
jeeves
Ruthie
Hughk
coolerking
AllSaint
Duty Free
Flapdoll + 1
GreenTea

Anyone else? I will up the reservation to twelve just in case Scogs undergoes a miracle cure. I will be at the Dartnest app. 6:30pm, it's on the south-west exit on Frankfurter Ring when you get off at the front of the train.

sorry i have to cancel

What exactly is the Dartnest?

A bar sort of thing with electronic and real dartboards. Milbertshofen isn't exactly Munich's hot-spot with trendy locales on every street corner ...

Fair enough. I was just wondering what to look out for. I'm thirsty already and I just got back from the Frühlingsfest.

I really wanted to go there. Report back on the place to see if I can schedule a visit sometime in the not so far future.

Grr, can't make it tonight. Have fun.

Good thing I didn't have time to change the reservation yesterday. Attendees dropping like flies. Maybe next time, if there is a next time.

A very pleasant evening. The food was very tasty and I hope we go back again. Thanks for organising Sarabyrd.

Thanks to the small yet brave group who appeared. I had something like samosas, just filled with sheep cheese and onion seed, and lamb kebab. The lamb was delicious: marinated, roasted on an open fire (I think) and wonderfully tender, the samosa-thingies a perfect starter.
Sign of quality: There was a table of Syrian habitués having their supper.
Definitely a restaurant worth returning to, not pretentious or over-orientified, and the waiter speaks very good English (seems to be a criterium here).

P.S. Scogs found his temporary teeth, they were in a different coat pocket altogether.

This was a good idea, especially as I'd never think of going to this part of town otherwise. The food was rather good, especially the starters.
It's easy to be picky, but I did find that the lamb didn't taste very lamby, although it was tender enough. I guess that's par for the course in Germany.
The baklava could have been a bit more honeyey and all. Nice sausage rolls.
I did eat a hell of a lot, which is generally a good sign. A pleasant atmosphere in the place too, just a little more variation in the muzak would have been appreciated.

Nice to hear that. Looking for the next dinner there to try the food.

Yes, an excellent evening. I had a share of the mixed starters. There were a lot there. Some of the people I was sharing with didn't even bother to have a main course. I did, and had the Lamm Speisen* (Lamb Kebabs, which I found tasty enough). Jeeves complained about the lamb, but maybe I have been away from home so long that my critical senses were dulled.

Well done and thanks Sara for organising the evening!

EDIT: Lammspieß (no. 61 on the menu)

A very enjoyable evening, good food, good atmosphere, and good company. There was something very down-to-earth and homely about the place. It didn't matter that the group wasn't too large - 10 people is a good number for a cozy gathering. Thanks Sara for organising it!

Dunno if my mind was playing tricks on me, but I seem to recall that someone (Scogs?), in conversation, mentioned Simon & Garfunkel in passing, and then all of a sudden they were playing all the old Simon & Garfunkel hits. I wondered if the waiter had picked up on our conversation, and obligingly put S&G on, thinking that was what we wanted to hear?

S&G were lying on the table on the way to the restrooms. Along with other pro-USA CDs whose titles escape me at the moment.
*Next time I am going for the quails!*

Naaaaah, it was me, I asked the waiter to change the CD because it was about the 3rd time the CD playing Simon and Garth had looped, and people (probably only me) were on the verge of sucide.

Anyway the Arabic food was a pleasant change from curry I normally have