The broth is traditionally served with a rouille, a mayonnaise made of olive oil, garlic, saffron and cayenne pepper on grilled slices of bread.

It contained 14 items including grilled slices of eggplant, goat sausages, baby octopus and a wedge of rich asparagus quiche.

Tina's Korean beef sticks are wonderful: marinated, grilled slices of steak served with steamed rice and kimchi.

One of the house favorites seems to be straccetti, grilled slices of beef that had been coated in olive oil, garlic and lemon.

One item was worth turning to: haloumi, a simple dish of grilled slices of salty and firm goat cheese.

The eggplant caviar, grilled slices of eggplant stuffed with tomatoes and onions, was a comforting side dish.

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I thought the traditional version, four grilled slices of bread with chopped tomatoes and basil, was super.

And grilled slices of steak, bathed in a pungent balsamic vinegar sauce on a fine warm bean salad, are deeply satisfying.

Chicken livers peri-peri came in a sweet-sour "pepper-pepper" sauce with grilled slices of hallah for sopping.