What a crazy few weeks? It's been great, but pack back to back with events and visitors that I've been eating out mostly. The crazy weeks ended with nice meal with friends at Poppy's before my friend Rohit left to go back to Texas.
He is co worker from our Las Colinas office and is vegetarian. I've been to Texas and didn't find too many veggie options so wanted to ensure he got to try some amazing local food.
If you've never been to Poppy's, it's a must! This is Jerry Traunfeld's place post Herbfarm. They serve 7 or 10 item small dishes in a "thali" style. Thalis originated in Indian, small dishes in a large platter. I've been fortunate enough to try this in Bangalore at a vegetarian place and it was amazing. The trays there were all silver and waiter walk around with dishes and refill as much as you can eat. Kinda like dim sum. Poppy uses this vehicle by serving and highlighting Northwest ingredients with herbs and spices. There are some Indian influenced dishes but also other cuisines that you can't pinpoint the exact fusion. What I love is the simplicity of dishes that has amazing flavors. They also have a garden in the back of the building where they grown some of the produce and herbs. Lovely!
The ordering at Poppy is pretty simple, choose the meat or veggie option, 7 or 10. I say always get the 10 and you can try everything. Both the meat and veggie trays are similar except for the 2 main entrees. The menu also changes week to week so going there often, you get to try different things.
The 10 Item, Vegetarian Thali
The 10 Item, Meat Thali
They also have very nice drinks and desserts. I always order the homemade Honeyed Ginger Ale. We had to head to the airport so didn't have time for dessert. :( Sad for me.
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